nutraCoster tm Professional 2.1
Nutrition Analysis and Costing Software
★ Recipe / Formula Nutrition Analysis and Costing ★
★ Nutrition Facts Labels ★
Nutrition Analysis

- Calculate nutrient content and print Nutrition Facts labels for your products, including added sugar, Potassium and Vitamin D.
- Account for nutrition changes during processing, including moisture loss/gain and fat loss/gain
- Determine which ingredients contribute calories, fat, etc. to any recipe
- Calculate Net and Effective Carbohydrates
- Calculate eligible Nutrient Content Claims
Nutrition Facts Labeling
- Print US Nutrition Facts labels that comply with the requirements of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA)
- Print Canada Nutrition Facts labels that comply with the requirements of the Canada Food Inspection Agency
- Include allergen statement with Nutrition Facts label
- Print multiple labels per page
- Save labels in various graphics file formats including JPG
- Include ingredient listing with Nutrition Facts label
Recipe Maintenance

- Unlimited number of recipes
- Unlimited number of ingredients and an unlimited number of process steps for each recipe/formula
- Use any recipe as an ingredient in another recipe. This allows mixes, sauces, batters and doughs to be easily used in more than one product
- Account for moisture loss and other nutrient and production losses
- Scale recipes to calculate the cost and ingredient requirements for any size batch
Product and Menu Costing

- Calculate Product Costs including labor, materials, packaging and overhead for any size batch
- Uses state of the art production control technology (nutraCoster is a true multi-level Bill of Materials).
- Calculate gross margin or selling price for each product or menu item
- Explore “what-if” scenarios as margins or costs change
Labor and Overhead Costing

- Divide each process step into Setup Time (which is constant for any size batch) and Assembly Time (which is proportional to batch size)
- Assign one or more workers to perform each process step
- Assign each worker to a Labor Class
- Use the Labor Cost Calculator to assign a burdened labor cost to each Labor Class, including taxes, benefits, etc
- Use the Overhead Calculator to accurately calculate total overhead costs
- Allocate overhead to products or to labor classes
- Determine the overhead contribution to cost for any product
Reports

- Scale recipes by printing any report for any batch size or serving size
- Product Costs including labor, materials, packaging and overhead for any size batch
- Calculate gross margin or target selling price for each product and flag products whose actual margins are deviating from the target
- Where-used report - find all uses of any ingredient or mix
- NLEA (US) and Canada compliant nutrition labels, including optional nutrients, ingredient lists and allergen statements
- Nutrition content for any serving size
General
- Network ready
- Security features - require user login and/or password
- Control access to any procedure or report for any user
- Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 or later
- Pentium 200 or faster processor
- 32 MB RAM or more. 64 MB recommended
- 60 MB free disk space (more for optional ingredient libraries)