Menu Planner / Nutrition AnalysisProviding the Tools to Ensure Compliance and Efficiency
Planning nutritious, appealing menus for thousands of hungry children is no easy task. OneSource provides the tools you need to plan nutritious menus while keeping your costs under control.
As you build your menu plans, you will be able to view meal pattern contributions, nutrient analysis and costs that are automatically calculated and displayed right on the screen. When needed, you can easily find acceptable, lower-cost substitutes while still keeping within nutritional requirements. OneSource displays cost and nutritional data in real-time as you make changes.
Menu planning and nutrition analysis for your school nutrition program have never been easier.
Complete recipe database
- Track general recipe information, recipe items and recipe instructions
- Add items to recipes easily—simply select the item, add quantities and select measures
- Insert instructions for recipe ingredients as needed
- Add general recipe instructions as desired
- Assign HACCP category with a click of the mouse and the system automatically inserts the instructions
- Size recipes by simply entering new feeding figure
- Perform nutrition analysis with one mouse click
- Determine recipe costs for the entire recipe or by serving
- Utilize the built-in interface with USDA Child Nutrition (CN) database, buying guide, preloaded USDA Team Nutrition recipes, and preloaded HACCP
Helpful menu planning features
- Use base menu plans that include stand-alone inventory items, recipes and non-food items
- Build menu plans easily—use stock numbers or item descriptions; add projected feeding figure, serving amount, and projected quantities; assign status for food, a la carte or non-food
- Use history feature to review actual quantities previously served
- View meal pattern contributions, nutrient analysis and costs that are automatically calculated and displayed by the system as you build menu plans
- Define targeted plate costs so the system displays costs in red that exceed your target as you create menu plans
- Plan menus for an entire week using weighted average if desired
Intuitive nutrition analysis
- Highlight individual items to view nutrition analysis—items in red indicate nutrient values out of compliance
- Perform nutrition analysis and cost analysis at any time by simply clicking a button—the analysis will instantly identify any differences from the standards
- Find an acceptable substitute to achieve compliance from the drop-down list, insert it into the menu plan
- Use the Search tool to find potential substitutes in seconds
- Make substitutions with real-time analysis results
- Find food items with specific nutritional requirements in seconds using Query tools
- Monitor plate cost from the screen as changes are made
- Determine if menu plans are in compliance easily using the Nutrition Analysis Report
- Perform individual and weighted average analyses
- Review an entire week by doing a weighted average analysis for a date range
Flexible scheduling features for menu plan calendars
- Select the cycle for the desired date range
- Export your menu plan calendar into other software applications with graphics capability
- Offer the MealpayPlus online payment system so parents can view menu calendars online, as well as what their child purchased
- Utilize the HTML option for website posting
- Print or post menu calendars with or without nutrition analysis
- Choose to display all or only key nutrients such as fat, sodium, calories and carbs on calendars
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- Forecast inventory requirements
- Perform nutritional analysis
- Allow production record deletions for perpetual inventory
- Use built-in interface with USDA Child Nutrition (CN) database
- Link items to USDA database using preloaded inventory
- Ensure compliance and increase efficiency
“It’s so much easier to do menu planning and nutrition analysis. I can make changes to the menu from my office for all of the schools.”
Lasinda Orr
Rock Hill School District Three
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