Recipe Food Cost Calculator
Cost edible ingredients from pack prices and yields, separate consumed cost from whole-pack outlay and solve a portion selling-price scenario.
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Calculation steps
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How to calculate
Convert edible use to purchased-equivalent use, apply unit purchase costs and solve a selling price after direct costs and selling fees.
Consumed cost=edible use/yield×pack price/pack quantity; price=direct cost/(1−fee−target margin)
Worked example
500 g flour from a 1000 g pack costing 2 uses cost 1. Apples with 80% yield need 500 g purchased for 400 g edible, costing 1.5 at 3 per 1000 g pack. The batch ingredient cost is 2.5.
Assumptions and input details
1–50 ingredients. Both quantity entries in each row must use the same unit; different rows may use different labelled units. Yields are user estimates. Consumed cost allows partial packs, while separate whole-pack outlay assumes no starting stock. Enter overhead without double counting packaging. Target contribution margin is after entered direct costs and selling fees, before omitted overhead and tax; it is not markup.
Using this calculator
Can I enter my own problem?
Yes. Replace the example values with your own inputs. The result, calculation steps, tables and applicable diagrams update from those inputs. Blank or invalid values clear the result; example values are never silently substituted for missing inputs.
Are the results exact?
Results use floating-point arithmetic and displayed rounding. Read the formula, assumptions and any stated data precision before interpreting the result.
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The calculation runs in your browser. No account, file upload or external AI service is required. Inputs are not saved between page reloads.
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