Ingredients

Get started with Ingredients

Ingredients are products used in Recipes and Menu Items.

Enter details about an Ingredient:

You don’t need to enter all details for an Ingredient.

However, to use certain features, you must enter some required information.

Details ↕︎

Ingredient Detail	Features
Prices	Create Prices for different suppliers (Purveyors) of this Ingredient.
Density	Enter Density and Fillet can do conversions between mass units and volume units wherever this Ingredient is used.
Nutrition	Enter Nutrition and Fillet can calculate Nutrition for any Recipes and Menu Items using this Ingredient.
Barcode	Enter a Barcode and you can search for this Ingredient using Fillet’s Scan feature.
Notes	Enter Notes to capture a quick thought, ideas, and more.
Edible Portion	Enter Edible Portion to specify what percentage of this Ingredient is usable, and Fillet will use this information in calculations.
Abstract units	Create Abstract Units to customize measurement units for this Ingredient, for example, bottle of oil, box of eggs.
Groups	Create Groups or add this Ingredient to an existing Group, and organize your Ingredients.
Photos	Add unlimited Photos to this Ingredient.

Example ↕︎

You want to calculate cost for a Recipe.

An Ingredient used in that Recipe does not have any Prices.

You must enter at least one Price for that Ingredient.

Otherwise, Fillet cannot calculate cost for that Recipe using that Ingredient.

iOS and iPadOS

Android

Web

Enter details about your new Ingredient, or set it up later.

iOS and iPadOS

Android

Web

Details ↕︎

	Description
Recipes	Add Ingredients to Recipes (add component)
Menu	Add Ingredients to Menu Items (add component)
Prices	Save Prices for Ingredients sold by your suppliers (Purveyors or Vendors)
Orders	Use the Orders feature to order Ingredients from your suppliers.
Inventory	Use the Inventory feature to track different amounts of Ingredients you have in stock.
Waste	Use the Waste feature to track Ingredients that are unusable and must be discarded.