Basic Compound Ingredients
What is a compound ingredient?
A compound ingredient is an ingredient that contains other ingredients, for example, a BBQ sauce. If this is a compound ingredient that you buy straight from a supplier the likelihood is that you do not know the exact weights of the compounds. For this we will create a Basic Compound Ingredient. To specify the weights of each compound, for example a sauce that you make in house and then use in other recipes, please see Advanced Compound Ingredients.
Creating a Basic Compound Ingredient is simple:
- Create a new ingredient as usual.
- Click into the ingredient and navigate to the 'Compouds' tab.
- Click the '+' icon to specify an ingredient contained in the compound ingredient.
- Specify the ingredient name, and choose any allergens that this particular ingredient contains
- Repeat this for all ingredients contained in the compound ingredient.
TIP: You will notice that your allergens update with the allergens defined in your compound ingredient list. You will still need to specify the nutritional information for the compound ingredient.
- Once you have all the information filled in, make sure to mark the ingredient as 'Enabled' on the Info tab so you can use this ingredient in your recipes.
Below you can watch a short video of the complete process: