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• Waste Calculator

  Waste can be accounted for in Nutritics at multiple levels. In the recipe workspace, if you go to your ingredient list and click to add an ingredient quantity, you will see the option to specify that the quantity ‘Includes Waste’: Ticking ‘Includes Waste’ presents 2 options, ‘Ingredient yield’ and ‘Production waste’:  1. INGREDIENT YIELD %:  … Continued

  Last updated: 13th May 2024

• Recipe Scaling

  Use the ‘Scale this Recipe’ button at the bottom of the recipe ingredients to calculate the stock required to produce a defined number of portions of a particular recipe: You can also access this by right clicking a recipe from search results and selecting ‘Scale this Recipe’: This can be particularly useful in catering and … Continued

  Last updated: 17th May 2024

• Recipe Reformulation

  The nutritional content of your recipes is calculated in real time as ingredients are added. Move the mouse over the various label values to explore which foods are contributing most to a particular nutrient. You can then modify that ingredient to produce a more favourable nutrient profile. Nutritics reformulation engine can also give specific recommendations … Continued

  Last updated: 30th April 2024

• Adding Custom Fields

  Custom fields can be used to tag custom data to foods and recipes e.g time/location of consumption, brand, supplier name, preparation method.  Please note this is a premium feature. CUSTOM FIELDS ON FOODS  To attach custom fields to a food, open the food, scroll to the custom fields box and click ‘+New‘. Alternatively, open a … Continued

  Last updated: 17th May 2024

• Nutrient Losses and Gains

  In Nutritics, nutrient losses and gains (NLG’s) are applied to the individual ingredient in your recipe workspace by applying cooking methods.  The cooking methods available per ingredient are dependent on the food’s category. If the cooking methods available are not appropriate, ensure the correct category is assigned to the individual food.  Nutritics will then account … Continued

  Last updated: 17th May 2024

• Ingredient List Management

  A recipe’s QUID or ingredient list is generated automatically in Nutritics based on the ingredients in the recipe. You can update an ingredient list at a food level, recipe level or on a product label.  MANAGING INGREDIENT LISTS ON THE FOOD LEVEL Ingredient lists are added on a food level by opening the food and clicking on the pencil icon … Continued

  Last updated: 2nd October 2024

• Recipe Cost Assessment

  The recipe creator can calculate the cost per portion or cost per 100g for each recipe.  To add ingredient costs, simply click on the ‘Cost’ box corresponding to each ingredient and enter the cost per unit of weight.  You can use any variable of price and weight e.g. ‘€5/10kg’, or ‘£3.10 per lb’.  Once you … Continued

  Last updated: 26th April 2024

• Adding an Individual Food to the Database

  An unlimited number of new foods, products, and supplements can be user added to Nutritics from label data, International food tables, or from laboratory analysed values. An unlimited number of new foods, products, and supplements can be user added to Nutritics from label data, International food tables, or from laboratory analysed values. Pro Tip:  Most … Continued

  Last updated: 17th May 2024

• Supplier Portal

  Please contact support@nutritics.com for more information on the supplier portal.

  Last updated: 20th March 2024

• How to Create and Analyse a Recipe

  Nutritics recipe creator can be used to combine foods from the database into a new recipe entry. Recipes can be used in diet logs, meal plans or combined with other recipes to make full meals quickly and easily.  Nutritics Foodservice edition includes a cost analysis system for recipes, a menu cycle builder and product reformulation … Continued

  Last updated: 3rd December 2024