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Getting Started with GelatoLab

GelatoLab gives you the tools to create, balance, scale, and organize recipes, whether you’re making gelato at home or running a professional kitchen. Start with the free tools, then use Pro when you need a private workspace for developing your own recipes.

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Have a recipe ready? You can check it before creating an account.

GelatoLab works best on a desktop or laptop when you’re building and editing recipes. It also works on an iPad, tablet, or phone, and you can add it to your home screen for faster access in the kitchen.

Your Recipe Library

Recipes you create in MyLab are private by default. With Pro, you decide which recipes to publish for the community to discover and learn from.

Basic gives you complete public recipes to read, scale, print, share, and make. You can also save favorites, follow community profiles, and review recipes you’ve tried.

If you have a recipe of your own, Fix My Recipe lets you check and save your first import on Basic. It stays available with a read-only balance check; Pro opens it for continued editing in MyLab.

Many people begin with a foundational Fior di Latte base and build flavors from there—a common approach in professional gelato production.

Recipe Creation & Balance Metrics

With Pro, you can build recipes from scratch while GelatoLab updates the details that guide recipe development:

  • Balance metrics and category target ranges
  • Ingredient contributions
  • POD and PAC values
  • Dosage guidance and composition data
  • Complete cost analysis

Choose the category that matches the recipe—such as milk-based gelato, fruit sorbet, vegan, Nut & Specialty, or chocolate—so each metric is compared with the right target.

Scaling & Batching

You can scale any complete public recipe for the batch you want to make. In MyLab, Pro also lets you:

  • Set the batch size for your machine
  • Pin an ingredient and scale around the amount you have
  • Adjust a recipe to the ingredients available in your kitchen
  • Save the scaled result as a new recipe

Example

If you have a limited amount of pistachio paste, pin that ingredient, enter the amount you have, and GelatoLab will scale the rest of the recipe to match.

Custom Ingredients

Can't find an ingredient? Pro lets you create your own for use in your recipes or request that it be added to GelatoLab for everyone.

Organization & Recipe Tools

Pro gives you a private workspace for keeping recipe development clear and organized:

  • Folders, tags, and recipe search
  • Recipe duplication, history, comparison, and restore
  • Journal notes and production records
  • Cost analysis and reusable base recipes
  • Private recipe sharing with a secure link

Making & Production Guidance

Complete recipes can include notes, steps, and tips. Making Mode keeps the ingredient checklist and method close at hand while you work, whether you’re following a public recipe on Basic or one of your own recipes in MyLab.

Community & Recipe Review

Browse public recipes, follow community profiles, save favorites, leave reviews, and ask practical questions on Basic. With Pro, you can also publish selected recipes from MyLab.

When you want another experienced set of eyes, choose a saved recipe and tell Morgan what you want to improve. Each workspace receives one Recipe Review credit when its first paid Pro subscription starts, and additional credits are available in packs of three for $49.99.

We’re Just Getting Started

We’re continuing to build GelatoLab with new features and improvements that make it easier to learn, develop, and make gelato. Check back as new tools and recipe resources arrive.

Questions or feedback? Reach out anytime at hello@getgelatolab.com