Recipe Cost Calculator - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

- **Accurate Recipe Costing in Minutes**: Add your ingredients once with purchase prices and supplier details, then build recipes by simply selecting ingredients and entering quantities. Instantly see your true food cost broken down by ingredient, category, and percentage. No formulas to build, no spreadsheets to maintain.

- **Automated Invoice Processing**: Upload or email supplier invoices and let AI do the tedious work. The system automatically detects your vendor, matches line items to your existing ingredients, flags significant price changes, and updates your costs in seconds. One customer caught a $225/week overcharge on a single ingredient in their first week. That's real money back in your pocket.

- **Real-Time Price Change Alerts**: When you process an invoice, the system immediately flags price increases and decreases. Catch that supplier price hike the day it happens, not weeks later when you're wondering where your margins went. No more surprise cost increases slipping through unnoticed.

- **Margin Protection That Actually Works**: Set target margins on any recipe and we'll actively monitor your costs. When ingredient prices change and push a recipe below your target, you'll see it immediately on your dashboard. Know exactly what you need to charge to hit your numbers.

- **Recipe Scaling Without the Math**: Scale any recipe up or down with a click. Making a double batch? Catering for 200 instead of 50? Enter your new yield and watch every ingredient quantity and cost update automatically. Our customers tell us this feature alone saves them hours every week.

- **Shopping Lists Generated in Seconds**: Select the recipes you need to make, enter quantities, and get a complete shopping list. If you use our inventory features, we'll show you what you already have on hand. Many customers report saving 10-15 hours per week on procurement planning.

- **Multi-Supplier Price Tracking**: Track the same ingredient from multiple suppliers. See at a glance who offers the best per-unit cost. When you update a price - manually or via invoice processing - all recipes using that ingredient recalculate automatically.