Portion Unit

The Portion Unit is that unit in which the recipe will be served and counted. The unit should normally be oz or each, exceptions may include pies, cakes and pans. The Portion Unit will be displayed in all programs that reference that recipe number. For example, when the recipe is used as a subassembly.

Selecting the appropriate Portion Units can assist you in other FoodPro programs:

Menu Maintenance - although the portion unit of the recipe stays the same, the size can differ on the menu. For example, the global recipe is written for 4 oz but the dinner menu serves a larger portion of 6 oz. A Catering recipe may also have a different portion size then the global recipe. Selecting a portion unit of an oz therefore becomes very functional. It is not necessary to write a separate recipe, just change the portion size.

Point of Sale - you may be serving the same recipe but charging different prices per portion size.

Location Recipe Rounding - portion units of the recipe can be rounded up or down to a user defined yield unit.

The Portion Units in the drop-down menu are defined in the Master Lists program.

Note: A listing will be printed to indicate the files that will need to be altered when a portion unit is modified. This listing will include menus, ACI, location recipe yield units or any main recipes with this recipe as a subassembly. Modify the appropriate files from this listing. Since the system is a weekly batch system it is recommended that all maintenance be completed before the production run begins.