What is a semi-finished product?
A semi-finished product is a food item in the range that you can use as an ingredient in another product. This can be useful when you make an ingredient, such as green pesto, in batches yourself and use it in several dishes, for example in a chicken and pesto sandwich or a pasta salad.
How do you create a semi-finished product?
In the product range, click on ‘+ Add product’, then select ‘Food’ as the type.
Give the product a name, for example ‘green pesto’, and under ‘Purchasing’, ‘Ingredients’, ‘Recipe’ > ‘Unit and Yield’, tick the box next to ‘This product is a semi-finished product’.
Below that, enter the usable quantity (grams) and the recipe weight. If you’re making the green pesto in 100-gram batches, that’s what you enter here.
Save the changes.
Linking ingredients to a semi-finished product
Next, add the ingredients from your Purchasing List for 100 grams of green pesto. Save the changes.
Using a semi-finished product as an ingredient
You can now use the semi-finished product ‘Green Pesto’ as an ingredient in, for example, the pasta salad. Search for ‘green pesto’ under ‘Link ingredients and calculate purchase’, and add it to the ingredients list.
On which lists can you find semi-finished products?
The ingredients linked to the semi-finished product can be found on the purchasing list.
You can find instructions on how to make the semi-finished product, along with the quantities of ingredients required, on the recipes list.
By ticking the box ‘Show semi-finished products separately’, you can also have semi-finished products appear on the production list.
If you have any further questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact us!
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The Catermonkey team 🍌