Vendor information becomes Products, allowing different pack sizes per vendor.
Recipe units convert to Equivalents, which include current recipe unit details (cups per lb, shrinkage) and can accept preps (e.g., ¼" dice) and Book of Yields data.
Special characters are removed from recipe unit measures.
If an item’s current price doesn’t match a vendor bid—or if no vendor is used—the conversion creates a vendor named CostGuard Import Vendor and assigns that price.
Allergens linked to ingredients are imported.
In CostGuard, inventory prices can exist without a vendor. In reciProfity, all prices must be tied to a vendor. During conversion, any unmatched price is assigned to CostGuard Import Vendor. After import, you can reassign or rename this vendor globally.
What We Don’t Convert
Transactions such as counts and invoices. Only fields required for recipe processing are imported.
Locations or fields not needed for recipe and nutrition management.
Some nutritional codes may not work because reciProfity uses USDA database #28, which excludes items from CostGuard’s version (#23).
Custom USDA items are not imported and must be re-entered.
Fractions in recipes convert to decimals.
Multiple units in a recipe are not supported (e.g., “1 cup 1 tbl” converts to “1 cup”).
Prep portions convert to expanded equivalents for prep recipes.
Recipe methods import as text with some formatting, but graphics are not included—add graphics manually.
Prep recipes cannot have a selling price. If a CostGuard prep recipe includes pricing, create a serving recipe in reciProfity (use Save and Copy) and add pricing.
Serving recipe yield is the number of servings, not a unit.
What to Check After Conversion
Inventory items with mismatched pack and case sizes can cause costing issues. CostGuard uses pack cost (e.g., $5.10), while reciProfity uses case cost (e.g., $61.20). Edit items in CostGuard so pack size matches description before converting.
reciProfity rounds ingredient costs to three digits instead of two. For example, a muffin tin costing 0.22309 each shows as 0.22 in CostGuard and 0.223 in reciProfity—a minor difference.
Recipe units with “Number Per” set to 0 are ignored during conversion, which could increase item cost in reciProfity. This is rare unless compatible units exist in recipes.
Check for nutrition exceptions related to USDA database differences.
Importing CostGuard data may overwrite existing data in reciProfity.