Ingredients tab
Composition table with the ingredient catalog, unit conversion, and per-row cost.
What it is
The editor's Ingredients tab lists the recipe's components with their quantity, their unit, the weight converted to grams, the percentage of the total, and the cost. It's the editor's default tab.
Action bar
Above the table you have four buttons:
- Add components — opens the catalog to add ingredients.
- Sub-recipe — inserts another recipe as a compound ingredient.
- Add part — splits the recipe into parts.
- Import / Re-import — pulls the recipe in from an image or a PDF. The button reads Import when the recipe is empty and Re-import once it already has ingredients.
Parts, sub-recipes, and re-importing have their own guides: see Parts and sub-recipes and Import and re-import in the editor.
The table
The columns are: Component, Base qty, Unit, Weight (in grams), %, and Cost, plus a final column with the row's actions. The last row shows the Total and 100%.
Each row can carry informational badges: base if it's a base ingredient from the catalog, and sub-recipe if the row is another recipe inserted as a component. Supply rows (packaging, candy cups, labels) carry the Supply badge and, instead of a unit, a Per unit / Per batch selector.
How to use it
Add an ingredient
Click Add components. The catalog opens (titled Add components) with a search box whose placeholder is Search ingredient (2+ letters) — e.g. 'almo'. Type at least two letters and select the ingredient. The catalog has more than 10,000 ingredients. Below the search box, the Show selector decides what it offers you:
- Whole catalog — the full catalog and your own ingredients.
- No base ingredients — hides only a few generic entries (water, salt, white sugar and sucrose, cocoa butter, milk, and lecithin). Anything else, such as “Brown sugar”, “Maldon salt” or “Milk powder”, still shows up, and so do your own ingredients. Until you type two letters, the search says Base ingredients are hidden.
- Only my ingredients — hides the whole catalog and shows only the ingredients you created. If none of them matches what you type, the Search the catalog for “…” button extends just that search to the catalog.
Your choice is saved to your account straight away and applies on all your devices: it's the same option as Ingredients when adding components in Settings → Preferences. The catalog has two tabs, Ingredients and Supplies; the Show selector only appears on Ingredients. If what you're looking for isn't there, the Create the sheet for “…” button lets you create your own sheet right there (only the name is required, and it uses no credits) and add it to the recipe.
Adjust the quantity and the unit
Edit Base qty and choose the Unit on each row. The Weight recalculates automatically using the ingredient's density or weight per unit (see Unit conversion). If the weight is an assumption, Estimated weight appears under it; if it can't be converted, No weight or Review unit (hover over it to read what's missing).
Assign a cost (optional)
Click a row's Cost value to open the price editor. You can enter it per kg, per g, per L, per ml, or per unit, in your profile's currency. When you save a cost on an ingredient row, the price is also recorded in the cost history (you'll see it under Costs → Ingredient prices).
View the sheet or remove a row
Each row's info icon opens the ingredient sheet. In the last column, the Change record button (two arrows) swaps the ingredient's record for another one while keeping its quantity, its part and its place in the recipe; the X removes the row.
Weight-difference notice
If the ingredients' actual weight drifts more than one gram from the target weight, a notice appears with two buttons:
- Adjust target to X g — changes the target weight to match the sum of the ingredients.
- Scale components to Y g — rescales the quantities to reach the target weight.
EU-14 allergens
Below the table, a section summarizes the allergens from the EU-14 list detected in the declared ingredients. It's the basis for the allergens section of the A4 sheet.
Chocolate technical validation
In recipes with a chocolate type, a collapsible View the chocolate's technical validation block shows the formula's technical analysis.
Empty states
- No ingredients: No components in this recipe. + Click "Add components" to search the catalog (10,000+ ingredients).
- Part with no ingredients: No components in this part.