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Composition/Declaration, Allergens and Label Management
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Suppliers
Check Validity of
Information
Products
(ingredients,
allergenes, origins,
pseudo-allergens, etc.)
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Nutrients References
(USDA, BLS Swiss
Food, etc.)
POS /Weight Scale
with label printers
Link to Merchandise
Merchandise
(Ingredients of recipes)
Label printers
Recipes
Approval Validation
Sales Items
(price, packaging
details, etc.)
New laws particularly in Europe, Switzerland and
other parts of the world will soon be enforced to
regularize the way food declaration (composition),
allergens, nutrients, expiration date, origins of
food items, packaging, and other mentions that
are presented to the consumer.
CALCMENU provides a reliable and adequate
nutrition analysis data to improve the food quality
made available to the growing health-conscious
population, including health professionals,
caterers, and those who work in the food service
industries.
EGS Enggist & Grandjean
Software SA
Pierre-à-Bot 92
2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Phone: +41 848 000 357
Fax : +41 32 753 0275
info@eg-software.com
Labels
(Article name and
specific determination,
Composition, allergens,
nutrients, barcodes,
expiration date, price,
packaging details,
and other mentions)
Kiosks for product
information
Online product
information and/or App
for product information
Industries
Airline Catering
Companies
Canteens
Hospitals
Schools
Supermarkets
Catering
Enterprises
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ADVANTAGES OF USING CALCMENU
Greatly facilitates the whole process from the basic product definition
management to the printing of the labels on your food products.
Helps in making sure that the information provided by suppliers about their
products is complete, accurate and validated.
Creates the composition dynamically based on the recipe, the chosen
products, and by following the law.
The composition can be reviewed, edited and finalized before being approved
for label printing.
As an important requirement in marketing
products, applying food labeling enables the
consumers to have a better understanding of
nutritional content of the food. In CALCMENU,
the food label includes helpful information on
food safety and nutrient content of the product,
to ensure in making healthier decisions on food
choices based on the information provided.
Labels provide consumers useful information
on allergens, expiration dates, and other food
restrictions (e.g. religious/diet).
The system provides the necessary
information to create and print
composition labels, and also be exported
to a POS-scale, or other system, etc.
*Contact us about compatibility with the law of your country.
This can be configured or adjusted to your needs.
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The label’s content and layout can be customized.
Information needed for the label is processed by
CALCMENU, but may come from various systems
interfaced with CALCMENU.
Place of Provenance
• Any place where a food was
obtained or produced, and
not necessarily pertaining
to its country of origin.
• The name, business name/
address of the food business
operator on the label, shall
not constitute an indication of
the food’s country of origin or
place of provenance, within the
meaning of this Regulation.
Specific Determination
A brief description of the food
in order for the consumers to
know its true nature and to
easily distinguish from other
similar products.
Allergens
• Any ingredient or processing
aid or derived from a
substance/product which
causes allergies or intolerances,
used in the manufacture or
preparation of a food that is
present in the finished product,
even if in an altered form.
• Traces of allergens are also
managed by the system.
• Allergens of recipes are
inherited from allergen of
their ingredients and can be
adjusted at the recipe level.
Food Net Quantity
The net quantity of the product
in Volume for liquids (e.g. litre,
centilitre) and in Mass for other
products (e.g. gram, kilogram).
Ingredients
• Any substance or product
used in the manufacture or
preparation of a food that is
present in the finished
product, even if in an altered
form. (e.g. flavourings, food
additives and food enzymes,
or any constituent of a
compound ingredient).
• Ingredients are generated
automatically based on the
composition, which are also
associated with the weight.
• All ingredients must be listed
in descending order of weight.
Primary Ingredient
An ingredient that represents
the majority of the food
composition. It is usually
associated with the food
name given by the consumer,
and a quantitative indication
is required in most cases.
Date of Minimum
Durability of a Food
Pseudo-allergens or food additive
• The function of the pseudo-allergens is also
indicated (eg. Antioxidants, Colours, Emulsifiers,
stabilisers, gelling agents, thickeners, Flavour
enhancers, Preservatives and Sweeteners).
• Pseudo-allergens and food additives are part of
a built-in software dictionary. Both components
can have long and/or short names.
Translations: CALCMENU can handle multiple translations of ALL information on the label.
• The date until which the food
retains its specific properties
when properly stored.
• The “Use By” and “Best Before”
dates indicate how long food
will stay fresh and edible.
• “Use by” is used for food that
spoils quickly (e.g. meat, eggs,
dairy products). All packaged
fresh products bear a “use by”
date. You should not consume
products after the “use by”
date since that could result
in food poisoning.
• “Best before” is used on food
that can be kept longer (e.g.
cereals, rice, spices). It is not
dangerous to eat a product
after this date, but the food
may begin to lose its flavour
and texture.
All information included in this brochure is subjected to change without prior notice.
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Nutrition Facts
CALCMENU can calculate nutrient information
based on nutrient databases like:
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USDA (USA)
BLS (Germany)
ASA/SGE/Swiss Food (Switzerland)
INN (Italy)
CoF IDS (UK/Ireland)
CINE(Canada)
AUZNUT (Australia/New Zealand)
NEVO (Netherlands)
NUBEL (Belgium)
and even based on manually encoded values.
Nutrients can be displayed in terms of values (weight) or as percentage. The system
also provides few templates for the printing format on reports or labels, depending on
the user's preferences.
For more information about different nutrient database, contact us at info@eg-software.com.
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GDA (Guideline Daily Amount)
Assign, Search and Print Recipes with Allergens and Pseudo Allergens
What is GDA?
Nutrient information at a glance
Guideline Daily Amount (GDA) is a nutrition
facts label designed by the Confederation
of the Food and Drink Industries (CIAA),
a European trade organization. It is created
to help consumers understand the nutrition
information provided on food labels.
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Here is a typical sample of GDA label.
GDA is based on nutrition recommendations
from experts. This translates science into
consumer-friendly information and put the
nutrition information they read on a food label
into the context of their overall diet. This will
help the chef to balance the nutrient values in
recipes and menus.
What’s inside GDA?
In general, GDA focuses on 5 key nutrients.
It shows the actual value of each nutrient
contained in one serving or portion of your
food. It also includes the percentage of an
adult’s Guideline Daily Amount for a specific
nutrient.
Here are typical reference values used for GDA.
You may configure that with your own values.
*These nutrients can vary and you can configure
which nutrients you want to include.
GDA values are displayed inside
CALCMENU Web and can also be
printed on some reports, labels, etc
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