The following explains how to accomplish common tasks in the Labeling Section.

Modifying Formula ID, Name, Notes and Attachments

If you are not already in the Labeling section, Click the Goto button and select Labeling – US.

Click the View button and select Name, Notes and ID.
Or you can also click the Formula Name & ID box.

Adding Ingredients to a Formula

In the Labeling section, press the Add Ingredients button.

The Add Ingredients window appears.

To add an ingredient to the formula, select the ingredient and press the Add button (A) or double-click the ingredient. If you would like to review an ingredient’s composition before adding it, press the View button (B). If the ingredient you require is not in the source list then try the USDA Ingredients list (C). When an ingredient is added from the USDA ingredient list, it is added to the current ingredient file and to the formula. You need only select a particular ingredient from the USDA list once. To add an ingredient more than once to a formula, select Disable Add Once Only (D).

An ingredient not in the ingredient database can be added to this formula by pressing the Add Ingredient Not in Database button (E). The ingredient composition will have to be provided. This will not add the ingredient to the ingredient database. IN MOST CASES IT IS BETTER TO ADD THE INGREDIENT TO THE INGREDIENT DATABASE FIRST, refer to Adding Ingredients to the Ingredient File.

If the wrong ingredient is selected and added to the formula, select the ingredient in the Current formula list and click the Delete Selected button (F) to remove it. When finished adding ingredients, close the form.

The user can search for a particular ingredient name or reference number using the search feature (G). Ingredients can be selected from the source ingredient file or from the larger list of USDA ingredients. The ingredient file can be changed by pressing the Look In: button (H). The list of ingredients can be sorted by ingredient name (I), by reference number (J), or by source (K) by pressing the appropriate button. The user can also press the Show Complete Name button (L) or the View button (B) to view ingredient names that are too long to view in the list box. To copy a list of ingredients from the ingredient file, click the Copy List button (M). The list can then be pasted into another program such as Notepad, Excel, Word, etc. The ingredients in the current formula can be sorted by clicking the Sort button (N). The Sort Ingredients window appears. Follow the instructions found in the Sort window. To enter recipe amounts for the formula, click the Edit Recipe button (O). Instructions for this feature are detailed in the section Entering Recipe Amounts in a Formula. When adding ingredients from the USDA Ingredients list, use the Category drop-down to focus on the ingredient type of interest (P).

Entering Recipe Amounts in a Formula

The necessary ingredients should already be in the formula in the Labeling section before setting recipe amounts.

Open the Recipe Entry Window by clicking the formula button and selecting Enter Recipe.

The Recipe Entry window appears.

Select an ingredient from the list (C). Next enter the amount and units (D). To enter the new ingredient amount, press the Update button (F) or press Enter on your keyboard. Select the units for the overall batch (E). To cancel the changes to the formula, press the Cancel button (G). To update the formula, click OK.

Update Ingredient Composition

The feature updates the composition information for each ingredient in a formula with values found in the ingredient file. The user should be in the Labeling section to use this procedure.

Click the Formula button, select Ingredients, and click Update Composition.

Sorting Ingredients in a Formula

In the Labeling section, click the Sort button found above the %(wt/wt) column

The Sort window appears. Follow the instructions found in the Sort window.

Delete an Ingredient

The user should be in the Labeling section to use this procedure.

Select the ingredient to delete from the formula (this does not delete the ingredient from the ingredient file).

Click the Delete button found in the ingredient column.

Delete All Ingredients

The user should be in the Labeling section to use this procedure.

Click the Remove All button found in the ingredient column.

Clear All Information

The user should be in the Labeling section to use this procedure.

Click the Formula button and select Clear All.

The user can also press the Clear Formula button found in the Labeling section.

Normalize (Make Total Amount 100%)

The normalize feature has the following characteristics:
• If the amount in the % column is blank for one or more ingredients, the procedure will add an amount to make the total of all ingredients equal 100%.
• If none of the amounts in the % column are blank, it will determine the amount of each ingredient necessary to make the total of all ingredients equal 100%.

To normalize the current formula, Click the Formula button and select Normalize.

Modifying Formula Density

Please refer to the section on Modifying Formula Density.

View Ingredient Declaration

You should already have a nutrition label formula loaded in the Nutrition Label section and be viewing the Nutrition Facts label. If you need help creating a Nutrition Facts label please refer to, Preparing a Nutrition Facts Label. If you are working with a more complex ingredient declaration, please refer to the Ingredient Declaration section.

Click the View button and select Simple Declaration Editor.

The Ingredient Declaration window appears.