Genesis R&D Supplements was designed to make the supplement development and labeling process easier with tools for formula creation and modification, batch scale-up, costing, analysis, labeling and more. This video is a brief synopsis of how it works:
These definitions are used in describing the program functions and features.
Ingredients
Ingredients are items that are part of the company inventory. They are added to formulas to create the product.
Components
A component is anything that goes into creating an ingredient, such as vitamin or mineral (active components) or water and ash and other compounds (inactive components). An ingredient may be composed of one or more than one component. Active components can appear in the body of the Supplement Facts panel.
Formula
A formula is a collection of the ingredients and/or subformulas, and their amounts used in creating the product. Ingredient components can also be specified when creating the formula. Adjusting a component will appropriately adjust the ingredient amount.
Product
The product is a finished formula after final processing.