Formulation software for food and cosmetics
beCPG formulation software helps R&D teams design new products and manage trials. From the recipe, packaging and processes, it automatically calculates costs, labelling data and regulatory compliance, for food and beverage as well as cosmetics and personal care.
Formulation rules, templates and calculations are configured without development: the software adapts to your products and processes from day one.
Semi-finished product and raw materials, across several levelsDesign
Multi-level recipes and formulas, semi-finished products, packaging and processes.
Calculate
Costs, nutrition, allergens, ingredients, claims and scores, live.
Compare
Trials run as simulations and compared in a single report before approval.
R&D enters the recipe, beCPG calculates the rest
Formulate your products in a few clicks
- Develop multi-level recipes and formulas, including semi-finished products
- Account for yields, losses, overrun and moisture
- Calculate costs, nutritional values, allergens, the ingredient list, claims and physico-chemical data
- See the detail of every calculation, component by component
- Work in simulation without touching the approved product, then compare trials in a single report
- Add your own calculation rules with the formula editor, without development
- Measure the impact of a change on every product that uses a raw material or a packaging item
- Import raw materials from the CIQUAL and USDA nutritional databases
- Send approved data to your ERP and production systems through the REST API and connectors
Ingredient list recalculated with every change
Labelling tolerances checked on every nutrient
Our overview video
One recipe entered, then everything beCPG derives from it: costs, nutritional values, allergens, ingredient list and compliance.
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Smoke flavouring blocking in 6 countries out of 11Optimisation, regulations and constraints
- Least-cost formulation under composition, nutrient and allergen constraints
- Meet customer specifications and get an alert as soon as a requirement is not met
- Labelling data for more than 75 countries: nutritional values in the official formats of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011, the US FDA and Health Canada, ingredient list, allergens and claims checked against thresholds and tolerances
- Allergens by country, with cross-contamination and action limits based on ED05 reference doses (VITAL programme)
- Prohibited and restricted ingredients checked by country and by use: EU food additives under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 and cosmetic ingredients (EU, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Gulf countries, ASEAN…) with the beCPG Regulatory Database, whose coverage is extended regularly
- For cosmetics: INCI list, toxicology, IFRA standards, CLP classification and SVHC detection
Eco-design and environmental scores
- Product life cycle assessment, using the European PEF method
- More than 30 scores: Nutri-Score, Health Star Rating, Green-Score, Planet-Score, Ecobalyse, Green Impact Index and many more
- Packaging materials, recycled content and PPWR and AGEC indicators
PPWR recyclability calculated from the packagingAre labelling data calculations and regulatory monitoring taking up too much of your time?
Do you develop private label products? Are you still managing your recipes, formulas and packaging in spreadsheets?
Do you want all your teams to work from shared, reliable data?
beCPG is all-in-one formulation software.
Formulation, labelling, specification sheets, projects and supplier data come together on a single platform, ready to use and competitively priced.
The interface is designed for formulators: nutritional values, allergens, ingredient lists, claims and scores are always up to date and compliant. Chef AI, the beCPG assistant, answers your questions in plain language, extracts data from supplier specification sheets and suggests changes, which your team approves before they are saved.
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What is formulation software?
Formulation software manages recipes and formulas (composition, packaging and processes) and calculates everything that follows from them: costs, nutritional values, allergens, ingredient list, claims, INCI list and regulatory compliance. Every value is recalculated as soon as the recipe changes.
Can beCPG replace Excel for managing recipes and formulas?
Yes. Formulas, costs and labelling data come from a single database shared by R&D, Quality and Purchasing. When a raw material changes, a change order lists every product affected, simulates the impact, then applies the change and creates a new version of the products after approval.
Does beCPG handle formulation for both food and cosmetics?
Yes, with rules specific to each sector: nutritional values, allergens and Nutri-Score for food; INCI list, toxicology, IFRA standards and CLP classification for cosmetics and personal care products.
How does beCPG optimise a formula?
Optimisation determines the raw material quantities that minimise cost while meeting your constraints on composition, nutrients, allergens or physico-chemical properties. Chef AI, the beCPG assistant, can also run a cost optimisation on request.
Which regulations does formulation cover?
Food labelling data (nutritional values, ingredient list, allergens, claims) are calculated for more than 75 countries. The beCPG Regulatory Database checks EU food additives under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 and cosmetic ingredients in 13 zones and more than 40 countries, nearly 94% of the global market: the European Union, the United Kingdom, North America, East Asia, Latin America, Oceania, the Eurasian Economic Union, the Gulf countries and ASEAN. Its coverage is extended regularly.
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Request a demo with a formulation expert or start your free trial today.