• Overriding an ingredient is a quick way of changing the Full Ingredient Name, Cost per unit, Weight per unit or allergens.
  • Please note, you will only be able to edit the Cost per unit if you subscribe to our the Budgets module. To review or change your subscription, please contact our friendly support team by clicking here.


When in Ingredients, to Override an Ingredient cost, weight or unit of measure:

  1. Click on the Override icon in the Actions column of your chosen ingredient:
  2. The Override Ingredient pop-up will display, as shown below:
  3. Click the red padlock to unlock the section you wish to override.  The padlock will turn green:
  4. Enter the new value:
  5. Click Save (the padlock will lock automatically when you click Save, there is no need to click the padlock before saving).
  6. The Ingredient will now be highlighted blue in the Ingredient Management list, indicting the original SoupedUp ingredient detail has been Overridden by the site (organisation):

To learn how to override the ingredient allergens, click here.