Waste can be accounted for in Nutritics at multiple levels. In the recipe workspace, if you go to your ingredient list and click to add an ingredient quantity, you will see the option to specify that the quantity ‘includes waste’.
Ticking ’includes waste’ presents 2 options, ‘Ingredient yield’ and ‘Production waste’.
This is the expected amount of usable ingredient left after the ingredient has been prepared (e.g. skin has been peeled, stones removed etc.)
Most foods in Nutritics have a suggested yield % already that can be used, or custom values can be tagged onto foods.
To set the yield on an ingredient from the recipe workspace:
If an ingredient yield is changed, this will automatically update any other recipes in which this ingredient is used.
Note: The % usable yield can also be set when inputting ingredient costs from the recipe workspace.
Once an ingredient yield has been entered, the weight of the ingredient excluding waste will be shown in the description box to the right of the ingredient quantity.
Percentage yield has also been added as a column on the food importer spreadsheet and the cost uploader spreadsheet for mass updates (accessed by going to the start menu < batch jobs if this feature is included in your plan).
This accounts for waste that occurs due to the recipe production methods. This is an acceptable loss of usable material; for example, 2-3% of pancake batter may stick to the mixing bowl and utensils, or 70-80% of a marinade may be discarded after use.
To set the production waste on an ingredient from the recipe workspace:
