This article applies to the following workspace types
Nutrition Labelling
A compound ingredient is an ingredient made up of two or more ingredients, such as chocolate chips or mayonnaise. On a label, it appears as its declaration name followed by its own ingredients in brackets, for example chocolate chips (sugar, cocoa butter, milk solids).
When you declare a raw material as a compound ingredient, you enter its ingredient statement. The Food Standards Code has different rules depending on whether the compound ingredient makes up less than 5% of the final food, so you set a statement for each case.
Declare a raw material as a compound ingredient
- Open the raw material and click Edit.
- On the General tab, from the Label declaration dropdown, select Compound ingredient.
- In Declaration name, enter the name to appear in the ingredient list.
- Enter the ingredient statement to use when the compound ingredient is 5% or more of the final food.
- From the Statement (<5%) setting dropdown, select what to show when it is less than 5% of the final food.
- 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.
Even when a compound ingredient is less than 5% of the final food, its allergens must still be declared, and some food additives may also need to be listed. Check your statements against the Food Standards Code.
About ingredient groups
- Ingredient groups are categories you define, such as fruit or nuts, to group ingredients in a label's ingredient list. For example, if the raw materials cashews and almonds are both in the group nuts, they can appear on the label as nuts (cashews, almonds).
- When you type a new group name, it's added to the dropdown so you can use it for other resources.
- To use ingredient groups on a label, open the final recipe, click the Labelling tab, then select the ingredient group.
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