Enter or edit ingredients and their quantities

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In Nutrition Labelling, your ingredients are generally made up of sub recipes and raw materials. You can choose to create these resources first, before making your final recipe OR you can create them on the fly and update their nutrition composition later.

To enter ingredients for a recipe or sub recipe that already exists in your workspace

  1. Open the recipe or sub recipe.
  2. Click Edit.
  3. On the Ingredients tab, click in a row, and type all or part of the ingredient name.
  4. In the dropdown list, select the best match for the ingredient and press Enter.
  5. Enter the number for the quantity.
  6. In the dropdown list, select the measure for the quantity and press Enter.

To enter ingredients for a recipe or sub recipe that do not yet exist in your workspace

  1. Open the recipe or sub recipe.
  2. Click Edit.
  3. On the Ingredients tab, click in a row, and type a unique sub recipe or recipe name. 
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  4. In the dropdown list, select Create as raw material or Create as sub recipe
  5. Enter the number for the quantity.
  6. In the dropdown list, select the measure for the quantity and press Enter.

This resource will now appear in your navigation pane. You can edit the new resource later and your recipe will update accordingly. 

To edit ingredients in a recipe or sub recipe

  1. Open the recipe or sub recipe.
  2. If the recipe or sub recipe is a published version, click Edit.
  3. On the Ingredients tab, make the changes:
  • To change an ingredient or its quantity, click its name or quantity, and make the changes.
  • To delete ingredient rows or sections, point to the row or section, click the ellipsis icon and select Delete section or Delete row.
  • To copy and paste ingredient rows or sections, select the checkboxes for the rows or sections, click the ellipsis and select Copy section or Copy row, then in the row where you want to paste the selection, click the   ellipsis and select Paste above or Paste below.

Your changes to your recipe are saved automatically, once you are satisfied with this draft click Publish

Notes

  • To enter ingredient quantities as percentages, see Enter ingredient quantities as percentages
  • To enter ingredient retention factors, see Set retention factors for ingredients.
  • By default, the nutrient analyses for this recipe/sub recipe are calculated from the ingredient information you enter.
  • It's recommended that you create ingredients as resources (sub recipes and raw materials) rather than selecting ingredients from a reference data source. This gives you much more control over ingredient information, increasing your results' accuracy.

Tips

  • On the Ingredients tab, you can organise your ingredients into logical sections (for example, Cake, Filling and Icing). In a section row, enter the section name. Under the section name, enter the relevant ingredients. See Add or edit sections for ingredients.

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