Tools & Calculators

Recipe Development Calculator

This tool was developed to support work by processors to meet both cost and nutritional criteria for their products that target specific or general populations.

The tool will assist in comparing recipes for nutritional and cost attributes.

Before starting, please download and review the instruction sheets.

The first part of the instruction sheet will walk you through the process of entering recipe ingredients and costs.

The second part of the instruction sheet will walk you though the process of changing the criteria, target populations, and guideline to compare against the recipe content.

Download the Recipe Development Master Spreadsheet in Excel Document

Background:
Foods chosen to include in the ingredients list include common cereals/grains, soy products, other protein sources, other common ingredients, and unnamed ingredients (that you can add).

The nutrients entered were gathered from a number of sources, including the USDA nutrient database, the Canadian nutrient database, and publications from nutrient composition of foods published in Kenya, Ethiopia, and the United States.

The nutrient comparisons for targeted populations (by age and gender) were also gathered from a number of sources, including the World Health Organization and recommendations from the Institute of Medicine in Washington DC.

The criteria for fortified blended food products was taken from the World Food Programme's 2008 publication.

This tool was developed by The Cutting Edge (TCE Consulting Group, Inc.). Please direct any questions to Cade Fields-Gardner (cfg@tceconsult.org).