Guidelines

 

For reporting purposes and especially label printing, Nutritional Guidelines must be used. Optimum Control contains two guides by default, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Canada Food Guide. Custom guidelines can be created as you may work in an environment where you have specific guidelines or reporting requirements (i.e. nursing home, school, etc.).

NOTE: You can sort the Guideline listing by Ascending or Descending order by clicking on the on one of the following headers: Tag, Nutrient Description, UOM or Amount.

To Add or Edit a Nutritional Guideline:

1.     Click Settings  (upper left corner).

2.     Choose Nutrition .

3.     Select Guidelines .

4.     Select an existing Guideline to edit. For new Guideline, click New  .

5.     Indicate a Description for the Guideline.

6.     By default, the Guideline will be set to Active. To make Inactive, UNCHECK the box.

7.     Indicate the Food Guide Required Amount from your jurisdiction for each Nutrient.

8.     Click Save .