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Food Cost Calculator

This food cost calculator works as a restaurant food cost calculator and recipe cost calculator to help you measure portion cost, food cost percentage, and selling price for faster menu decisions.

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What this tool does

The food cost calculator rolls every direct plate cost—ingredients, packaging, and other item-specific expenses—into a single number you can compare with your menu price. From there it derives food cost percentage, gross profit dollars per sale, a suggested price when you want to hit a target margin, and the minimum price required if your current margin is too thin.

Who should use it

Executive chefs, kitchen managers, and owners in full-service restaurants, fast casual concepts, bakeries, juice bars, and catering operations all touch recipe costing weekly. Franchisees adapting a national menu to local suppliers can recompute plate costs in minutes.

How to use it

Gather a scaled recipe or single-serving build: list every ingredient cost that hits the plate, add disposables or branded packaging if you include them in prime cost, and capture any other direct line item such as a sauce batch allocated per portion.

Example

A smash burger uses $3.10 of beef, cheese, bun, sauce, and paper, and sells for $11.99. Food cost percentage is about 25.9%, leaving roughly $8.89 gross profit before labor and overhead. If your brand targets 22% food cost, the suggested selling price climbs toward $14.10.

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Food Cost Calculator FAQ

What is a food cost calculator?

A food cost calculator helps you calculate the total cost of a dish or recipe and compare it with the selling price to measure food cost percentage and profit.

Can restaurants use this calculator?

Yes. It is made for restaurants, cafes, food trucks, bakeries, and other food businesses.

How do I calculate food cost percentage?

Food cost percentage is calculated by dividing total food cost by selling price, then multiplying by 100.

Can I use this as a recipe cost calculator?

Yes. You can use it to estimate recipe cost, portion cost, and pricing for individual menu items.

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