Set the shelf life for a food label

To set the shelf life of your final recipe:

1. Open the relevant recipe or sub recipe
2. Navigate to the Labelling tab
3. Click the Shelf life sub-tab
4. Toggle on Show shelf life on label
5. Fill out each of the fields (as required) as described below
6. Select a statement from the Date marking dropdown

Date marking

Use to define the statement type for the shelf life marking on a label e.g Use by, Best before Baked on or Baked for.

Shelf life

Use to display the corresponding date (based on the number of days entered) alongside the date marking, or select a Date for a Baked on or Baked for Date marking.

Plain text secondary shelf life

Use for additional shelf life statement e.g “After opening consume within 7 days.”. This information is not displayed in the label produced by Foodworks but can be viewed in CSV exports.