Introduction

The Ingredient Declaration section makes it possible to create more complex ingredient declarations. The user can create formulas in either the Formula Dev or the Nutrition Labeling section and utilize those formulas in the Ingredient Declaration Section. Formulas can also be created and saved solely in the Ingredient Declaration Section.

Ingredient Declaration Section Layout

Here is a figure displaying the appearance of the Ingredient Declaration section after retrieving a yogurt formula.

There are a number of buttons (A) at the top. The Add button is used to add new ingredients to the declaration formula. The Delete button deletes unwanted ingredients. The View Dec button displays the current ingredient declaration. The Include and Exclude buttons are used to include or exclude an ingredient’s declaration from the overall formula declaration. The Clear Formula button will clear all formula information from the screen. The Edit Dec button is used to modify an ingredient’s declaration in the formula only. It does not modify information in the ingredient file. The Moisture button is used to determine the ingredient declaration after moisture loss. Further down is the Edit button. It is used to modify the formula name, ID and notes. Just below the row of buttons, information is displayed regarding which cell is selected (B). At present the formula name cell is selected (C). Since the formula name cell is selected, the formula name, reference number, total number of sub-ingredients, and the total percent of the sub-ingredients are shown (B). The total number of ingredients in the formula is also displayed (D).

Notice the red triangles in the upper right-hand corners of many of the cells. These denote comments. When a user runs their mouse over a cell with a comment, it pops up. The figure below shows the comment for the formula name (E) and for an ingredient (F). When an ingredient is added to the formula, the ingredient declaration is displayed instead of the ingredient name. The ingredient name and reference number can be viewed in one of two ways. First the user can click in the row containing the ingredient displaying its information. This will cause the ingredient information to be displayed in the boxes just below the row of buttons (B). The other method is to run the mouse pointer over the cell containing the ingredient’s comment. The comment will pop up showing the ingredient name and reference number (F). If the ingredient was added as part of a formula, the formula information is also displayed in the comment (F). Our ingredient was not added as part of a formula so the formula name and ID portion is empty (F).

Viewing the Ingredient Declaration Section

To get to the Ingredient Declaration section, Click the Goto button and select Declaration.