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Record your first batch

Click Create Batch, pick a product, and save. The start date, batch number, and earliest package date are filled in for you.

Creating a batch takes one required choice: the product. Everything else is filled in or optional.

  1. In the top navigation, open Production and click Create Batch.
  2. Pick your Product.
  3. Enter the Batch size and its Unit if you like. Leave both blank and FourFoxes uses the yield of the product's Bill of Materials, if it has one.
  4. Check the start date. It is filled in with today. For fermented products the field is Fermentation start. For everything else it is labeled Production Date.
  5. Add any notes about things that happened outside your normal process. This is optional.
  6. Under Linked Ingredient Purchases, search for the purchases used in this batch. This is optional, and you can link them later.
  7. Click Create Batch.

FourFoxes fills in the rest:

  • The batch number is assigned automatically. Numbering restarts each year for each product.
  • The earliest package date is computed from the minimum duration on the product's product type.

Fermented batches go back to the Batches list. For products that do not ferment, the batch page then asks Was this batch packaged today? so you can close the loop in one tap.

The quick start screen

Until your account is live, the Start your first batch link on the Today dashboard opens a shorter screen, Start a batch. Pick the Product, enter the Batch pH if the screen asks for it, and click Start this batch. The start date is today.

For a fermented product, that is all: no pH is recorded when the batch starts, and the batch page shows its earliest package date. You record the pH when you package it, once the ferment is done. For a product that does not ferment, the batch page asks Was this batch packaged today?

The Batch pH field only shows once your account has a pH check and at least one active product that does not ferment and whose type tracks pH. It is required for those products. If you also make fermented products, the field notes that it is only for fresh products. Click Use the full batch form if you need more fields.

On the Free plan you can add 5 batches a month. Once 5 are logged, both screens show Upgrade to keep logging instead of the form until the count resets on the 1st. Paid plans never stop you saving a batch.

Create Batch Record form The Create Batch Record form with Product, Batch size and Unit, Fermentation start filled in with today, General notes, a Linked Ingredient Purchases search, and the Create Batch and Cancel buttons. Create Batch Record Add a new production batch to the tracking system. Product* Smoked Habanero Batch size 20 Unit L Fermentation start* 10/21/2026 General notes Note here anything that happens outside of the normal SOP. Linked Ingredient Purchases Optional. Search for the ingredient purchases used in this batch. Search by supplier, ingredient, or date (YYYY-MM-DD)... Create Batch Cancel 2 3 4 6 7
Pick a product, check the start date, and click Create Batch. Everything else is optional.
No products yet?

The product dropdown only shows active products you have created. Add one first: in the top navigation, open Catalog and click Products. A product needs a name, a product type, and, if you want checks on the packaging screen, its food safety checks (CCPs).

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