Searching The USDA Databases & Exporting Labels with Branded Food Ingredients

This article will cover how to search for ingredients within the USDA databases and how to edit a branded food item in the ingredients list when exporting a label.

1. In the Recipes section, click Add Ingredient. In the Add Ingredient window, you can filter search results by each USDA database.

2. In the search results table, there is a column for the Database and if it is a Branded food item, the column for "Brand" will indicate the brand name.

3. Add the ingredient as usual. You will see the added Database and Branded column in the recipe table as well.

4. If you are exporting a Nutrition Fact Label with a Branded Food Item, the Ingredients contained withing the branded item will be outlined in black on the export label screen