Free tool
Food Cost Calculator
Enter a dish's ingredients and purchase prices to see its real cost, food cost percentage and the right selling price. Everything runs in your browser; we don't store any data.
Ingredients
How to calculate food cost
- List every ingredient with its purchase price and purchase unit (kg, litre, piece).
- Enter the quantity used in one dish in grams, ml or pieces.
- Add a waste percentage for trimming, cooking loss and plating.
- Food cost % = dish cost ÷ selling price × 100.
- Suggested price = dish cost ÷ target %. For example, a cost of 30 at 30% means a price of 100.
Mataami POS
Mataami does this automatically
In Mataami, every menu item is linked to its recipe, raw materials are deducted from stock with each order, and the financial report shows cost of goods and net profit — no calculator needed.