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Purchases & ingredient costsCost a purchased unit, compare usable forms, or plan a purchase.Recipes & componentsAdd ingredient lines and carry prepared components into recipes.Portions & scalingPrice a portion and resize quantities for a batch or service.Yield & food wasteMeasure preparation yield, usable cost, and recorded waste.Recipe changesCompare substitutions and the effect of a changed ingredient price.Menu pricing & food costCheck an item’s food cost, target price, margin, or markup.Packaging & direct costsKeep assignable packaging separate, then combine costs explicitly.Beverage serving costsAllocate container cost to one measured beverage pour.Period costs & varianceCompare matching-period inventory use, sales, and theoretical cost.
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About Food Calculators

A small independent project for clear food and recipe cost calculations.

A practical calculator reference

Food Calculators is maintained by an independent developer. The project provides free browser-based calculators for ingredient cost, recipe cost, yield, portions, packaging, menu pricing, beverage pours, and period food-cost comparisons.

The tools are designed to show their inputs, units, formulas, examples, and limits so a foodservice operator can review the calculation before using its result.

What the site does

  • Runs calculations in your browser using the values you enter.
  • Provides kitchen reference tables and reusable worksheets for recording the inputs behind a cost.
  • Keeps ingredient cost separate from directly assignable packaging cost.
  • Explains assumptions and documents where a task has more than one accepted model.
  • Uses illustrative examples rather than live supplier prices or hidden defaults.

What the site does not provide

The calculators do not provide accounting, tax, legal, food-safety, or business advice. They do not include live prices, accounts, payments, inventory synchronization, or a promise that a calculated price is suitable for every operation.

Questions or corrections can be sent to [email protected].

Food Calculators

Food and recipe costing for independent foodservice teams.

United States · English · USD

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  • Beverage serving costs
  • Period costs & variance
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