Recipe cost calculator
Knowing what each dish costs and what to sell it for shouldn't take an endless spreadsheet. Enter your ingredients and you'll instantly get the cost per portion, your food cost and the suggested selling price.
Your recipe costing
Total cost
€2.35
Cost / portion
€0.59
Suggested price · excl. VAT
€1.96
Price incl. VAT
€2.15
gramo works it out automatically from your delivery notes, ingredients and real waste.
Free trial →What is recipe costing?
Recipe costing is breaking down what it costs to make a dish: the cost of each ingredient for the quantity used, added together. In Spanish kitchens it's called an escandallo. It's the basis for setting prices sensibly, keeping your food cost under control and protecting your margin when prices go up.
How to use the calculator
- 1. Add each ingredient with its quantity, unit and purchase price.
- 2. Enter how many portions the recipe makes.
- 3. Set your target food cost (30% is common in hospitality).
- 4. Get the cost per portion, the suggested price and your margin.
From the calculator to full control
This calculator is a starting point. With gramo the costing updates itself: it reads your delivery notes, recalculates costs when your suppliers' prices change, accounts for waste and produces the labelling and traceability for every batch. Every gram counts.