Preference Groups: Removing Ingredients, Prepared Foods, Recipes – MealSuite

About Removing Ingredients, Prepared Foods and Recipes from a Preference Group

The means to remove an ingredient, prepared food or recipe from a preference group is by opening the preference group and removing the items; see the instructions below to do so: Opening a Preference Group and Removing Ingredients, Prepared Foods, Recipes.

For a recipe, there is also the option of removing it from a preference group from the recipe itself; see the instructions below to do so: Opening a Recipe and Removing It from a Preference Group.

To remove ingredients, prepared foods and recipes from a preference group, complete the following steps:

Search for and open the desired preference group.
Click the Assigned Foods tab.
To remove an item click its remove symbol (). Another means is to select the check box of the item(s) and click the Remove button; in this way you can remove multiple recipes.

For a recipe, another means to remove it from a preference group is from the recipe itself. To do so:

Open the recipe and click the Nutritional Content tab.
For the preference group you want to remove the recipe from, click its remove icon ().
If the recipe is in a preference group to which it was automatically added because of one of its ingredients, a confirmation message appears. Click the Delete button.

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If the recipe is in a preference group to which it was manually added, the preference group is removed without a confirmation message.
If the recipe was removed from a preference group to which it was automatically added because of one of its ingredients, the preference group appears with a strikethrough line and the green add icon (). You can re-add the recipe to the preference group by clicking the green add icon.

Note: For a recipe that is removed from a preference group to which it was automatically added because of one of its ingredients, hovering over the group displays the user who removed the recipe and the date it was removed.

For a food item (ingredient or prepared food), another means to remove it from a preference group is from the recipe itself. To do so:

Open the food item and click the Nutritional Content tab.
For the preference group you want to remove the food item from, click its remove icon ().
If the recipe is in a preference group to which it was automatically added because of one of its ingredients, a confirmation message appears. Click the Delete button.