Are you struggling with developing recipes and assessing your menu data? Analysing, assessing and adjusting menu data is a challenge for many Meals on Wheels and aged care providers. With the revised Aged Care Act Quality Standards coming into effect on 1 November 2025, it is critical to demonstrate how your menu meets the strengthened standards of the Aged Care Act 2024.

Managing menu data is challenging for Meals on Wheels and aged care providers

Many Meals on Wheels and aged care providers are struggling to manage menu data. The revised Aged Care Act Quality Standards necessitate that recipes are aligned to formal standards, as well as catering to clients’ requirements. This is a time-consuming process for staff who are already busy with other workplace demands. They have limited time to create recipes, refine recipes to meet the standards, upload to nutrition software, and perform the required analysis to ensure compliance.

How can you alleviate the stress in your workplace, while making sure your service meets the standards? An accredited Dietitian can assist. Dietitians are experts in nutritional data and analysis skills required to quickly identify and solve issues with your service’s menu and recipes.

Working with a Dietitian for menu data and nutrition analysis

Employing a Dietitian for menu data and analysis in your workplace is an efficient way to streamline your process. At Ingrained Nutrition, our team of Dietitians are experienced at spotting problems quickly. We work with data and nutrition information constantly, so we can give recommendations for solutions in real-time, during the analysis.

What’s involved working with a Dietitian for menu data?

An accredited Dietitian can help with a range of targeted supports to ensure your service is compliant. Our Dietitians will work with you to provide:

• Data entry using our nutrition software for the integration of your recipes and menus
• Support for work flows for kitchen staff to ensure compliance with quality assurance activities
• Recipe re-development strategies and tailoring for specific population groups such as texture modified clients and other requested dietaries
• Real-time analysis and recommendations throughout the process to save time and money.

Benefits of employing a Dietitian for your service’s menu

Simply put, a Dietitian can save you money and time, by getting the required work done as efficiently as possible.

Staff can become over-stretched creating recipes and fine-tuning to match standards. Data entry and analysis can be done more efficiently by an expert Dietitian. This avoids errors and the necessity of rework to correct them.

Our trained team of Dietitians can spot issues faster than staff often can, thanks to our experience with meal planning, nutrition assessment and data-driven decision-making. We will provide you with the right recommendations for changes and strategies, to implement immediately. This ensures your service meets the standards while saving wasted time and money in the long term. We will be on-hand to help prevent errors, optimise ingredients and meals, and ultimately reduce the compliance burden on your internal staff.

An accredited Dietitian provides you with on-going support

In addition to quickly getting your service ready for compliance, working with a Dietitian becomes an ongoing support for your business. As your menu evolves to meet clients’ needs, your Ingrained Nutrition Dietitian will guide and provide recommendations into the future.

Our Dietitians can help simplify and optimise your menu cycles throughout the process. This means a better fit for your service to your clients’ requirements as well as improved nutritional compliance.

Reach out to an Ingrained Nutrition Dietitian today: we’d love to help

For your Meals on Wheels or aged care service, our team of Dietitians can help ensure your business is compliant with the revised Aged Care Act Quality Standards. From menu data entry to nutritional analysis, we are on hand to support you though initial compliance and on into the future. We can also help you prepare for the Aged Care Act Quality Standards more broadly. Contact our team today to learn more.