Adding your first ingredient
This article helps you add an ingredient so you can use it in recipes.
Steps
- Open Recipes, Ingredients and click Add ingredient.
Enter the name, what you pay for one pack, how much is in the pack and its unit (for example £1.20 for 1.5 kg). Add a supplier if you like, and tick every allergen it contains.
The Add ingredient dialog - The Ingredients table opens read-only. To fill in more detail, click "Edit prices and stock". In Detailed ingredients, copy the ingredients from the pack, separated by commas, for example "wheat flour, calcium, iron, niacin, thiamin". This is what appears in brackets on your recipe labels.
- Jars, bottles, labels and boxes are ingredients too, so their cost counts. In edit mode, tick "Packaging (cost only, left off labels)" under the name. MakrPrep keeps the cost in your recipes but leaves it off the ingredients list on labels.
If you use something both by weight and by the item (eggs, lemons), set the weight of one so MakrPrep can convert. A warning icon next to the name prompts you when it's needed.
The Weight of 1 Free Range Eggs pop-up - Click "Done editing" when you've finished.
- Got a list already? Click "Import a spreadsheet" (or Import) to bring them all in from a CSV file.
What to expect
MakrPrep works out the cost per gram, millilitre or item for you, and every recipe using the ingredient picks it up. Costs under a penny show as "<£0.01"; hover over one to see the exact figure.
Common issues
- A recipe's cost looks wrong: check the pack size and unit. A pack entered in ml for something priced by weight throws every cost off.
- The allergen box says "check": the name or detailed ingredients mention an allergen that isn't ticked. Tick it if the ingredient contains it.