What this does
On a Finished Product, the Recipe tab lists Recipe Components — each ingredient and the quantity used to make one unit of this menu item.
Before you start
- The item’s Item Type is Finished Product (or Semi Finished if you produce a component).
- Ingredients already exist (flour, milk, sugar).
- You know whether you sell from a recipe (latte) or from baked stock (tray of buns).
How to do it
- Go to Products → All Product and edit the menu item.
- Open Recipe.
- Click Add Component.
- Pick an ingredient and the quantity for one finished item.
- Repeat until the card is complete.
- Save.
If the kitchen card is for 10 Babka Buns (510 g flour, 100 g sugar, 1.5 g salt), type 51 g / 10 g / 0.15 g. See Recipe batch yield.
What aPOS does next
Recipes are optional for the till. Without them, True Cost may show Cost incomplete.
With a recipe:
- Recipe-on-Sale (default for finished items you do not stock): a sale deducts the ingredients. The finished item’s own qty stays 0.
- Batch-Stocked (after you post a Production batch): a sale deducts finished stock. Ingredients were already used in production.
Saving the recipe does not put items on the shelf.
Example
Latte: 18 g coffee, 180 ml milk, 1 cup. You do not count leftover lattes. Leave physical tracking off for the latte; track the ingredients.
Babka Bun you bake and hold: recipe still describes one bun. The bake itself is a production batch.
Good to know
- Existing recipes already mean one item. Do not rewrite them in bulk.
- Do not use Product Category (for example Baked Treats) to decide costing — use Item Type.
- A Finished Product does not need a real purchase price. Enter 0 on Purchase Price Exclusive / Inclusive if the form asks. Cost comes from the recipe or from production.