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For independent food businesses
Know what each dish costs.
Keep stock under control.
Calculate recipe costs for your café, food truck, bakery or meal-prep business. Include ingredients, packaging and labor before you set a price.
Try the free cost calculatorNo signup needed for the calculator.
Baking to sell? Work out your batch costs.
Free recipe cost calculator
Calculate a batch
Try a bakery, café, food-truck or meal-prep example, then enter your own costs. No account needed.
Load an example to replace the inputs below with illustrative USD figures. These are not market prices.
Original example: 12 brownies: USD 9 ingredients + 3 packaging + 8 labor + 4 overhead = USD 24 per batch, or USD 2 each.
Use one currency throughout. Changing the label does not convert prices.
Flour, Butter, Chocolate, Other ingredients. Edit to match your recipe.
Include preparation time, packaging and your share of overhead. Match raw or cooked weights to the price you paid, and use the portions you can actually sell after waste. Your target margin is a choice, not an industry recommendation.
Cost per portion
USD 2.00
Left after entered costs
USD 1.00
33.3% margin on entered costs.
Price for your 40% target: USD 3.34 per portion.
An estimate, not net profit. Costs, taxes and fees you have not entered are excluded.
This calculator stays in this page and does not change your inventory. Download your calculation before leaving; it is not saved to an account.
How recipe cost and margin are calculated
Ingredient cost = pack price × quantity used ÷ pack quantity. A USD 20 bag of coffee weighing 1,000 g costs USD 0.36 for an 18 g dose.
Add ingredients, packaging, labor and overhead, then divide by the sellable portions. The latte example totals USD 2.20; selling it for USD 4 leaves USD 1.80, a 45% margin on the entered costs.
Margin = (selling price − cost) ÷ selling price × 100. Markup divides by cost instead. To reach a chosen margin, divide cost by (1 − margin ÷ 100). Unentered costs, taxes and fees still reduce your actual profit.
Need to keep recipes and update ingredient stock as you sell?
Save recipes and track stockPaid access: US$9.99/month or US$99/year. No trial. Calculator inputs are not transferred to your account.
A simple daily routine
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1. Add your ingredients
Enter what you have, what it costs per unit, and the stock level you want to be warned about.
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2. Cost one menu item
Add its ingredients and selling price. See the ingredient cost and margin before other business expenses.
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3. Record sales and restock
Menu sales deduct their ingredients. Review low stock, record waste, and keep track of expenses.
Practical costing guides
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Restaurants
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Food Trucks
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Bakeries
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Bars & Cafés
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Catering
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Cloud Kitchens
Pricing
US$9.99/month or US$99/year. No free trial. Choose a plan after creating your account.
FULL ACCESS
US$9.99/mo
- ✓Unlimited inventory items
- ✓Saved recipes and ingredient margins
- ✓Sales, recorded expenses and wastage
- ✓Promo & discount management
- ✓Cloud sync across devices
- ✓Backup export and WhatsApp support
Billed US$9.99 each month. No free trial. Paid access starts after checkout. Cancel future renewals anytime.
Start with one recipe
You can start with one ingredient and one menu item. Update stock and purchase costs as they change. The app uses the numbers you record; it does not connect to your till or supplier automatically.
Save recipes and track stock
Start with your best-selling item and understand what goes into every sale.
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