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We use “food,” “food items” or “food” to refer to Recipes and Ingredients interchangeably, but only wjen when an action can accommodate both. Example: When you are searching for an Ingredient or Recipe to add to your Recipe, the search will use the blanket term “food item.”
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Genesis Items are those database items that are included with your Genesis Foods program. There are approximately 100,000 foods, ingredients, and recipes included with your program.
Ingredient
Genesis Foods uses “Ingredient” with a capital I to refer to the Ingredient feature, Ingredients in the included database and Ingredients in the program created with that feature. Occasionally you might see “ingredient” in this manual when it refers to ingredients created elsewhere.
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Genesis Foods uses “Recipe” with a capital I R to refer to the Recipe feature, Recipes in the included database and Recipes in the program created with that feature. Occasionally you might see “recipe” in this manual when it refers to recipes created elsewhere.
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