Calculate the food cost percentage of any dish in seconds. Add ingredients, quantities and selling price.
Enter each ingredient with its weight per portion and purchase price per kilo.
How many portions the recipe yields and at what price you sell to customers.
You'll see the exact cost per portion, food cost percentage and profitability status.
"With this calculator I saw my signature dish cost more than I thought. I raised the price by €1.50 and no one noticed. I made €400 extra that month."
Carlos Romero
Owner, Bar Restaurant La Plaza, Zaragoza
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Food cost is the percentage of the selling price that represents ingredient costs. Formula: Food cost % = (Ingredient cost / Selling price) × 100. A healthy food cost in restaurants is between 25% and 32%.
Uncontrolled food cost can mean you're losing money on dishes you think are profitable. Controlling it allows you to make pricing decisions and maximize each dish's margin.
This free version works with the net weights you enter. To automatically include cleaning, cooking and evaporation waste, use the recipe costing tool in AI Chef Pro Premium.
You can raise the selling price, switch to cheaper suppliers, reduce the weight of expensive ingredients, or substitute high-cost components with similar alternatives.
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