A new ‘Group By’ option has been added to Units Management screens (Publish and Admin > Units) that allows the Units panels to be grouped together by Segment Name.
Ten Kites Standard Printed Cookbooks allow sub-recipes to be shown after each menu item recipe and the recipe batch weight to be shown on the recipe card.
Ten Kites API service-protection limits have been applied: api.tenkites.com/specification#auth
7th April 2026
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
‘i' information icon for standard menu items can now be configured to show a text label to accompany the icon and also change the icon image.
Interactive BYO screens now have a button to reset the BYO selections.
Admin > Import Queue now has column sort order options.
16th March 2026
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
It is now possible to display the ‘Menu Header’ block in a vertical panel, which is positioned to the left of the menu content.
Additional ‘primary’ nutritional values can be displayed prominently on Menu Items.
Nutritional values can also be displayed indented on Nutritional Value lists.
Additional styling options are available for Section Header dividing lines.
24th February 2026
Additional enhancements have been added to the Ten Kites Management Portal:
A new dashboard view has been added displaying statistics on PDF files generated for Printed Menu Layouts and Printed Cookbooks.
A new Analytics > ‘Monthly Foodprint Filter Usage’ view has been added.
Analytics > Monthly Web Menu Display Activity now features an Insights view allowing for year on year comparison of statistics (statistics are not available for all historical years).
Ten Kites Media Manager now supports upload of ‘.mov’ video files.
For customers who have more than one Ten Kites Organisation, it is now possible for an ‘Org Admin’ user to access a group of up to 10 Ten Kites Organisations in the Ten Kites Management Portal from a single user login. Please contact your Nutritics representative for information on how to enable this functionality.
A small adjustment has been made to group Admin > Units/Segments and Admin > Sites/Concepts under their own groupings in the left-hand-side navbar.
For Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates, where the interactive Build Your Own functionality is used, if the sub-BYO is not set to ‘Only allow single quantity’ then it is now possible to add multiple quantities of each item.
2nd February 2026
Additional enhancements have been added to the Ten Kites Management Portal:
A new report has been added called ‘Menu Preparation Sheet’. This report output returns a list of all sub-recipes used on selected menus.
It is now possible to assign a colour to Concepts and Segments. This colour is used to highlight a Segment Name in the Units screen list view and for Concepts in the Sites screen list view.
Dashboard > System Activity > Activity Feed now shows more days of data and a new date range filter option has been added.
Ten Kites Standard Printed Cookbooks have a new setting to allow recipe tables to be ‘kept together’ on the same page.
On Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates, where the data picker control is used the display format of the selected date can be configured.
Ten Kites Published Products API now returns Nutritics Food records a ‘product’ type in the output.
12th January 2026
Two new analytics views are available - these will start populating with data following this release:
Monthly Printed Layouts Generated
Monthly Printed Cookbooks Generated
A new report has been added called ‘Menu Item Menu Usage’. This returns all in-use Menu Items with details of assigned Menus. It is also now possible to generate a report output directly from a specific menu.
It is possible to pick a standard cookbook design for the individual printable recipe card, generated from the Menu Item screen.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Allergy Page now displays Menu Info Rows.
Ability to set height of Section Image.
A tooltip has been added to foodprint badges to display more details in a pop-up.
Ten Kites Sites API returned basic information of Menus published to Outputs assigned to the Site.
15th December 2025
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
‘Info rows’ support the ability to display a ‘call to action’ button that links to a specified URL.
‘Allergy Filter’ button label can now be hidden.
Ten Kites Standard Allergy Page web menu template now supports a ‘search’ feature to search and highlight menu item text.
Ten Kite Management Portal now supports:
An ‘Analytics’ button is shown on dashboard panels, to show full analytics statistics for the data.
A new notification bell icon has been added to the screen banner row, allowing the last five system notifications to be reviewed.
24th November 2025
A new ‘Monthly Dietary Label Filter Usage’ statistics screen has been added. Providing a full list of statistics for guest dietary label filters applied across Ten Kites menu displays.
Standard Printed Cookbook template now allow empty sections to be hidden
Enhancements to ‘Concepts’ functionality:
Admin > Sites shows the concept each Site is linked to.
Sites API can not be filtered by Concept
Menu > Menu Builder now allows Menu Item name to be copied to clipboard
3rd November 2025
Menu and Menu Items can now be ‘pinned’ in the Ten Kites Management Portal, so that they always appear at the top of the Menu / Menu Item management screen.
A new report has been added called ‘Menu Summary Report’ that allows the contents of a selected Menu to be exported.
When generating a Print Menu, any ‘Additional Information Required’ settings are now saved.
When adding images to Menus (including Sections, Info Rows and Build Your Owns), it is possible to select from previously uploaded images.
Standard Digital Signage Template now allows a banner image to be displayed on the left or right of the screen. It is also possible to configure the width of the image. Also, Menu Info Rows will now display description text.
Ten Kites Menu API now returns Menu Item CO2 information (where available).
Ten Kites Publish Products API now returns; Product Description, Shelf Life and Image details.
Ten Kites Sites API now allows returned Sites to be filtered by Site Concept.
Ten Kites Menu GP Forecast report now allows menu item for multiple price bands to be returned.
22nd September 2025
Ten Kites Allergy Menu Page now allows additional functionality to be enabled:
New Menu Section selection drop-down control
Where expandable menu item rows are available, an expand/collapse all toggle control is available
A userway accessibility widget can be enabled for the template
A Menu Item Code/PLU column can be enabled
Other additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Menu Item Promotion Description text is displayed on the main menu view, as well as in the ‘more information’ pane.
Standard Digital Signage Template will now display any images assigned to the Menu as a separate slide.
Ten Kites Management Portal ‘Statistics’ screen now allows filtering data by Unit and Output Template Type.
12th August 2025
The Ten Kites Menus API now returns menu item categories from the profile linked to the Output.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
A full-page display option has been added for the menu item ‘more information’ display (currently ‘bubble’ or ‘dialogue’ options are available)..
12th August 2025
A new option is available for the Standard Ten Kites Printed Cookbooks:
An alphabetic Index can be included in the cookbook PDF.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
There are now separate ‘sticky header height’ and ‘header height’ theming properties.
‘Casual’ template can be configured for a single column menu item display.
21st June 2025
New options are available for the Standard Ten Kites Printed Cookbooks:
A Table of Contents can be included at the start of the cookbook.
Recipe cards for menu items can be displayed in a single-column view in addition to the current two-column view (Portrait template only).
Additional display options are available for ‘hero images’, including the ability to set the maximum number of images and control the size of the page space allocated to images (Portrait template only).
Foodprint scores can be displayed on recipe cards.
It is possible to switch off background interlacing on recipe card tables.
New features have been added to the Menu Content Builder:
When a Menu Element is added to a menu template, the name of the menu element is displayed in the menu item row for standard menus created from the template.
Allow the menu to be configured to include menu items that meet a defined Foodprint score.
30th June 2025
Additional Ten Kites Management Portal Dashboard panels have been added for Menu Web Page filters by Category and Foodprint score.
It is now possible to set Menu Item text overrides directly from the Menu Content Builder.
Standard Ten Kites Printed Cookbooks support the option to display a Table of Contents.
9th June 2025
The Menu Item Sell Prices Upload Tool now allows an uploaded file to be scheduled for processing on a specified future date and time.
Menu Item Segment substitute values can be entered directly from the Menu Content Builder.
It is now possible to specify an alternative substitute display text label for an imported Category Name.
Menu Template Name used for a Menu has been added to the Ten Kites Menu API.
Standard Ten Kites Printed Cookbook templates will now display CCP instructions text for sub-recipes (when enabled).
18th May 2025
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
It is now possible to not show Menu Item Images on a page's mobile view (the image is shown in the additional information pop-up/dialogue window).
Menu Item Descriptions on the main browser page can be limited to a certain number of lines of text.
Access to the web output of individual Unit Outputs can be limited by IP address range.
28th April 2025
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Standard Menu Web Page Templates support the ability to display and filter by Menu Item Categories.
Allergy Page now supports selectingthe Menu by Site and/or Date.
Ten Kites Segments functionality has been extended to support Menus. Menu Name, Description and Sell Price text can all be set per Segment.
7th April 2025
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Improvements have been made to Interactive BYO design, including the ability to set text for the open button and the addition of a total ‘tray’ at the bottom of the dialogue window.
A text/icon label combination can be assigned to the page filter open button.
17th March 2025
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Allergy Page now supports the ability to display and filter by Menu Item Categories. It is also possible to display icons against Dietary Label names in the filter and table headers.
A combination of text/icon or no label can be displayed in Menu, Site and Date selection drop-downs.
It is now possible to have multiple instances of a Standard Printed Cookbook, with different configurations for each Standard Printed Cookbook instance.
Ten Kites Menus API now supports ability to filter by Menu Schedule.
24th February 2025
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Additional styling controls for the Dietary Filter header row.
Additional styling controls for Allergy Page template tabs.
Menu Sub-Section support for Digital Signage template.
2nd February 2025
Category colour and icon is now displayed for categories shown on Ten Kites Print Module PDF outputs.
Ten Kites Portal Digital Cookbooks can now display and filter selected Categories on the Menu Browser.
13th January 2025
A new Resource Library section has been added with useful links to a new online API reference guide and Ten Kites user guides.
Menus and Menu Items can now be sorted by last imported date/time.
Standard Ten Kites Printed Cookbooks can now display page numbers.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
For downloadable menu documents, it is possible to choose between either an automatically generated menu or a PDF assigned to the Menu.
Ten Kites Allergy Page web template now supports ability to auto-expand all Menu Item rows by default.
‘Activity Feed’ dashboard panel has been added to it’s own view, with the addition of a new panel to display a summary of the source recipe system import status.
16th December 2024
Where recently added Menu Schedule functionality is used on supported menu displays, then a new calendar view is available from the Publish screen. This calendar views allows menus to be browsed by date and time.
Where enabled the API usage dashboard panel has been moved to a dedicated dashboard view (selectable from a drop-down at top right of the dashboard), with additional date range filters now available.
Additional enhancements have been added to the Ten Kites Digital Menu Signage template:
An additional ‘grid’ layout for Menu Items is now supported.
When displayed on a portrait orientation screen, then the page view is optimised for this format.
When building Menus in Ten Kites, a new ‘Configure’ button has been added, which allows selectable Menu Items to be limited to a specific category.
25th November 2024
Menu Schedule functionality previously available to imported Nutritics Menus, is now also extended Menus created locally within Ten Kites. In Menu Edit Schedule mode, the days and times applicable for the Menu can be entered.
This additional enhancement have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Ability to create a ‘Category Profile’ collection of categories and display any categories assigned to a Menu Item on the Menu Web Page.
4th November 2024
Nutritics welcomes feedback on the Ten Kites product experience. A new ‘feedback’ button is available at the top right of the Ten Kites Management Portal. Periodically users of the Management Portal will be prompted to provide feedback when logging in. This dialogue will only show once for each period.
Publish Screen now shows an icon to indicate what type(s) of menu output are configured to each Output.
A new ‘<>’ button shows on the Publish > Output screen for Organisation Admin users. Clicking this new ‘<>’ button will display a dialogue window with instructions for web developers on how to embed the Ten Kites Menu Web Page using JavaScript.
Additional enhancements have been added to the Ten Kites Digital Menu Signage template:
Menu body background now supports displaying an image, as configured in Admin > Units > Output Customisation > Background
Ten Kites Print Module now allows a custom text message to be displayed where a Menu Item does not have any ‘Contains’ Dietary Labels set to ‘Yes’ or ‘May’.
Nutritics Menu Items now support:
Import of Nutritics Recipe Menu Groups as Ten Kites Categories
Displaying separate Recipe Preparation, CCP and Presentation notes
For Menus, Media Document Files can now be uploaded directly from the Menu screen in addition to using the Media Manager.
Admin > Units > Output Customisation text entry fields have been widened to improve editing large amounts of text.
‘Usage’ tabs have been added to Admin > Segments and Admin > Customisation > Categories
14th October 2024
New Segments feature found in the Admin section of Ten Kites, allows divisions within an organisation to be represented in Ten Kites. Using this functionality a Menu Item Name and Description can be entered for each Segment. Once a Unit is linked to a Segment, the relevant Menu Item Name and Description is then displayed on published menu outputs.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
All template customisation options are available in a new dedicated tab of the theme editor.
It is not longer possible to delete a Unit, if the unit has a menu published or a linked menu group.
23rd September 2024
Additional functionality has been added to ability for Ten Kites to generate Foodprint carbon scores:
On-demand upload of individual Menu Items is available using a new ‘Run export’ button shown on the Menu Item view.
Ability to upload Menu Items from Zupa Caternet. Please contact your Ten Kites representative for more information.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
A new feature has been added to the Theme Editing Tool, that allows a specific style configuration to be selected simply by clicking on the element in the page preview panel. This feature is available from the <> button, shown at the top right of the editing screen.
Rounded corners can be applied to menu item panels on supported menu web page templates.
Where Categories are shown against a Menu Item, they will display in assigned the colour/icon of the category.
The Admin > Import Queue screen now shows separate columns for the job start and end date/time.
2nd September 2024
New options to sort by recently created/updated have been added to the Manage Menu and Menu Items screens.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
A customisable message is displayed where no menu items can be displayed on the page
Menu Item Dietary Suitability filters can be displayed in the page filter box
When used with Nutritics Menus, it is possible to add a Date Selector
Video can be added to the standard Ten Kites Digital Menu Display template.
12th August 2024
Additional Menu Item values have been added to Ten Kites Print Module;
ABV, Shelf Life, Barcode
A text format editor has been added for Menu, Section and Menu Item Descriptions.
22nd July 2024
A new Ten Kites Digital Menu Signage page is available. This template can be themed and provides a range of configuration options for each display. Please contact Ten Kites for more information.
Ten Kites Print Module now allows options to display a label or icon against each Menu Item Size Sell Price.
Ten Kites ‘Site’ functionality has been extended;
‘Concepts’ has been added to allow Sites to be grouped together.
Able to store the date a Site starts/started operating at date Site stop/will stop operating.
1st July 2024
Ten Kites Print Module now allows a border to be shown around a whole Menu Section.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
More controls over display of the Unit Logo are now available; align and size
More styling options are available for the Menu Selector
5th June 2024
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
A ‘Site’ selection drop-down can be displayed in the Header Panel.
A new ‘full-screen width’ display option is available for the Header Panel.
15th May 2024
A new dashboard panel is available on the Ten Kites Management Portal to display an embedded web-page. Please contact Ten Kites for more information if interested in adding this panel.
An additional version of the ‘Recipe Sell Price Price’ report is available, that only allows one menu to be selected and returns items on that menu in the order added to the menu (first instance of an item if duplicated on a menu). Note: Sell Prices are as set for the Menu Item and do not display Menu-level Sell Price Overrides.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
There are now different design options for displaying Menu Item Retail Sizes
19th April 2024
A ‘Notes’ text block has been added to Admin > Customisation > Dietary Labels. For Standard Menu Web Pages, when this text is populated it is displayed in a dialog window when the dietary label is selected in the filter panel.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Support to hide the Dietary Filter (but other filters remain)
‘Dietary Information’ and ‘Download Menu’ buttons now have their own show/hide settings
Background colour configuration for Menu Info Rows
2nd April 2024
Menu Item Categories can now be added to Print Menu Layouts. A new ‘Category’ block is available in the Ten Kites Print Layout Designer. This allows a category hierarchy to be specified for each Category Block added to a Print Layout. Any Categories from the selected hierarchy assigned to a Menu Item will be displayed in the Category Block output.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Configurable text character spacing has been added
Border and Background styling options have been added to the Menu-Section Selection Bar
8th Mar 2024
Categories can now be viewed and added to Menu and Menu Items. A new screen has been added to Admin > Customisation to allow local Categories to be created. Both imported and local Category information for Menu and Menu Items is available from a Category tab. It is also possible to filter Menu and Menu Items screens by Category.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
It is now possible to display a ‘filter applied’ pop-up notification when a dietary filter is selected by the page visitor
19th Feb 2024
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Ability to configure styling for the page-load information pop-up dialogue box
Styling controls for displaying Unit Title
26th Jan 2024
A new ‘Menu Elements’ feature is available to Organisation Admin users only. This feature works with the Ten Kites Menu Templates functionality, where User Selection Lists are added to the template. Menu Elements allows a User Selection List to be prebuilt, then applied multiple times in multiple templates.
Additional enhancements have been added to Ten Kites Standard Menu Web Page templates:
Ability to add a ‘landing page’ showing a gallery of available menus
Option to allow ‘Vegetarian’ dietary label to not be shown where ‘Vegan’ = Yes
Option to hide FoodPrint filter where FoodPrint scores are displayed on a menu
10th Jan 2024
Enhancements have been added to the Ten Kites Print Module to allow: