Up to 100,000 recipes can be analysed and stored. Analysis is instantaneous and takes account of both water and vitamin losses on cooking. There are a range of outputs to screen, printer, web page and email. Nutrient contents can be compared with Recommended Daily Amounts (RDAs), as laid down in EU Food Labelling Regulations. Also, lists of recipes that comply with specified ingredient or nutrient criteria can be printed out, e.g. gluten free, milk free, low fat, etc.

A considerable amount of information can be held for each recipe: ingredients & weights, method of preparation & cooking, serving size, water & vitamin losses on cooking, nutrient composition & suitability for various special diets. The recipe nutrient composition can also be stored as a new record in the food composition database. This can then be used in a food intake analysis.

A "Scratchpad" function enables changes to be made to recipe ingredients or weights and the effect on nutrient composition immediately viewed. This is particularly useful if, say, developing recipes for school meals. Any recipe can be checked for compliance with the Target Nutrient Specifications (TNS) for manufactured products supplied for school meals at the touch of a button. If a recipe does not comply with the appropriate standard, you can amend the recipe and then re-check its compliance. Once a recipe complies with TNS, the development of school menus and menu cycles becomes more straightforward.

Water and Vitamin Losses On Cooking

For cooked dishes, it is essential to take water and vitamin losses into account. See the example below:

Labelling Options Pack

You can produce nutrition information panels and ingredients lists for product labels in the format required by the Food Labelling Regulations. You can also display and print front of pack nutrition panels. Click here for details

RecipE-book

Dietitians can use RecipE-book to give people an electronic database of recipes suitable for their special diet in a book presentation format. Click here for details.

  

For full details on the WISP program, click here.

For a comparison between the WISP and CARAT programs, click here.