Foodworks Nutrition Labelling changelog

Foodworks.online Support Team

Updated 13 March 2025 23:22

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Dates are represented as dd-mm-yyyy

February 2025

10-02-2025

Introduced % Contributions feature in Analysis Pane to provide detailed insight into recipe formulations and the effects of Yield and Reconstitution Factor in the recipe

January 2025

27-01-2025

Fixed an issue that could cause the Reconstitution Factor and 'Liquid' checkboxes to become unchecked when opening a new draft in some resources
Fixed the sort function in the Users table in Organisation Settings
Removed duplicated 'Discard draft' option from the ellipsis menu of a published resource with an open draft

13-01-2025

Improved search component performance for computers with limited resource availability

December 2024

30-12-2024

Improved search component performance for computers with limited resource availability

02-12-2024

Fixed a bug that could cause the calculation to fail when swapping an ingredient out for another

November 2024

18-11-2024

Fixed an issue that could result in users being sent to the 404 page when an impossible yield value was set
Improved saving behaviour of all Analysis Pane user preferences to make evaluating and comparing different resources in the same Workspace easier
Performance enhancements to Navigation Pane search and filter menu
Fixed a bug that could result in the user incorrectly receiving a message that a later draft of the resource was available when publishing a change to that resource

October 2024

13-10-2024

Resolved a bug that prevented 'Added Sugars' from displaying on the label when enabled, and placed 'Added Sugars' under the 'Commonly used in Nutrition Labelling' filter in Workspace Settings
Performance enhancements to the search component to improve text entry speed on computers with limited resource availability
Made various minor improvements to the Organisation Settings interface

01-10-2024

Fixed a bug causing added sugars not to export when enabled for a label nutrition information panel

September 2024

17-09-2024

Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect composition calculations in recipes that contain ingredients with a weight of 0g

05-09-2024

Fixed a bug that could prevent some users from updating their subscription

02-09-2024

Fixed a bug that could cause the over-declaration of sulphites in the ingredients statement of recipes with greater than 10mg/kg added sulphites

August 2024

28-08-2024

Fixed a bug causing app to 404 when truncated tags are searched in the navigation pane
Fixed a bug causing ingredient group selections not to be retained when creating a new draft
Fixed a bug causing abnormal line breaks in customers resource report

20-08-2024

Fixed a bug causing ingredient groups to become unselected when publishing a new resource version
Fixed a bug allowing users already active in an organisation to get invited again, occupying a new seat

07-08-2024

Fixed a bug not being able to enter non-numeric characters into overrides/nutrients notes field
Updated serves/yield UI to be less confusing and be more visible in view mode
Fixed a bug with removing users in education accounts through the 'Manually enter emails' dialog
Relocated workspace settings activity log to General tab of Workspace settings
Added in a number of snackbar notifications for actions in the ellipsis menu of rows in the grid
Added invalidation for nutrient focus columns when a new food is added to the grid
Various reports styling fixes + adding a cancel option to dialog + adding a search option to the nutrients section
Fixed formatting bug with 'Add/remove users' and 'Upgrade to duo' dialog
Moved unit of measurement in nutrient focus column header to tooltip
Fixed a bug with assigning new Org owner looking to apply immediately instead of after clicking confirm in the interrupting dialog
Added a pin all option to errors/warnings menu
Added back button alongside progress dots in process when purchasing a new subscription OR renewing a lapsed subscription
Added the ability to search by resource ID in grid search
Updated UI for 'Add tag' button to be more similar to 'Attach file' button
Increased sizing and changed colour of print/copy label buttons
Fixed minor UI bugs on checkout page
Fixed primary action buttons on 'Billing and organisation details' page disappear on small screens in Org settings
Fixed truncation issue with long nutrient filter names in menu
Fixed a bug causing strange behaviour when clicking multiple checkboxes in a list quickly
Fixed a UI issue allowing users to navigate to archived resources from the workspace activity log
Fixed a number of vertical scrollbars appearing in unnecessary places on Windows PCs
Added in snackbars for successful user invites in Education accounts
Updated clickability of 'Foodworks.online' button up the top left of the top app bar
Fixed a bug that was causing the Org settings users table 'Sort' to be non functional
Made 'more' menu icon remain visible when corresponding menu was open in grid
Made 'show sources' graph update without refresh when a new food is added to the grid
Made reinviting inactive users switch their status to pending without refreshing the page
Updated menu icons in resource ellipsis menu to be consistent in sizing, line weight and colour
In Base Analysis On dialog added extra details to show what current food analysis was being based on
Fixed typo in Workspace settings/Data sources tab
Added UI prompting users to go to edit mode when on the Labelling/Ingredients subtab
Made it so that values in fields on shelf life tab are preserved even when 'Show shelf life' is toggled off
Made the shelf life tab card scrollable on small screens

July 2024

24-07-2024

Foodworks.online Nutrition Labelling Version 2 was released. See Foodworks Nutrition Labelling V2 - Features at 24 July 2024 for more information.

February 2024

26-02-2024

Fixed a bug that could cause the serving size displayed in the label have too many decimal places

23-02-2024

Fixed a bug that could cause the yield calculation to fail for recipes containing large amounts of polydextrose

22-02-2024

Fixed a bug that could cause label report to display the gram value for serve size instead of the mL measurement when 'Show mL instead of per 100g' was checked

January 2024

23-01-2024

Fixed a bug preventing the label name to prefill in the LabelName column in the LabelSettings CSV, when an alternative label name is not in use

December 2023

20-12-2023

Fixed a bug preventing the "May be present" prefix being used when selected in the LabelSettings CSV

November 2023

14-11-2023

Fixed a bug that could cause ingredients with the same declaration name to fail to combine when in deeply nested recipes

October 2023

17-10-2023

Fixed a bug that could cause the Publish Labelling Information tool to use deleted nutrient values in the calculation
Tree Nuts will now appear in the Precautionary Allergen Labelling statement when enabled and set or calculated to 'Maybe'

01-10-2023

Fixed a bug causing the label to display the incorrect superscript reference numbers for %ESADDI, %RDI and %DI in some circumstances

September 2023

27-09-2023

Added yield to reports when yield is calculated using the recipes final weight
Updated summary statement to ensure each word is capitalised
Updated alternative label name field to allow for 60 characters, instead of 40

26-09-2023

Fixed a bug that could cause the %Aus calculation to fail to include the weight of additional instances of the same ingredient used within a single recipe.
Fixed a bug that could cause the %Aus to be under-declared on resources that have their base analysis on option set to a datasource items that retrieves its composition values from an underlying recipe
Fixed a bug that could cause the %Aus value to calculate improperly for some sub recipes
Fixed a bug that could cause the FVNL and CFV values to fail to calculate where the result was 0%

13-09-2023

Fixed a bug that could cause the ingredients statement to under-declare the weight of a compound ingredient where that compound ingredient appeared in a sub recipe that was used in multiple rows of the final recipe

11-09-2023

Fixed a bug that could cause Foodworks to crash where an impossible yield factor was set
Fixed a bug with nutrient filters in the analysis pane incorrectly impacting nutrient calculations

August 2023

28-08-2023

Fixed a bug causing energy from alcohol to not contribute to energy calculations in a recipe unless a yield was applied
Fixed a bug that could cause Added Sulphites to be underdeclared in the Ingredients Statement of the final recipe
Fixed a bug that could cause Added Sulphites to be over-declared in the Ingredients Statement where the calculated value became less than 10mg per kilogram in the final recipe

25-08-2023

Fixed a bug causing the serve weight to not display correctly in the published labelling data csv where sub recipe or recipe was a liquid
Fixed a bug causing some allergens to not bold correctly in the ingredients statement
Fixed a bug causing pine nut to not be identified as the required name in the ingredients statement
Fixed a bug causing the allergens to be declared twice when the pluralised required name was used in the declaration name

09-08-2023

Fixed a bug causing the characterising ingredient statements to not publish correctly in the published label information csv
Updated AusBrands 2019 data source

02-08-2023

Updated publish labelling information csv to use new ingredients statement calculations
Fixed a bug causing historical declaration names to appear in the characterising ingredient list when they are no longer in use

July 2023

27-07-2023

Fixed a bug causing the tag filter in the analysis pane to not update when tags were added or removed after their initial placement
Updated sub recipe and recipe reports to ensure non-PEAL allergens also display in the Allergens and Warnings table

25-07-2023

Updated UI of Organisation Settings for invoiced users
Fixed a bug causing % daily intake column to not display in sub recipe and recipe reports

24-07-2023

Removed several redundant/carryover nutrients and components from FoodWorks 10 for enhanced understandability
Fixed a bug that could cause HSRs to calculate incorrectly
Added resource name to PDF window for Nutrition Labelling reports

21-07-2023

Added resource reports feature for raw materials, sub recipes and recipes

11-07-2023

Fixed a bug that could cause CoOL to calculate incorrectly where a recipe contained the same ingredient several times

June 2023

08-06-2023

Fixed a bug causing sub recipes to save as recipes and vice versa
Enabled scrolling on workspace dashboard for small screens
Fixed a bug causing deleted rows to contribute to analyses
Fixed a bug causing the incorrect invite date to display in organisation settings > users table.

07-06-2023

Improved performance for large workspaces
Fixed a bug causing some declarations names to not work for characterising ingredients

05-06-2023

Fixed a bug causing single word allergen names to not bold in the declaration name and instead be shown in parentheses after the name
Fixed a bug causing ingredients statement to not generate for recipes with the declaration type set to compound ingredient (based on overrides)

04-06-2023

Fixed a bug causing ingredients statement to not generate for some users

May 2023

19-05-2023

Fixed a bug that could cause characterising ingredients to get stuck as enabled or disabled for some users
Updated the publish labelling information feature to allow for publishing of up to 5000 resources at a time

18-05-2023

Updated search query ordering to factor in natural language and account for typos in text for enhanced usability and search performance, helping users locate reference foods more easily
Updated search service for further performance and scalability enhancements under load to improve result times for search queries

12-05-2023

Fixed a bug that could prevent the ingredients statement from generating when an allergen override of 'Maybe' was set on the final recipe

11-05-2023

Made changes to improve performance and scalability under load, to improve the user experience when loading the workspace dashboard, opening a workspace, or searching for a food in the ingredients/foods grids
Major ingredients statement updates for enhanced usability. All known issues are now resolved, including:
- Selections in the ingredients grid now recalculate the ingredients statement for that selection
- Fixed a bug that prevented final weight (g) from functioning properly in the ingredients statement
- Fixed a bug that prevented the less than 5% statement from being used where both a greater than 5% and less than 5% statement were set in some recipes\
- Moved the declaration of present allergens in recipes declared as compound ingredients to better align with the requirements of the code
- Fixed a bug that prevented compound ingredients from being properly declared where they were the only ingredient in a nested recipe
- Fixed a bug that could cause allergens to be declared twice in some compound ingredients
- Fixed a bug that prevented characterising ingredients from calculating correctly where the 'serve' measure was in use in the recipe
- Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect ordering of ingredients within ingredient groups
- Fixed a bug that could cause sub-recipes declared as reconstituted ingredients to use the calculated statement instead of the declared statement
- Fixed an issue that could cause the calculated characterising ingredient % to be too high where a characterising ingredient appears multiple times in different sub recipes declared as compound ingredient (from ingredients)
- Updated our understanding of added water availability across sub-recipes to more accurately reflect our understanding of the Code and achieve a shorter ingredients statement.
- Additives will now group under their class name where the class name selected is the same
  Improved performance time for generating ingredients statements

05-05-2023

Updated app stability to reduce the likelihood of users experiencing app crashes or white-screening

April 2023

24-04-2023

Updated UI to include visual indicator when the analysis pane has a nutrient filter applied
Update UI and UX of analysis pane nutrient filters including additional tooltips and updated section names for more clarity for users

21-04-2023

Updated inactivity timeout to never for all users. Organisation owners can update these settings in the organisation settings
Fixed bug causing the incorrect volume conversion factor to be used where a resource is based on a food with its own volume conversion factor
Updated UX to allow focused nutrients to be set per workspace

20-04-2023

Fixed several bugs in the publish label information to CSV function. These included updates to country of origin (CoOL) value rounding, spacing between values and units of measurement, standardising use of text qualifiers, and issues with energy values and %DI publishing incorrect values or not publishing at all

18-04-2023

Added tooltips to yield and number or serves fields
Added final weight/yield calculation result field

17-04-2023

Updated ID field on general tab to new name: ID 1

03-04-2023

Fixed bug that could cause CoOL calculation to return incorrect results

March 2023

23-03-2023

Updated name of the nutrient 'milk fat' to 'milk solids'
Added new nutrients milk solids % and cocoa solids %

22-03-2023

Updated FVNL and CFV calculations to be percentage based

15-03-2023

Added in-app banner to allow Xyris to communicate with Foodworks users more effectively

06-03-2023

Added new warning message when nutrition information panel (NIP) displays in 100mL, but the user has not set a volume conversion factor

01-03-2023

Updated UI and UX of nutrient focus columns

February 2023

28-02-2023

Updated UI to sort tags in the navigation pane by alphabetical order
Updated tooltip next to the HSR/NPSC category menu to include a link to a support article that contains further information about each category

26-02-2023

Added show sources graph to analysis pane in nutrition labelling workspaces
Added error handling to the publish labelling information page where no results match the search parameters

21-02-2023

Truncated long workspace names in the workspaces drop-down in the top bar

15-02-2023

Increased character limits in the description and notes fields on the general tab to allow for up to 25,000 characters
Updated UX and UI of description and notes fields on the general tab for increased readability

06-02-2023

Updated nutrition information panel (NIP) to display added sugars when enabled

05-02-2023

Updated default enabled reference measures

03-02-2023

Updated UI of nutrient filter dialog for enhanced readability

01-02-2023

Updated nutrition labelling workspace description
Updated food grid ellipsis menus to display resource type for nested resources

January 2023

27-01-2023

Updated enabled workspace nutrients after importing a FoodWorks 10 database to reflect the nutrients enabled in FoodWorks 10 plus the updated allergens per plain english allergen labelling (PEAL) requirements

16-01-2023

Added toggle for may contain statements and additional prefix options for precautionary allergen labelling
Updated UI and UX of organisation settings portal for usability enhancements

05-01-2023

Fixed bug causing the ingredient list to not copy when using the copy label to clipboard function

03-01-2023

Fixed bug causing the wrong number of users to display on the workspace management modal

December 2022

21-12-2022

Added error-handling email for users who have an database import that fails
Added ability to toggle off country of origin (CoOL) statements on label
Update UI to show custom nutrition labelling resources first in the search responses in the food grid

20-12-2022

Added import functionality for FoodWorks 10 Nutrition Labelling databases
Added ingredients tree feature for easier navigation between nested resources

19-12-2022

Overhauled the onboarding experience for improved clarity and convenience

14-12-2022

Removed the name of the compound ingredient in its own ingredients list where it is the only ingredient declared
Fixed bug causing allergens to be declared twice for compound ingredients
Fixed bug causing allergens to not display for raw materials declared as additives
Fixed bug causing characterising ingredients to display when not toggled on
Added ability to declare allergens as plurals
Launched Foodworks.online Nutrition Labelling - for details on the features available at launch see Foodworks Nutrition Labelling - Features at 14 December 2022