Create and manage Ingredients

Overview

• Ingredients are Business-level master records reused by Recipes and Store purchase options.
• Each Ingredient has a name, base measurement unit, default usable yield percentage, status, Recipe usage, and Store-specific purchase options.
• Supported measurement families include weight, volume, Each, and Dozen using MiniTill's compatible-unit conversion rules.
• Duplicate active Ingredient names are blocked with a user-facing validation message rather than creating another indistinguishable Ingredient.
• Deleting an Ingredient archives/soft-deletes the Ingredient instead of deleting historical records.

When to use this

• Create one Ingredient for the real reusable input, such as Cream cheese, Smoked chicken, Flour, or Eggs, even if different Stores buy it from different suppliers.

Step-by-step

1. Open Costing → Ingredients and choose Add ingredient.
2. Enter a clear Business-wide name.
3. Choose the base unit that recipes naturally consume.
4. Set the usable yield percentage.
5. After creation, connect Store supplier products/purchase options.
6. Use the Ingredient detail to see Recipe usage and connected purchasing choices.

Common mistakes

• Do not create one Ingredient per supplier brand when the underlying ingredient is operationally the same.
• Do not choose a base unit based only on the supplier carton; choose the unit Recipes should consume consistently.
• Do not archive an Ingredient without checking which Recipes still rely on it.

Troubleshooting

• If an Ingredient name is rejected as duplicate, open and update the existing Ingredient instead.
• If an archived/missing Ingredient causes a Recipe cost problem, restore/correct the Ingredient relationship rather than creating an unrelated duplicate.