Ingredients and suppliers

Add ingredient densities to mix weight and volume

Add a density in g/mL to an ingredient you buy by volume but use by weight in recipes, or the other way round. Then its Bill of Materials lines can use either unit. FourFoxes can suggest a value from USDA FoodData Central, and Admins can fill in many at once with Add missing densities.

Link ingredient lots to a batch

On the batch's Edit page, scan a purchase's QR code or search for the purchase to link its lots to the batch. Linking also draws the Bill of Materials amount from stock.

Record an ingredient purchase

Add the purchase under Purchasing, one line per ingredient lot, with the supplier lot number and expiration date on each line.

Scan a supplier invoice

Photograph the invoice or upload its PDF, let FourFoxes read it, review the extracted lines, and save. The result is a normal ingredient purchase.

Scan a supplier lot label

Photograph a supplier's lot label from a saved purchase. FourFoxes reads the lot number and dates, you check them on the review screen, and Save lot details writes them onto the purchase line. Values already on the line are kept, and differences are highlighted.

Trace a lot in a recall

Click Trace back on a batch or Trace Forward on a purchase. FourFoxes walks the chain and tells you if any records are missing.