Nutritional Analysis - How does it Work?

One of the most powerful and popular functions of Recipe Manager is its strict control of nutritional data. The system comes bundled with a database of FDA/USDA standard unit conversion formulas. When you enter your ingredients (or place orders) in specific units, Recipe Manager knows how to convert these units into the proper nutrition label units (generally in grams or milligrams).

These standard nutrition elements can be adjusted from the Nutrition Elements database screen in Recipe Manager.

Defining what information is used in your nutritional analysis for all recipes is simple. Just select the elements you want analyzed from a single screen and all recipe nutrition labels will automatically be adjusted.

By default the nutrition facts label follows the FDA/USDA-standard layout. However, you have a long list of elements to choose from if you need further detail, and you can drag and drop new elements anywhere on your label. This makes it simple to add newly required elements such as “Trans Fat”. Any future mandates by the government on what should appear on nutrition labels will not be a problem for Recipe Manager customers!

Any recipe can be scaled up or down to produce a detailed nutrition label based on a standard 2,000 calorie diet. This label can be printed on a product container, printed as a report for a customer, or posted to a website.

Another powerful nutrition tracking feature is the ability to take any recipe and treat it as an ingredient within another recipe. For example, a common use is to have a “combo plate” recipe that includes several dishes (recipes) in one. This allows the user to produce a detailed nutritional analysis for any single dish or the entire combo.

The following is an example of a more detailed nutrition label printed from Recipe Manager.

Printing Complete Nutrition Analysis Reports

Want to print a nutritional value chart or menu for display? No problem! You can print all your recipes based on a particular element value (all recipes that are low sodium, low carb, low fat, high fiber, high vitamin C, etc.)! You can take this data and print it to a custom report or export it for the web! It is getting more and more common to see these types of reports posted on websites or displayed in the entrance area of businesses. Customers love to see these types of reports given the recent surge in nutrition awarness.

Below is an example nutrition chart report from a Recipe Manager customer that displayes the information for their customers.