Nutrients and calculating nutrition information
Learn about the nutrients in Fillet and how nutrition information is calculated.
Nutrients in Fillet
In Fillet, the various nutrition values are generally referred to as "nutrients". This is because the nutrition values in Fillet are primarily macronutrients and micronutrients.
Main nutrients
There are 6 main nutrients that are available in all Fillet apps:
- Energy
- Protein
- Carbohydrates
- Total Fat
- Fiber
- Sodium
Extended set of nutrients
In the Fillet web app, you can use an extended set of 38 nutrients. This extended set includes the 6 main nutrients available in all Fillet apps.
Calculating nutrition information
Ingredients
Ingredients' nutrition information does not require any calculations. Rather, you enter the amounts of various nutrients in a particular ingredient. Then the ingredient's nutrition information is used to calculate nutrition information for recipes and menu items.
Recipes
Recipe components can be ingredients and other recipes (sub-recipes). For each component in a recipe, Fillet checks each nutrient to see if there is an amount or if there is "No data". A nutrient amount can be zero (0) or greater.
After checking all nutrients for all components, Fillet will warn you if a nutrient has incomplete data. Fillet will also alert you if there are any errors that prevent nutrition calculation.
Fillet will provide the incomplete calculation for as many nutrients as possible, and will display these nutrient amounts with a warning. As well, Fillet provides the incomplete calculation for a recipe's "Total" nutrition and "Per Unit of Yield".
Menu items
Menu item components can be ingredients and recipes. For each component in a menu item, Fillet checks each nutrient to see if there is an amount or if there is "No data". A nutrient amount can be zero (0) or greater.
After checking all nutrients for all components, Fillet will warn you if a nutrient has incomplete data. Fillet will also alert you if there are any errors that prevent nutrition calculation. Fillet will provide the incomplete calculation for as many nutrients as possible, and will display these nutrient amounts with a warning.
Extended set of nutrients in Fillet web app
Macronutrients
- Energy
- Carbohydrates
- Protein
- Total Fat
- Fiber
- Sugar
- Monounsaturated
- Polyunsaturated Fat
- Saturated Fat
- Cholesterol
Micronutrients
Vitamins
- Biotin
- Folate
- Niacin
- Pantothenic Acid
- Riboflavin
- Thiamin
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin D
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
Minerals
- Calcium
- Chloride
- Iron
- Magnesium
- Phosphorus
- Potassium
- Sodium
- Zinc
Ultratrace minerals
- Chromium
- Copper
- Iodine
- Manganese
- Molybdenum
- Selenium
Other
- Caffeine