What is a food?

A food is a custom food you create, for example when a specialised food isn't in the data sources, or when you have your own nutrient data for a food. You can create a food for the whole workspace or for a specific client, and it appears in the navigation pane like your other resources.

To add nutrient data, you can base the food on a similar item from the data sources, enter values from another source such as a product label, or combine the two by basing it on a similar item and entering your own values for selected nutrients. You can also add common measures.

You can use a food in a food record, 24 hour recall or meal plan, or as an ingredient in a recipe. When you publish changes to a food, every resource that uses it updates automatically.

You can view a food's analysis per 100g or for a custom gram amount, and per 100mL if the food is a liquid. A workspace food can also be copied to one or more clients.

Foods and reference foods

Reference foods are the foods supplied in the Foodworks data sources. You can use them in your resources, but you can't edit them, and they aren't listed in the navigation pane.