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How to add ingredients

What are ingredients in Poster and how to create them.

Ingredients are goods that you use to prepare dishes and drinks. For example, pastry flour for cupcakes or spearmint for lemonade.

To add an ingredient:

  1. Go to Menu → Ingredients in the management console.
  2. Click Add.
  3. Type an ingredient name, and select a unit.
  4. Click More info to set up loss percentage in case of frying, boiling, stewing, or baking.
  5. Click Save.

💡 Enter loss percentages to include them while preparing the ingredient. Enabling a Cooking method in Menu → Dishes while creating a dish recipe automatically calculates the gross weight based on the loss percentage and consumption.

💡 Enter Items quantityPrice per unit, and Storage location to supply the ingredient to your stock immediately.

To create or edit any of your supplies go to Inventory → Supplies and click Edit.

Combine ingredients into preparations to like sauce or dough to save time and maintain accurate reporting.

Updating the loss percentage, also changes the gross weight in dishes.

Feel free to contact our customer support if you have any questions or concerns. We're available in chat @joinposter.com and email contact@joinposter.com