Free food cost calculator for restaurants, bakeries, caterers, and home food businesses. Price recipes by ingredient, serving, and target food cost with no signup.
Use the same unit for the package amount and the recipe amount.
Total recipe cost
$0.00
Cost per serving
$0.00
Suggested menu price
$0.00
Add your first ingredient cost
Enter what the package costs, how much it contains, and how much the recipe uses.
Target food cost
30.0%
Used for the suggested menu price.
Actual food cost
Not set
Based on the menu price entered.
Food cost covers ingredients and the waste allowance entered here. Add labor, packaging, rent, delivery fees, and other overhead before setting a final menu price. All calculations stay in your browser.
The Food Cost Calculator is one of Intellure's free tools for finding the true ingredient cost of any recipe or menu item. Add each ingredient's package price, package amount, and quantity used to calculate the total recipe cost, cost per serving, and a practical waste allowance. Set a target food cost percentage to get a suggested menu price, or enter your current selling price to check food cost percentage, gross margin, batch revenue, and gross profit. Built for US restaurants, bakeries, caterers, food trucks, meal prep companies, and cottage food businesses, it uses US dollars and familiar kitchen measurements. Everything runs privately in your browser with no signup, uploads, or saved data. When recipe costing is only one part of the workload, Intellure's managed AI employee can answer customer questions, follow up on catering leads, and book orders while your team stays focused on the food.
Menu questions, catering inquiries, and reservation requests often arrive while your team is busy serving guests. Intellure gives you a managed AI employee that answers customers, handles sales and marketing conversations, follows up with leads, and books orders or appointments 24/7 across WhatsApp, Instagram, and your website. Choose a flexible monthly plan built around your business's budget and keep every promising inquiry moving.
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