Recipe Products
Creating a Recipe Product type in Supply’d lets you accurately track ingredient usage and costs, ensuring precise inventory control and better visibility of margins.
A Recipe Product is a product that is made up of multiple components (ingredients or items) and is designed for situations where selling the finished product should also deduct the required quantities of each component from inventory.
It’s especially useful for foodservice or retail where products are built from ingredients or parts, and you need accurate stock tracking.
Key Features
Defined Components (Ingredients)
A Recipe Product has a list of items (with specific quantities) that make up the final product.
Example: A “Burger” recipe might include a bun, patty, lettuce, onion, tomato and sauce.
Automatic Inventory Deduction
When you sell a Recipe Product, Supply’d automatically deducts the right amounts of each ingredient from stock.
This keeps inventory levels accurate without manual adjustments.
Cost Tracking
The cost of the Recipe Product is calculated from the costs of its components.
This helps with pricing, profit analysis, and cost control.
Flexibility
Recipe Products can be used in sales orders, production runs, or bundled with other items.
Great for cafes or restaurants who need to manage raw materials and finished goods.
For Example:
Burger
1 × 50g Burger Bun
1 × 86g Beef Patty
50g Lettuce
20g tomato
15g onion
7ml Tomato Sauce
This document takes you through the process of adding a Recipe Product. For details on adding other types of products, please refer to the Adding & Updating Products, Creating a Production Product, Creating a Breakdown Product, Recipe Products and Product Types Overview documents.
Creating a Recipe Product
Complete Product Details & Custom Fields
Complete the Product Details and any optional Custom Fields sections, as explained in the Adding & Updating Products document.
In this example, we’re creating a burger.
The individual items must be set up in Supply’d first.
Select the Product Type
In the Product Type section, select Recipe.
Product Type* [required]
The type of product this is. For a Recipe Product, select Recipe from the drop-down menu. (For a description of the other choices see the Adding & Updating Products and Product Types Overview documents.)
When Recipe is selected additional sections will show.
Complete the Labelling Details Section
Refer to the Labelling Details document for instructions on how to complete this section.
Select Recipe Items
To add ingredients to this recipe, click Edit Items. You will be prompted to save your product before adding/editing any items. Click Save & Edit. The Edit Recipe Items page will open.
Clicking on, or typing in, the field that says "Type Product Name" will bring up a list of your products and ingredients.
Select the first item used in this product. Click Add.
A form will show.
The top fields will show the recipe size and costing details for the entire recipe and per item produced. As each item is added these figures will increase to show the total sizes and costings.
Quantity
How much of this item is used in this stage.
For example, you use 20g of a 100g lettuce in this stage. The Quantity would be 0.2.
Measurement
How much of this item is used in this stage. For example, you use 20g of lettuce in this stage.
You can enter the amount here and the Quantity will automatically calculate for you.
Ingredient Cost
The cost of this ingredient used in this product. This is calculated from data added when setting up this item. This field cannot be edited.
Cost Per g
The cost of this ingredient per gram. This field cannot be edited.
Repeat the above steps for all items used, clicking Add after selecting each one.
Click 
to add all items.
The items selected will appear on the Edit Product page with amounts used and total costings.
Sell Product? & Remaining Sections
Refer to the Adding & Updating Products document for details on how to complete this and all remaining sections.
Additional Options for Recipe Items
Clicking on the 3 dots in the top right of the "Edit Recipe Items" page will bring up a menu.
Save Items
An alternative to using 
at the bottom of the page.
Copy Items From
Selecting this will bring up the Copy Recipe Items form. This is useful if your recipe has the same, or very similar, ingredients as an existing item.
Copy From Product* [required]: The product that you would like to copy the recipe items from. Clicking on, or typing in, the field will bring up a list of your items. Click
to open up the items in the Edit Recipe Items page. Make any adjustments necessary for the current recipe you are creating and click 
.
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