Preference Group: Adding Ingredients, Prepared Foods, Recipes

• About Adding Ingredients, Prepared Foods and Recipes to a Preference Group
• Opening a Preference Group and Adding Ingredients, Prepared Foods, Recipes
• Opening a Recipe and Adding It to a Preference Group
• Opening a Food Item (Ingredient or Prepared Food) and Adding it to a Preference Group

About Adding Ingredients, Prepared Foods and Recipes to a Preference Group

The means to add an ingredient, prepared food or recipe to a preference group is by opening the preference group and adding the items; see Opening a Preference Group and Adding Ingredients, Prepared Foods, Recipes below. 

For a recipe, there is also the option of adding it to a preference group from the recipe itself; see Opening a Recipe and Adding It to a Preference Group below. 

Opening a Preference Group and Adding Ingredients, Prepared Foods, Recipes

To add ingredients, prepared foods or recipes to a preference group, complete the following steps: 

1. Search for and open the desired preference group. 
    
2. Click the Add Items button. The Assign Food Item window appears.
   
   
    
3. From the Filters on the left, select the Food & Non Food Items option and use its associated filters as needed:
   • Food Type - filter by recipes, prepared foods, and ingredients. 
   • Categories - filter by recipe categories and/or food categories. 
   • Tags - filter by tags applied to prepared foods. 
   • Display only items used in my account - includes items that currently appear in recipe extensions, menus, personal menus or diet interventions in your account. 
      
4. The Vendor Products option from the Filters on the left is a means to select a food item associated with a vendor product. From the vendor products that are returned from the search results, you then select one, which in turns adds the food item the vendor product is linked with (i.e., vendor product is verified for the food item). In other words, the food item the vendor product is linked with is added, and not the vendor product itself. When selecting the Vendor Product option, its associated filters are as follows:
   • Vendors - filter by a specific vendor or vendors. 
   • Product Brand - filter by a specific product brand or brands. 
       
5. In the Search field, enter the description or ID of the item or product you are searching for. The search results are returned automatically.
    
6. For an item you want to add, click + Select button. The button changes to ✓ Selected to indicate that the item has been added to the preference group. You can repeat the above steps to add other items.
    
7. When ready, click the Save Selected Items button to add the items to the preference group. The window closes and the newly-added items are listed.
   
   

Opening a Recipe and Adding it to a Preference Group

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

1. Open the recipe and click the Nutritional Content tab.
   
   
    
2. In the Preferences section, click the Add link. An Add field appears at the bottom of the section. 
   
   
    
3. From the Add drop-down field, select the preference group to which you want to add the recipe. You can select more than one group.
    
4. Click the Add button below the drop-down field. The preference group(s) to which you added the recipe is listed. 
   
   
   
   Hovering over the group displays the name of the user who added the recipe to the preference group. 
   
   

Note: If the recipe had been removed from a preference group to which it was automatically added to 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. 

Opening a Food Item (Ingredient or Prepared Food) and Adding it to a Preference Group

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

1. Open the food item and click the Nutritional Content tab.
   
   
    
2. In the Preferences section, click the Add link. An Add field appears at the bottom of the section. 
   
   
    
3. From the Add drop-down field, select the preference group to which you want to add the food item. You can select more than one group.
    
4. Click the Add button below the drop-down field. The preference group(s) to which you added the food item is listed. 
   
   
   
   Hovering over the group displays the name of the user who added the food item to the preference group. 
   
   
   
   In addition, you can revert the food item to its original associated preferences group by clicking the revert icon indicated below.  
   
   

FAQs

When I hover over a preference group to which the recipe was manually added, the text only states "Added by user" rather than the name and date?

For a preference group that a recipe was added to prior to the July 2025 release of recipe enhancements, the system did not capture the user and date, and therefore the text only "Added by user" appears instead of the name and date.