MenuSano

MenuSano combines nutritional analysis with the compliance and cost work that surrounds it, which is what separates it from a calculator. Recipes are analysed against multiple country databases, and the output feeds label generation for several regulatory regimes: FDA nutrition fact labels, FDA supplement labels, CFIA supplemented product labels, and front-of-package labelling for Canada. An ingredient list maker handles the declaration itself. For a manufacturer selling into both the United States and Canada, having those formats in one tool is the practical argument.

Two capabilities go beyond compliance. Recipe costing sits alongside nutritional analysis, so the financial and nutritional consequences of a recipe change are visible together rather than calculated separately. Recipe experimentation lets formulations be adjusted and the effects observed before committing, and cooking method adjustments are accounted for, which matters because analysis based on raw ingredients misstates the finished dish.

The company also sells services for work customers cannot do themselves. A done-for-you option covers analysis on the customer's behalf, laboratory analysis is available where calculation is insufficient, food service inspections are offered, and there is a US and Canada food import labelling service. An API supports integration into other systems. Industries addressed are specific: restaurants, catering, meal kits, food manufacturers and processors, cannabis, bakeries, hospitals and retirement homes, school meal programmes, culinary schools and pet food. Several free tools are published, including a nutrition label generator, food allergen checker, shelf life calculator, IU converter and HFSS score calculator. Pricing is published and starts at 29 dollars a month.