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title: "Configure ingredients and properties"
description: "Record descriptive ingredients or properties for a product, separate from customer-selectable options."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/docs/products/dashboard/stores/create-edit-product/ingredients-properties/
---

# Configure ingredients and properties

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Use **Ingredients / Properties** to describe a product. Use [Product options](https://docs.ordering.co/docs/products/dashboard/stores/create-edit-product/product-options/) for choices customers make while ordering.

## Describe product components

Add ingredients or properties a customer should know about, such as a recipe component or a material.

## Add an ingredient or property

Open the product, select **Ingredients / Properties**, choose **Add ingredient**, enter its name, and select **Add**. Reopen the product to confirm the saved entry.