Declare a raw material as a reconstituted ingredient

A reconstituted ingredient is a concentrated or dried ingredient that is returned to its original form by adding water, such as fruit juice concentrate or milk powder. When you declare a raw material as a reconstituted ingredient, Foodworks accounts for the water it absorbs in your recipes.

Before you start: adding water to your recipes

A reconstituted ingredient needs added water to absorb. You can either:

• create a recipe for the reconstitution, with the raw material and added water as ingredients, or
• make sure added water is somewhere in your final recipe's ingredient tree.

For added water, use a raw material with the Declaration name Water and a water content of 100g per 100g. Foodworks treats any raw material declared as Water as added water.

A reconstituted ingredient absorbs added water up to its reconstitution rate. If there isn't enough water in the recipe, it absorbs what's available.

Declare a raw material as a reconstituted ingredient

1. Open the raw material and click Edit.
2. On the General tab, from the Label declaration dropdown, select Reconstituted ingredient.
3. In Declaration name, enter the name to appear in the ingredient list.
4. In Statement (>5%), enter the statement to use when the raw material is 5% or more of the final food.
5. From the Statement (<5%) setting dropdown, select what to show when it is less than 5% of the final food.
6. In Rate, enter the parts of water per part of raw material. For example, if 1kg is reconstituted with 4kg of water, enter 4.
7. Optional: In Ingredient group, select an existing group or type a new one. See About ingredient groups.

Changes save automatically. When you're ready, click Publish.