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Introduction to CookedApple:

CookedApple was developed by FoodCalc.com, founded in 2003. FoodCalc’s mission and business model centers on supplying small to medium size food manufacturers that are required to meet significant new regulatory and compliance standards in the field of nutrition and nutrient data composition.

CookedApple’s sophisticated web-based application requires neither training nor a manual to study. The web screens are easy to use, and we’re confident that navigating and customizing your recipe will be seamless.

CookedApple’s expert staff, comprised of Registered Dietitians, FDA regulation specialists, and experienced and IT professionals are all well trained and experienced in nutrition analysis, and keep up to date in the food industry. Service is our number one priority and customer satisfaction is our focus. Outsourcing your nutrition analysis needs to CookedApple staff takes the weight off your shoulders. You get peace of mind knowing that your recipes are in the hands of professionals.

What are the primary features?

Download Features Document as a PDF

The CookedApple Application:

Online – Accounts can be accessed from any computer with internet access 24/7. No installation, no software to download, no special computer requirements and always readily available industry leading tools

Instant Nutrition Analysis – CookedApple provides complete and accurate nutrition analysis in a concise report format that can be easily exported to other programs like Microsoft Word and your website.

Disaster Recovery – CookedApple’s system is backed up every 24 hours to ensure recipe data is saved for future recovery. We run the latest Microsoft data protection manager (DPM). Every 4 hours user changes are copied over to the DPM server.

Easy-to-Use – CookedApple was designed for consumer use, with the intention of simplifying the nutrition analysis process into quick and easy steps.

Adding Ingredients/Products – CookedApple allows your staff to input products/recipes and menu items into the CookedApple ingredient database. This feature also allows users to input any ingredient not found in the database.

Updated and Reliable Database – CookedApple’s ingredient database includes 18,000+ ingredients; compiled from USDA Nutrient Laboratory data. The database is continuously updated by CookedApple IT staff to ensure accuracy and up-to-date data.

Claim Identification – Content claims (i.e. fat free, low sodium, reduced sugar) are recognized by the application when inputted recipes qualify per FDA standards.

Shared Use – CookedApple includes the ability to share and transfer recipes among users in a group. Group members can be set-up by a ‘master’ user who will have full user-rights (this could be a chosen staff member within the department or a manager).

Archive – User accounts allow for unlimited storing/archiving of recipes and reports to be accessed by users.

Customer Service – CookedApple’s knowledgeable and helpful team will assist your staff throughout the products/recipes and menu analysis process; and assist with all technical issues concerning the CookedApple application.

CookedApple’s Services:

Rapid Turnaround – CookedApple’s staff are professionally trained in recipe analysis. With 5 years of recipe analysis experience, turnaround time for nutrition results is above industry standard.

Reduced time and Labor costs– By outsourcing labor for recipe analysis to CookedApple, there’s no lead-up time to learn the application, need of additional staff, or re-working existing staff hours. Our dynamic team will hit the ground running.

Compliance Assurance– Our expert staff will review and proofread all nutrition analyses and recipes before they are posted. Assurance of portion sizes, FDA standards and formatting of each recipe’s nutritional profile will be assessed.

Expert Analysis– All recipe analyses will be completed by CookedApple staff compiled of both Registered Dietitians with expertise in nutrition analysis and FDA regulation specialists who will assure the compliance and regulation standards.

Customers obtain instant results and utilize comparison tools as they experiment with new product recipes. Thus, CookedApple aids in the design of new food products by allowing recipe adjustment in favor of desired nutrient levels and content claims such as “Low fat”

You can also add recipes to menus and easily combine recipes for combination plates.

As a member of CookedApple you will receive the latest features and improvements every single time you access your account. There are no patches to consider, no installation steps to go through just log on and take advantage of the new enhancements free of charge.

Below are just some benefits offered through your membership with CookedApple:

Recipe Creation:

  • Automatically receive accurate nutritional data provided by the USDA.
  • Instant Rounding Rules and % Daily Values.
  • Portion Size calculators (for your records results display for both)
  • Customization of recipe reports.
  • Allowing for ‘Cooking Instructions’ to be added.
  • E-mail, Save and Download all recipes and menus.

Product Development Solutions:

  • Pre-programmed criteria determination and reporting for eligible Nutrient Content Claims such as “Low fat”
  • Tracking tool that helps you navigate around the application.
  • Modification tools and assistance alerts
  • Step-By-Step examples

Member Usability Features:

  • Unlimited access anywhere and anytime to your account.
  • Analyze and securely store unlimited products
  • Sophisticated Recipe Library utilizing an array of organizational storage tools such as:
    • Archiving
    • Created and Modified dates
    • Product Descriptions
    • Product Status (Finished or Not Finished)
    • Recipe Category (Lunch, Breads, Appetizers etc.)
  • Track your progress by our advanced integrated recipe navigation steps that link to your every step to ensure completion.

How many products can I analyze and store?

As many as you want. CookedApple’s membership does not restrict to account usage. In fact we’ve designed a sophisticated and customized Recipe Library manager that will enable you to sort and archive your products. There’s also a feature to enter previously analyzed products from another source.

What are the membership options?

We have two membership options:

Option 1 - The CookedApple online application is licensed to your company. You will be responsible for inputting all products/recipes and menu items into the database, and performing all ingredient analyses. You will assume responsibility for regulation compliance.

Option 2 - CookedApple will perform all products/recipes and menu ingredient analysis work, ensuring regulation compliance, secure storage of ingredients, assurance of closely met average portion sizes, presentation of “healthy recipe” claims and final review.

Click Here for option details (PDF)

Please contact us to learn more:

info@cookedapple.com
(650) 375-8900

How much does is cost?

We customize costs for each individual account.

For customers licensing the CookedApple application for their own use there is a onetime start-up fee, and monthly or quarterly licensing fees to maintain your account.

For customers utilizing CookedApple services, pricing will depend on number of recipes to be analyzed, the complexity of the recipes to be analyzed, and the amount of information that needs to be gathered in order to perform the recipe analysis (standardized recipes with exact measurements and specifications minimize this kind of work).

For a price quote email us at info@cookedapple.com

CookedApple’s application has been designed by FoodCalc.com which uses the latest Microsoft development tools and advanced coding languages for secure and robust web delivery.

ASP.NET is used for the interface (front-end) of the application and C# is utilized for the database and server (back-end). In view of the paramount importance of security, Microsoft Sequel Server (MSSQL 2005) is the platform of choice.

What information is needed to perform nutrition analysis with CookedApple?

For each recipe you analyze you will need:

  • A list of ingredients and their quantities (preferably by weight)
  • Specifics about each ingredient (i.e. is your flour bleach or unbleached, enriched or unenriched,…etc.)
  • Your known portion size (by weight)
  • Nutrition information for any ingredients not found in the CookedApple database

***CookedApple services will help or will take of compiling this information.

What technology does CookedApple use for its application?

CookedApple’s application has been designed by FoodCalc.com which uses the latest Microsoft development tools and advanced coding languages for secure and robust web delivery.

ASP.NET is used for the interface (front-end) of the application and C# is utilized for the database and server (back-end). In view of the paramount importance of security, Microsoft Sequel Server (MSSQL 2005) is the platform of choice.

We also use the advanced and guaranteed SSL Technology provided by VeriSign, Inc: www.verisign.com*

SSL stands for ‘Secure Socket Layer’ and this technology is used throughout all sections of CookedApple for the means of data encryption and website security.

Source: ‘*VeriSign, Inc’ and the ‘Internet Retailer Top 300 Guide’

What security does CookedApple provide for my account and ingredient data?

CookedApple’s servers reside in Time Warner Telecom's secure facility where the application is hosted by a company that has been a leader in Commercial Web Hosting, almost 10 years in service and provides hosting to government and Fortune 500 companies around the world. CookedApple’s databases are located on its own dedicated server that performs daily back-ups and made safe by firewall protection.

CookedApple has been designed with specific producers in mind for ever single user. We have a secure and mandated protocol that each new and current customer must follow in order to retrieve and log in to their account. Each account has been encrypted to grant access is the User Name, Security Question and Password is correct.

If at any time you suspect fraudulent activity on your account and fear someone shouldn’t have access to your data. Please contact us immediately by:

info@cookedapple.com
(650) 375-8900

What procedures have been put in place for Credit Processing? Do you have a secure payment solution?

CookedApple understands and fully identifies with the significance of a secure online payment process. In order to provide you with the up most security CookedApple uses 2 advanced payment systems both provided by VeriSign, Inc:

1) VeriSign’s Commerce Site Pro:
http://www.verisign.com/products-services/payment-processing/commerce-site-faq.html

2) VeriSign’s Advanced Fraud Protection:
http://www.verisign.com/products-services/payment-processing/online-payment/fraud/faq.html

We work closely with the Bank and Merchant services to test our application daily and run routine security checks for the confidence of our members.

If at any time you suspect fraudulent activity on your account CookedApple will work diligently with you and all involved parties to ensure the best results for you and your company.

What are your recommendations for viewing the application?

This web site is best viewed with Internet Explorer (IE) 6.0

Netscape browser 8.0 http://www.netscape.com/ is compatible but there will be some out-of-line boxes.

For browser version we recommend that you use the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer available for free download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1e1550cb-5e5d-48f5-b02b-20b602228de6&DisplayLang=en

We do not recommend Mozilla/Firefox at this time http://www.mozilla.org. We will however release a compatible version in the future.

I'm using a Mac and I can't seem to view CookedApple. Why not?

Unfortunately applications on the web are not always compatible with everyone's operating system (OS). CookedApple will be working on how to resolve the incompatibility between a Mac (Macintosh) and PC (Windows/Microsoft Based).

There is one option for users running the latest Mac operating system called OS X (pronounced OS ten) and that is to download the Safari web browser. You may already have IE (Internet Explorer) or an older version of Safari, but again these 2 browsers will not work due to incompatibility features.

The following Safari link was provided by apple for OS X users only and will work:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17743

What nutritional data does CookedApple use?

CookedApple’s has been designed by FoodCalc.com which is compiled by the latest USDA’s Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 20.

The USDA’s Nutrient Data Laboratory SR20 is the foundation of most food and nutrition databases in the US, used in food policy, research and nutrition monitoring. CookedApple acknowledges and thanks the USDA’s hard work and dedication to nutritional research and data compilation throughout the years.

As we continue to provide the latest and accurate nutritional data, CookedApple will incorporate future datasets and releases for all members. All members will be automatically notified of the additions by alerts on their customized Home Page.

Can employees of FoodCalc access my account?

No. Employees of CookedApple do not have access to your account or any part of CookedApple’s database. In the event of database modifications there are only 2 people that have access and they are the Senior Database Manager and FoodCalc's owner. If you have further questions and would like to learn more please contact us by e-mail:

lucy@cookedapple.com – Owner and CEO

What do I do if I cannot find an ingredient in the Database?

If CookedApple does not have a specific ingredient in the database you can add this yourself by filling out an easy to use format as shown below:
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Does CookedApple offer Metric and Imperial weight measurements?

Yes we do, for ingredients that can reasonably be fitting with both conversions. Here is the conversion chart for assistance:
Measures



For FDA-Compliant Nutrition Facts Labels Visits LabelCalc
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