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Ingredients and items

Add each ingredient once and use it in as many items as you like. Change it once and every item that uses it updates.

1

Add "may contain" allergens

In the ingredient form (Recipe Builder → New Ingredient, or the pencil on an ingredient).

  1. Click May Contain Allergens and pick from the list

    Use this for allergens that aren't in the recipe but could get in, for example from shared equipment. To take one off, click the cross on it.

2

Add calories to an ingredient

Only needed for Caloric PPDS Label items (Dill Advance).

  1. Tick Contains Caloric Information

    More boxes open underneath.

  2. Fill in every box per 100 g

    Copy the values from the supplier's pack. Save stays grey until every box has a number.

3

Add something you make yourself

For a house dressing or sauce. In Recipe Builder.

  1. Click New Full Recipe

    It opens the same form as New Ingredient.

  2. Type every ingredient, then Flag Allergens and Save

    Type out all the sub-ingredients yourself, for example Mayonnaise (Rapeseed Oil, Water, Egg Yolk…). It can't pull in ingredients you've already saved.

4

Find, change or delete an item

Click Home, then My Items.

  1. Find it

    Pick the tab for its label type (Safety, PPDS or Shelf), or search by name or category.

  2. Change it

    Click the pencil on its row, make your changes and save.

  3. Delete it

    Click the bin on its row, then Yes.

    Be quickThe Yes button disappears after a few seconds. If it goes, click the bin again.
5

Change an ingredient

For a recipe or supplier change. In Recipe Builder.

  1. Search for it and click the pencil

    The form opens with what you saved before.

  2. Make your changes and Save

    Every item that uses it shows the new ingredients and allergens straight away. No message appears, the window just closes.

    RenamingA new name doesn't carry over to items that already use it. They keep the old name.
6

Swap an ingredient in your items

When you switch to a different product. Add the new ingredient first.

  1. Click the list icon next to the pencil

    A window shows which items use this ingredient.

  2. Click Replace ingredient and choose items

    On the left, tick each item that should get the new one.

  3. Find the new ingredient

    Type at least three letters in Search Ingredient and click it. If nothing appears, type one more letter.

  4. Click Replace

    Check it in My Items. No message appears.

    New ingredient not in the list?If the old one has calories, the new one needs calories too. Edit it and tick Contains Caloric Information.
7

Delete an ingredient

You can only delete an ingredient no item uses.

  1. Click the list icon next to the pencil

    If items still use it, Delete Ingredient is grey. Swap it out first.

  2. Click Delete Ingredient

    When it says it isn't used in any recipe, click Delete Ingredient.

    No undoIt goes straight away with no "are you sure". Check the name and supplier first.