Nutrients Sidebar -Recipe

This screen shows the Nutrient content of the Recipe. Nutrient content is calculated from the items included in the Recipe.

If desired, values may be overridden. The Override values will appear on the label and in reports.

Check the Show Analysis Override box. (Check Show All Nutrients to override ALL the nutrients available, not just the ones selected in Nutrients to View.)

Nutrient Values

1. • Type the new value in the Override column. The program will automatically convert it to units of the corresponding measurement and display both the Override values and %DV when applicable.

Decimal Places

Select how precise you want the values to appear by choosing the number of Decimal Places. This will only affect the nutrient display here, not on the Reports.

Sort Alphabetically

As of Genesis 11.6, you now have the option to sort your nutrients alphabetically.

Check Data

The Check Data feature lets you quickly verify if the information as entered by you and calculated by the program (Actual values) is within the range of what the values should be as estimated by totaling the values for the individual components (Estimated values). 

For example:

In a Recipe, the total number of Calories per serving as entered is 157.5. The values for each component that makes up the total number are:

• • 1.9 g protein
  • 19.9 g carbohydrates
  • 9 g fat

So, each component multiplied by its appropriate 4-4-9 number gives us the following as shown:

• • 7.8 protein calories
  • 79.6 carbohydrate calories
  • 81 fat calories

For a total of 168.4 calories (as compared to 157.5)

The difference between the two is 6.8%. We set our tolerance level at 10%. This comes in well under that level, so the data check gets the green light.

If we set the tolerance at 5% the check data button would have been yellow indicating that the levels weren’t exact, but nothing to worry about. Keep in mind that there are levels of error even for lab testing so 5% is likely too low of a level. We recommend a 10% tolerance level.

If the Check Data button is red, there is at least one check that is outside the set percent tolerance. Red values should be checked by the user. If the numbers turn out to be correct, the percent tolerance can be adjusted until the results are listed in green (within tolerance). For more information on Check Data Feature see this page

Interpret missing values as 0.

This feature also lets you know if there are missing values by treating missing values as 0, thereby tripping the Check Data warnings. To turn this off, uncheck the box.

Nutrient Calculator

As you know, the new FDA Nutrition Labeling Regulations introduced changes in nutrient definitions and standards. The new nutrient definitions include new nutrient fields that need to be populated for your ingredients and recipes so that this data will appear as expected on the Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts panels. 

To address this, we have developed the Nutrient Calculator, which helps you calculate data for the new nutrient fields without having to look up the formulas and/or calculate the conversions by hand.

The calculator offers formulas for:

• • Carbohydrates
  • The new Dietary Fiber fields
  • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B3 
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin E
  • Niacin Equivalents
  • Folate/Folic Acid
  • Tryptophan

Calculate Nutrients

1. 1. On the Nutrient screen, click Calculate Nutrients.
      
   2. Check which nutrients you want the program to calculate.
   3. When formulas are not straightforward, the calculator walks you through the decisions (for example: is Vitamin A coming from an animal or plant source?) to ensure accuracy. The recalculated nutrients will appear in the override column on the nutrients screen and the nutrient names will appear in blue.

Auto calculations

1. 1. Check this option.
   2. When you enter values in the override columns, the program will ask you if you want to automatically calculate related nutrients.