Food Cost Calculator
Estimate food cost percentage and gross profit from item cost and selling price before making pricing decisions.
Usable Unit Cost = Package Cost / (Package Size x Usable Yield %)
Open calculatorTools
Free tools for food cost, pricing, recipe yield, catering portions, and conversions.
Featured tools
The highest-use tools for pricing, margin, and recipe planning checks.
Estimate food cost percentage and gross profit from item cost and selling price before making pricing decisions.
Usable Unit Cost = Package Cost / (Package Size x Usable Yield %)
Open calculatorUse the food cost percentage formula to compare food cost against the selling price for one item or package.
Food Cost % = (Food Cost / Sales Price) x 100
Open calculatorEstimate a menu price from food cost and target food cost percentage.
Menu Price = Food Cost / Target Food Cost %
Open calculatorFood Costing
Calculators and guides for recipe cost, food cost percentage, menu price, and margin checks.
Estimate food cost percentage and gross profit from item cost and selling price before making pricing decisions.
Usable Unit Cost = Package Cost / (Package Size x Usable Yield %)
Open calculatorUse the food cost percentage formula to compare food cost against the selling price for one item or package.
Food Cost % = (Food Cost / Sales Price) x 100
Open calculatorCatering
Planning tools for guest counts, portions, buffet service, and catering price decisions.
Estimate total food quantity from guest count, serving size, and a planning buffer.
Total Ounces = Guests x Portion Ounces x (1 + Buffer %)
Open calculatorRecipe & Yield
Recipe scaling, batch yield, portion changes, and production planning for kitchen teams.
Scale an ingredient amount from an original yield to a new target yield.
New Amount = Original Amount x (Target Yield / Original Yield)
Open calculatorKitchen Conversions
Fast conversions for common kitchen units, batch changes, prep math, and purchasing checks.
Convert kitchen weights, volumes, temperatures, and volume-to-weight ingredient estimates for prep, costing, and recipe scaling.
Converted Amount = Amount x Unit Conversion Factor
Open calculator