Worked example · simulated scenario

Using a Batch Without Creating a Waste Reason

Typing a word in a reason field should not turn dinner into waste. The chosen action needs to determine whether food was consumed normally or actually discarded.

A batch contains 200 g peas. A cook uses 80 g for dinner and happens to type Dinner in the discard-reason field.

Record the amount as cooking use

1. Enter 80 in the pea batch removal form.
2. Leave the action set to Used in cooking and enter Dinner in the reason box.
3. Record removal and review the tracker.

The typed word does not create waste

The batch has 120 g remaining and the cooking operation creates no waste record.

The cooking action reduces stock without a discard record. A reason is meaningful for confirmed discarded food; it does not override an explicitly selected normal use.

Use Confirm discard only for a portion that actually went to waste.