Composite Ingredient Sidebar

To Open up this Dialog:

• Create a New Composite Ingredient (New →Composite Ingredient)
• Open an Existing Composite Ingredient (Open → Composite Ingredient → Edit Composite Ingredient)

You have to enter a name to continue to any other screen.

Other options available from this screen

Common 

Generally, a shortened version of the long Item Name. If you create an entry for this field, you can choose for this name to appear on your Reports (Home Tab > Preferences > General > Use Common Name). The Item Name will be replaced by the Common Name. The Common name will also appear in the Menu Labels. 

User 

You can use this field to store an original, specific user code for your recipe. Later, when adding this Ingredient to a Recipe or Menu Label foodlist, you will be able to search for it by its code. (See Searches for more information on Searches.)

Note: ESHA code, creation date and modified date are automatically filled in by the program. The ESHA code only applies to foods already in the program’s database and cannot be changed.