Introduction to Layers
Learn the basic structure of Layers and how it applies to different components and objects.
Overview
Layers shows the chain of relationships between a component and the top-level object that contains it:
- The component can be an ingredient or a sub-recipe.
- The chain of relationships consists of layers of sub-recipes.
- The top-level object can be a recipe or a menu item.
Ingredients
Ingredients are not referred to as “layers”. Rather, they are contained within a selected object, which is a recipe or a menu item.
Ingredient as a component
An ingredient can be a component directly contained in the selected object, or it can a component within another component.
Ingredients are always the lowest level component because ingredients cannot contain any components. Ingredients (base materials) cannot be deconstructed into components or constituent parts.
As well, there may be several occurrences of the same ingredient within the selected object. This depends on the simplicity or complexity of the selected object's component relationships. Ultimately, the selected object is at the very end of each chain of layers.
Recipes
Recipes are the primary type of layer. This is because recipes are intermediate materials and are designed to be combined with other components. As such, layers are primarily recipes that contain and are contained by other recipes (sub-recipes).
Recipe as a component
A recipe can be a component contained in a menu item or in another recipe (sub-recipe). As a component, a recipe is one of the layers within the selected object. As well, there may be several occurrences of the same recipe within the selected object. This depends on the simplicity or complexity of the object's component relationships. Ultimately, the selected object is at the very end of each chain of layers.
Recipe as the selected object
In the Recipes tab of the Fillet web app, when you select a recipe, you can see all the layers within the selected recipe. A recipe may contain several chains of nested layers, or it may simply contain ingredients. This depends on whether its components have simple or complex relationships. Ultimately, at the end of each chain is the selected recipe itself.
Menu items
Menu items are always the top level object because menu items cannot be components. This means that a menu item cannot be contained within another object.
Menu item as the selected object
In the Menu tab of the Fillet web app, when you select a menu item, you can see all the layers within the selected menu item. A menu item may contain several chains of nested layers, or, less commonly, it may simply contain ingredients. This depends on whether its components have simple or complex relationships. Ultimately, at the end of each chain is the selected menu item itself.
How to access Layers
You can access Layers exclusively in the Fillet web app:
- Select a recipe in the Recipes tab to view Layers data about recipe components
- Select a menu in the Menu tab to view Layers data about menu item components
- View the Country of Origin tab of the Recipes tab
- View the Country of Origin tab of the Menu tab