Adding a new ingredient or supply

Ingredients are what you make drinks from — powders, syrups, milk, ice, pearls. Supplies are what you package drinks with — cups, lids, straws, bags. Both live in the same Inventory system and both can be tracked, counted, and replenished. This article covers adding either one.

What you need to decide first

Before clicking anything, decide these 5 things for each item:

Type — Ingredient or Supply? If it goes INTO the drink, it's an ingredient. If it's the container/packaging around the drink, it's a supply.
Unit — the base measurement for recipes. Powders are usually GRAMS or KILOGRAMS. Liquids are LITERS or MILLILITERS. Countable items (cups, straws, pizza slices) are PIECES.
Storage Unit — how you physically count them in the storeroom. A powder might be in a PACK (1kg bag). A liquid might be in a JAR or BOTTLE. Cups are PIECES.
Capacity — how much base unit fits in one storage unit. A 1kg pack of powder has capacity 1 (kg). A jar of syrup with 1.25kg has capacity 1.25. A single cup has capacity 1 (piece).
Cost per unit — how much you pay per storage unit. A 1kg pack costing ₱210 → cost per unit = ₱210. A single cup costing ₱2 → cost per unit = ₱2.

When in doubt, use PIECES

For items you count one-by-one (cups, straws, pizza slices, bottles of water), set both Unit and Storage Unit to PIECES and Capacity to 1. This is the simplest and most reliable setup. Use GRAMS/KG/LITERS/ML only for bulk items measured by weight or volume.

How to add an ingredient or supply

Go to Store → Ingredients (or Supplies)

From the sidebar, tap Store. In the sub-menu, choose Ingredients or Supplies depending on what you're adding. Both pages work the same way.

Tap + New Ingredient (or + New Supply)

A form opens with fields for the new item:

Name — descriptive and unique, e.g. "Powder - Matcha", "Large Cup 22oz", "Syrup - Brown Sugar"
Category — Base, Powder, Syrup, Sinker, Topping, Cup, Straw, Packaging, etc.
Unit — PIECES, GRAMS, KILOGRAMS, LITERS, MILLILITERS
Storage Unit — PIECES, PACK, BAG, CAN, JAR, SACK, BOTTLES, GALLON, CARTON
Capacity — how much base unit per storage unit
Cost per Unit — peso cost per storage unit
Low Stock Threshold — the quantity below which Amari shows a red "low stock" warning

Save

The item appears in your Inventory page with quantity 0. You can now reference it in recipes, count it, and include it in replenishment requests.

Setting the initial stock

After creating the item, go to the Inventory page and do a manual count (see the "Doing a manual inventory count" article). Enter how many you actually have on hand. This becomes the baseline for all future tracking.

Common item setups

Large Cup 22oz — Type: Supply, Unit: PIECES, Storage: PIECES, Capacity: 1, Cost: ₱2.80
Powder - Matcha — Type: Ingredient, Unit: KILOGRAMS, Storage: PACK, Capacity: 1, Cost: ₱280
Condensed Milk 390g — Type: Ingredient, Unit: GRAMS, Storage: CAN, Capacity: 390, Cost: ₱46
Bottled Water — Type: Supply, Unit: PIECES, Storage: PIECES, Capacity: 1, Cost: ₱7
Boba Straw — Type: Supply, Unit: PIECES, Storage: PACK, Capacity: 100, Cost: ₱55

Can I edit or delete an ingredient later?

Edit — yes, open the item from the Ingredients or Supplies page and change any field. Changes apply immediately.
Delete — if it's used in recipes or has sales history, Amari will deactivate it (hide) rather than hard-delete. This preserves your audit trail.

Creating a recipe
Doing a manual inventory count
Setting low-stock thresholds
Understanding units (base unit vs storage unit vs capacity)