CostGuard Food Costing Software

To see the Recipes from the SAMPLE database click on Recipes/ Recipe Manager.

You will see that there are different recipe types:

Double click on a recipe. The tabs at the top of the recipe lead you through the data to be entered:

Adding ingredients and saving:

At the bottom of each screen you will see the above. Scroll over the buttons to learn what they do.

Prep and Batch Recipes

When do I create a prep recipe and when do I create a serving recipe? And how do I account for shrinkage?

1. Entering yields for a prep recipe:

• If the Yield and Portion Units are compatible, then the Portions in Yield Field will calculate automatically
• If they are not compatible, then you will need to enter in the information

1a.Serving recipe from the above batch:

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2. A recipe that incorporates labor:

2a. Calculating in labor:

How to enter labor as an inventory item

Nutrition

Nutrition