# BetterMenu Guide

Everything you need to get results with BetterMenu — whether you are creating your first nutrition label, tracking formula changes for a regulatory submission, or building an integration.

## What do you want to do? [#what-do-you-want-to-do]

- [Create a nutrition label](/docs/guide/how-to/create-a-nutrition-label) — Turn your recipe into an FDA-compliant Nutrition Facts panel
- [Track changes to your recipe](/docs/guide/how-to/track-recipe-changes) — See your full history, compare versions, and restore any earlier formula
- [Prove your label is correct](/docs/guide/how-to/prove-label-compliance) — Audit trail and version-pinned exports for regulators and auditors
- [Find an ingredient](/docs/guide/how-to/find-ingredients) — Search over 450,000 ingredients from USDA FoodData Central
- [Calculate your serving size](/docs/guide/how-to/calculate-serving-size) — FDA reference amounts for your product category
- [Export your label](/docs/guide/how-to/export-your-label) — PDF, PNG, and JPEG files for packaging and co-manufacturers
- [Use BetterMenu with an AI assistant](/docs/guide/how-to/use-with-ai-tools) — Connect Claude, Copilot, or any MCP-compatible tool

## Understand the terms [#understand-the-terms]

New to BetterMenu's concepts? The [Core Concepts](/docs/guide/concepts) reference explains every term used in the how-to guides — from [Recipe](/docs/guide/concepts/recipe) and [Ingredient](/docs/guide/concepts/ingredient) to [Nutrition Fact](/docs/guide/concepts/nutrition-fact) and [Recipe Version](/docs/guide/concepts/version).

## Build an integration [#build-an-integration]

Working directly with the API or connecting an AI agent? See the [API reference](/docs/api) for endpoint documentation, or start with [Use BetterMenu with an AI assistant](/docs/guide/how-to/use-with-ai-tools) for MCP server setup.