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# Products vs Recipes

*<mark style="background-color:yellow;">What is the difference between recipes & products?</mark>*

**PRODUCTS**

* Products are made up of recipes
  * Under products tab, these are called "Bill of Materials"
  * These can be&#x20;
* Products ***do*** have product specs & nutritional content
* Products have file attachments like artwork, photos, GS1 certifications etc

**RECIPES**

* Recipes use ingredients to build a list of ingredients
* Recipe is then added to a products "Bill of Materials"
* Recipes ***do not*** have product specs & nutritional content
* Recipes can become "sub-recipes" to add multiple recipes into 1 product (ie, Base cake and icing)

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