Creating a Recipe
A recipe tells Iraca what ingredients — and how much of each — go into one batch of a finished product. Once a recipe exists, you can schedule production runs, track ingredient consumption, and calculate cost of goods sold (COGS) automatically.
Before you start
You'll need at least one finished good product (the recipe output) and at least one ingredient already created in your product catalog. Ingredients can be other finished goods or supplies (packaging, labels, gloves, boxes, etc.).
Step-by-step
- Go to Production → Recipes and click New Recipe.
- Fill in the Recipe Name — this is what appears on production runs and reports.
- Choose the Output Product — the finished item this recipe produces.
- Set the Output Quantity — how many units one standard batch makes (e.g. 100 jars).
- (Optional) Fill in Labour Cost per Unit and Overhead Cost per Unit — fixed costs added to COGS per output unit at completion.
- Set Expected Operators — the default number of people working a production session. This pre-fills the operator count when you start a run and drives per-operator consumable calculations.
Adding ingredients
Click Add Ingredient for each item that goes into the batch. For each row:
- Product — search by name or SKU. Both finished goods and supplies appear.
- Quantity — how much of this ingredient one standard batch consumes, per unit of output.
- Unit — the unit of measure (e.g. kg, oz, unit, pair).
- Note (optional) — a reminder for operators, e.g. "Organic certified."
All ingredient quantities scale automatically with the actual output: if your recipe is for 100 units and a run produces 200, every ingredient quantity doubles.
Logistics packaging
Below the ingredient list there is a separate Logistics Packaging section for the box, bag, or outer carton used to ship units of this product.
- Select the packaging item from the searchable list. Only supplies marked as Logistics Packaging in your supplies catalog appear here.
- Enter Units per box — how many finished units fit in one box (e.g. 12).
Iraca calculates the cost per unit automatically (1 ÷ units per box) and saves it as a regular ingredient so it appears in COGS. If a run produces 120 units and your box holds 12, the system deducts 10 boxes from stock.
To mark a supply as logistics packaging, open it in Purchasing → Supplies, click Edit, and check Logistics Packaging.
Saving and editing
Click Save to create the recipe. You can edit any recipe at any time — future runs will use the updated ingredient list and quantities. Existing completed runs are not retroactively changed.
Duplicating a recipe
Open a recipe and click the duplicate button to create a copy. Useful for creating variants (e.g. different batch sizes or flavor variations) without starting from scratch.