Restaurant food cost & profit calculator with recipe management
Food Cost Pro is the ultimate food cost calculator for restaurant
owners, chefs, and food entrepreneurs who want to maximize profit
on every dish they serve.
Whether you run a fine dining restaurant, a café, a food truck, or
a catering business — knowing your exact food cost percentage is the
difference between a profitable menu and one that slowly drains your
business.
🍳 RECIPE COST CALCULATOR
- Add unlimited ingredients with quantity, unit, and unit cost
- Supports all units — kg, g, L, mL, cup, tbsp, tsp, oz, lb and more
- Automatic waste factor adjustment (trimming, spoilage, cooking loss)
- Labor cost and overhead cost per serving
- Instant line cost for every ingredient as you type
📊 PROFIT & MARGIN ANALYSIS
- Real-time food cost percentage with color-coded gauge
- Gross profit and profit margin per serving
- Automatic pricing suggestions at 25%, 30%, and 35% food cost ratios
- Industry benchmark comparisons (fine dining, fast casual, bakery)
- Per-serving cost breakdown across food, labor, and overhead
📋 RECIPE MANAGEMENT
- Save unlimited recipes with name, category, and serving size
- Load any saved recipe back into the calculator in one tap
- Recipe stats dashboard showing average margin and best performer
- Multi-currency support — USD, EUR, GBP, INR, JPY, AUD and more
📈 BREAK-EVEN ANALYSIS
- Enter your fixed monthly costs, variable costs, and average ticket
- Instantly see how many covers per day you need to break even
- Scenario table showing profit or loss at 10 to 200 covers per day
- Visual bar chart showing your profit curve
🕑 CALCULATION HISTORY
- Every saved recipe is logged with date, margin, and profit
- Visual profit trend chart across your last saved recipes
- Full history log with one-tap clear
💡 BUILT FOR PROFESSIONALS
- Works fully offline — no internet required for calculations
- Dark mode UI designed for kitchen and office environments
- Fast, lightweight, and battery friendly
- Export recipes to PDF to share with your team
Food Cost Pro is used by independent restaurant owners, executive
chefs, culinary school students, food truck operators, catering
managers, and home-based food business owners.
Stop guessing your margins. Start knowing your numbers.
Download Food Cost Pro and take control of your food costs today.