Reset Ingredient Nutritional Links

In MasterCook 22 and greater, you can reset nutritional links per ingredient, recipe, and cookbook. If you created your recipes in a previous version of MasterCook and linked some of their ingredients to ingredients within that version of MasterCook, it prevents the newer version from using its own ingredient database.

If you see an icon along the left side of the ingredient row with the letter "I" in a red circle   it indicates that the ingredient is linked to one in a previous version of MasterCook. The newer version of MasterCook is unable to use its own ingredient when you have them linked to an ingredient in a previous version. Furthermore, in the Nutrition tab of the Recipe Edit screen, the ingredient will be listed as an Unknown Item. See the first screenshot below.

Once you reset the ingredient nutritional links, then the newer version of MasterCook can use its own ingredients, or you can link them to an ingredient in the newer version of MasterCook's Ingredient List. See the additional screenshots at the end of this article.

To reset a nutritional link per ingredient:

1. In the Recipe Edit window, select the ingredient you want to unlink and use the Reset Ingredient Nutrition command from the Ingredient menu or right-click the ingredient and select Reset Ingredient Nutrition from the list.
2. The ingredient is now reset. If the ingredient name is within MasterCook's Ingredient List then its nutritional values will be used. If the ingredient name isn't recognized, you can create a nutritional link as explained above.

To reset a nutritional link per recipe:

1. In the Recipe Edit window, select the ingredient you want to unlink and use the Reset Recipe Nutrition command from the Ingredient menu.
2. The ingredients for the entire recipe are now reset.

To reset a nutritional link per cookbook:

1. In the Recipe Edit window, select the ingredient you want to unlink and use the Reset Cookbook Nutrition command from the Ingredient menu.
2. You will see a confirmation dialog box since you are about to make changes to several recipes within the entire cookbook that cannot be undone.
3. Select the Yes button if you wish to proceed.
4. The ingredients for the entire cookbook are now reset.