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title: "Introduction to Recipe Management"
url: "https://help.aurapos.com/en/article/introduction-to-recipe-management"
language: "en"
last_updated: "2026-06-30T13:51:02.398Z"
---

# Introduction to Recipe Management

A comprehensive overview on creating and managing your recipes.

[YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/embed/jR94vJtLnuY)

Recipe management is a crucial part of both stock control and menu design. Recipes are managed at the Brand level, so the user must be logged into the [**Brand**](https://help.aurapos.com/en/article/how-to-switch-between-store-and-brand-setting-contexts-in-the-portal) view of the portal before accessing the recipe management page.

To navigate there, open the **Section Menu**, select **Menu Management**, then select **Recipes**.

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## The Recipes Page

The Recipes page provides an overview of a brand's recipes and the **menu items** and **stock items** they are linked to.

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/5e589023-afdf-4f52-a694-0397b1d26823)

### Pricing Context

At the top of the page are options for **Pricing Context** — the parameters used to calculate the **GP (Gross Profit) figures** displayed against menu items below.

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/48098b81-956d-4765-aa76-0ddfc6a6b291)

To get the most accurate GP figures and price ratios relative to recipe costs, configure the following:

1.  Select the **Brand Profile** to work with.
2.  Choose the **menu version** whose prices should be displayed.
3.  Set the **Sales Channel pricing level**.'

### Filters

![](https://cdn-assets.productfruits.com/0c1a656d-65ef-4502-b15e-ee71ad93e09d)

Below the pricing context options, the page can be filtered by:

-   **Menu category**
-   **Recipe status** — items *with* recipes, items *without* recipes, or *all* items
-   **Stock items used** — to find recipes that contain a specific stock item

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## Viewing Recipes

The lower half of the page displays **all menu items** by default. The view can also be switched to show:

-   **All stock items** — some of which may have associated recipes
-   **All recipes** — a full list of recipes across the brand

### Read-Only Mode

By default, the recipes shown are from the **Published menu** and are in **read-only mode**. Clicking on any listed menu item allows its recipe to be viewed, but no changes can be made from this view.