Batchwell

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Write your first recipe

A recipe holds the formula by percent, so Batchwell can scale it to any batch. Each change becomes a new dated version, and every batch remembers which version it was made from.

Find it More → Cookbook

Steps

  1. Go to More → Cookbook and tap New recipe.
  2. Enter a Name and Category. The Code fills in from the name. It starts every lot code for this recipe, so keep it short. Tap Create and add first version.
  3. Check the Version name (v1 to start), Base batch (g), Waste %, Top-off %, Fill per unit (g) and Declared net (g). With a fill per unit, Batchwell can tell you how many units a batch fills.
  4. Fill in Why this version. It’s required, and it’s how you’ll remember what changed.
  5. Under Ingredients, tap Add ingredient for each one. Choose the material, enter its percent and, if you like, a phase. The total must come to 100%.
  6. Making several scents from one base? Tick scent slot on the scent line. Then under Scents, tap Add scent for each one and choose its blend. For an unscented version, leave it as Unscented and choose which ingredient takes its percent.
  7. Add your Procedure with Add step: a code, a title, the detail, and an optional target temperature and timer in minutes.
  8. Add Packaging per unit, and any Release checks, one per line. You’ll tick these before you release a batch.
  9. Tap Save draft.
  10. On the recipe page, tap Ready to make, or Use for test batches for a trial. Now Start batch appears.

Versions and what they mean

  • Draft: you can still change it with Edit draft. Drafts can’t be made.
  • Use for test batches: you can make it, and it’s marked as a test.
  • Ready to make: use it for real batches.
  • Lock the formula: no more changes. New ideas become a new version.
  • Retire: hides it from new batches.

To change a recipe that’s past draft, tap New version. It starts as a copy of the one you’re looking at. Past batches keep the exact formula they used. Compare versions shows the percentages side by side.

Shelf life and cure time

On the recipe page, Months from the day it’s made gives finished batches a best-by date. Cure or rest (days before it’s ready to sell) is for soap, candles and anything that needs time before it goes out. How cure dates work.

Good to know

  • Every ingredient needs a material from your list. Add materials first.
  • Percentages must total 100 before a version can be marked ready to make.
  • Scale it shows the grams for any batch size or number of units, with an estimated cost once your materials have prices.
  • Label ingredients lists the ingredients largest first, by INCI name, with the net weight. Tap Copy to paste it into your label design.
  • On a soap recipe, Check the lye opens the lye calculator with the recipe loaded.

Written for the Batchwell beta, October 2026. Screens can change as we build; if something here doesn’t match what you see, tell us.