What's in a recipe?

Find out how recipes are structured

Here's a summary of all the details you can find and edit in a recipe.

In the recipe detail screen, you can change the title, the meal type, number of servings, the prep time, cooking time, and chef.

NOTE: If you import a recipe from an internet site, the original internet URL is attributed. However, note that this will not appear in your end user apps.

Category Tags

You can also create category tags, which is a great way for your customers to search and find your recipes. Simply type in the category tags you want to use, and they will be added automatically to your category list which will display in the dropdown list for use in subsequent recipes you create.

These tags can then appear in the recipe search screen for your customers to use to find your recipes conveniently. To do this, configure which search tags you want to appear by going to Your App->Configure Search Tags.

Recipe images

You can upload your own recipe image or create a new image of your recipe using AI.

Multimedia Description field

In the description field, you can add text, images and also videos. We support many different video platforms including youtube, vimeo and also social networks such as Instagram and Tiktok.

You can use the preview feature to preview your recipe on a mobile emulator.

Nutrition

All recipes come with full nutrition information, at recipe level and also per ingredient. Included in this are any relevant allergens, including Gluten Free, Nut Free, Shellfish Free, Vegan and Vegetarian, This is all calculated automatically using AI.

Editing Ingredients

All ingredients are editable, and you can use natural language to change ingredients easily, and also drag the position of the ingredient lines. Similarly for methods.

Clicking into an ingredient line shows you what the Food Brain recognises, and there are also suggested alternatives displayed.

You can also add subheadings to ingredients and also methods. To create a subheading using the format (# Heading name) and it will automatically turn into a subheading.

If ingredients are not fully understood, a yellow flag will be displayed. A yellow info icon needs to be checked as the Food Brain would have made a "best guess", but a yellow warning icon means an ingredient line cannot be understood and needs to be corrected. Find out more about how to moderate ingredients here: Moderating ingredients

See the next section to find out how to quickly add recipes