What growing producers are up against.
Built for meal-prep & commissary traceability software.
Source-lot identity
Receive or create lots for ingredient, component, sauce, and packaging lots with supplier or source, quantity, date, location, and disposition.
Connected production genealogy
Consume exact approved lots in prep, cooking, cooling, portioning, and packing records and preserve every source-to-output connection with quantities and operators.
Finished-lot inventory
Create meal and component lots records with quantity, remaining inventory, location, dates, and hold or release status.
Destination-level trace
Record subscriber, retailer, pickup, and satellite-location deliveries and trace any source lot forward to affected destinations or any finished lot back to its inputs.
One connected chain, receiving to shipment.
Record ingredient, component, sauce, and packaging lots by lot with source, quantity, date, location, and status.
Connect exact input lots to each prep, cooking, cooling, portioning, and packing record, operator, facility, and yield.
Create traceable meal and component lots with quantities, codes, labels, and relevant dates.
Track remaining inventory, location, expiry, and hold or release state.
Link exact finished lots and quantities to subscriber, retailer, pickup, and satellite-location deliveries.
Outcomes producers feel right away.
Questions about meal-prep & commissary traceability software.
Can LotThread trace multiple input lots through prep, cooking, cooling, portioning, and packing?
Yes. Each production batch can consume multiple approved lots with exact quantities, and every input remains linked to its resulting finished lots and shipments.
Does LotThread replace menu planning, nutrition calculation, ordering, or delivery-route software?
No. LotThread is the lot-genealogy, inventory, hold, and shipment layer. Keep menu planning, nutrition calculation, ordering, or delivery-route software alongside it for the broader workflows they manage.
Do I have to replace my accounting or ecommerce tools?
No. LotThread is the traceability layer that sits alongside QuickBooks, Shopify, and the tools you already use - it connects your materials, batches, and shipments into one record without replacing your books or storefront.
How long does it take to trace my first product?
Most producers trace a first product in an afternoon. You set up one product, one supplier, and one production batch, and the genealogy and recall scoping compute from there - no manufacturing ERP rollout required.
Can I import existing lots from a spreadsheet?
Yes. Map your columns once and bulk-import materials, suppliers, and existing lots from a spreadsheet or supplier file, so you start with your real history instead of a blank system.