Mass Balance

Mass Balance shows you the full picture for a single intake batch — how much came in, what has been used across each product, and what should still be remaining. Use it any time you need to account for a batch of meat, ingredients, or packaging, or to investigate an unexplained stock discrepancy.

How to open Mass Balance

Mass Balance is not a standalone page in the sidebar. You reach it from an individual intake record:

1. Open an intake record (Meat, Ingredient, or Packaging) from the Production section.
2. On the intake detail page, select the Mass Balance button in the page header.

The page title shows the stock item name. To return to the original intake record, select Intake Details from the ⋯ overflow menu.

What you see

The Stock Balance card shows three sections:

• Intake — the total weight or quantity received for this batch.
• Allocations — one row per product that used this batch, showing the product name, portions produced, the amount consumed, and the percentage of the total intake that represents. If no products have been linked yet, this section shows No allocations yet.
• Remaining — what is left after all allocations are subtracted. Green means unallocated stock is still on hand, as expected. If more was used than received, it shows as a red Variance — investigate it.