Ingredients and Recipes

Ingredients and recipes help estimate ingredient consumption from sales activity.

Example:

• If a dish uses specific ingredient quantities per order, Selflane can estimate total usage over a selected period.
• This supports prep planning, purchasing, and variance checks.

Ingredients

You can track only key ingredients (for example proteins) or build a full inventory model.

Add an Ingredient

1. Open Menu > Ingredients.
2. Click +.
3. Enter name.
4. Optional: enter supplier item ID.
5. Set unit of measure (for example lb, oz, each).
6. Set price per unit.
7. Click Save.

Recipes

Recipes connect ingredients to dishes.

Add Ingredients to a Dish Recipe

1. Open Menu > Dishes.
2. Open recipe editor from the dish row.
3. Add each ingredient used in that dish.
4. Enter quantity/unit for each ingredient.
5. Save when complete.

Ingredient Reports

Use reports to review estimated consumption by date range.

1. Open Sales Stats and select date range.
2. Go to the Ingredients section.
3. Adjust rows-per-page if needed.
4. Click CSV to export.

Best Practices

• Start with your highest-cost or highest-variance ingredients.
• Standardize units before entering recipes.
• Review usage trends weekly to improve purchasing accuracy.