Food Cost Calculator

Chef-built app to calculate food costs, scale recipes, and convert units

Built by a professional chef, Food Cost Calculator brings real kitchen insight to your fingertips. Whether you manage a restaurant, run catering, or cook at home, this app helps you control costs, scale recipes, and optimize your menu.

Key Features
🍳 Ingredient Management

Add, organize, and price your ingredients to keep inventory costs under control.

📊 Batch & Recipe Costing

Calculate total recipe cost, cost per serving, and quickly scale recipes or batches for any number of portions. Share recipes and batches with others when needed.

📈 Custom Target Food Cost

Set your target food cost % and compare against menu prices to maximize profitability.

📊 Kitchen Insights

Get a clear overview of your kitchen with ingredient category breakdowns, recipe and batch performance averages, and simple insights like highest cost items, most used ingredients, and yield performance.

📂 Templates & Worksheets

Download ready-to-use, Excel-friendly templates including grocery lists, waste logs, order guides, recipe costing sheets, prep lists, dish specials, and more.

🚀 Bulk Ingredient Import

Save time by downloading an import template, updating ingredient prices in Excel, and uploading everything directly into the app.

⚖️ Unit Converter

Seamlessly convert between volume, weight, temperature, and density units—perfect for global kitchens and international recipes.

💱 Currency Options

Choose your preferred currency for accurate cost tracking anywhere in the world.

📂 Share & Download Recipes

Export or share recipes with family, staff, team members, or clients.

🚫 Ad-Free Option

Upgrade to remove ads with a one-time purchase.

📶 Offline Use

Access your data anytime—even without Wi-Fi—in the walk-in cooler or on the go.

✨ User-Friendly Design

A clean, intuitive interface built around real kitchen workflows.

Why Choose Food Cost Calculator?

Unlike generic calculators, this app was created by a working chef who understands the daily challenges of food costing, waste control, and menu planning. From restaurants and catering to meal prep and home cooking, Food Cost Calculator helps you turn food data into better decisions.