What This Does
The same item can be prepared different ways in different recipes — a single "Carrot" might be shredded in one recipe and chopped in another. Renaming an ingredient lets you give it a friendly, recipe-specific name (for example, "Shredded Carrot" or "Chopped Carrot") so kitchen staff see a clear, descriptive name instead of the catalog name.
The new name applies to this recipe only. The same item can carry a different name on every other recipe, and the underlying item is never changed.
What Stays the Same
Renaming is a display-only change. The ingredient is still tied to the real item, so all of the following continue to use the real item and are unaffected:
Nutrition and meal credits
Allergens and dietary restrictions
Inventory depletion and ordering / shopping lists
Catalog search — the item is still found by its real name
Where the New Name Appears
Once set, the recipe-specific name shows everywhere kitchen staff read the recipe:
The recipe's ingredients list
The recipe instructions and recipe scaling view
The printed / exported recipe
The production record
Renaming an Ingredient
Open the Recipe Wizard and go to the Nutrition tab.
On the ingredient you want to rename, click the drag handle menu.
Select Rename on this recipe.
In the Display name box, type the name you want kitchen staff to see. The real item name is shown for reference so you always know which item this line maps to.
Click Apply.
Publish the recipe to apply the change.
To change a name you already set, open the same ⋮ menu — the option now reads Edit display name.
Reverting to the Original Name
Open the ingredient's ⋮ menu, select Edit display name, clear the box, and click Apply. The ingredient goes back to showing the real item name. Publish the recipe to apply the change.