nutraCoster

nutraCoster is Windows software from SweetWARE for recipe and menu nutrition analysis, Nutrition Facts labels and recipe costing. It calculates product and menu costs with labour and overhead, and prints US, Canada and Mexico labels. It is sold to restaurants, bakeries and food manufacturers as a one-off desktop licence or a cloud subscription.

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Best for
Bakeries and food manufacturers needing nutrition labels, Restaurants that need menu calories and costing
Pricing
From USD 39 per month
Runs on
Windows

Who it is for

  • Bakeries and food manufacturers needing nutrition labels

    Prints 2016-style US and Canada Nutrition Facts labels, plus Mexico, dual-column and aggregate labels, from costed recipes.

  • Restaurants that need menu calories and costing

    Calculates calories and nutrition per menu item and costs an entire menu with margins.

Less suited to: Teams that need Mac or browser-only access: the desktop version needs 64-bit Windows and the cloud version is also described as accessed from Windows computers.

What it does

  • Nutrition Facts labels

    Prints US (2016 and 1994 style), Canada (2016 and 2007 style) and Mexico labels, including bilingual, dual-column and aggregate labels, saved as JPG, PDF or SVG.

  • Recipe nutrition analysis

    Calculates nutrient content including added sugar, allows for moisture and fat loss or gain in processing, and works out eligible nutrient content claims.

  • Recipe and product costing

    Costs any batch size from materials, packaging, labour and overhead, using a multi-level bill of materials.

  • Gross margin and selling price

    Calculates gross margin or target selling price per product or menu item, flags products deviating from target margin and supports what-if scenarios.

  • Menu nutrition and costing

    Unlimited menus and menu items, nested menus, menu nutrient grid and costed menu reports.

  • Recipe maintenance

    Unlimited recipes and ingredients, recipes reused as ingredients, and scaling to any batch size.

  • Labour and overhead calculators

    Splits process steps into setup and assembly time, assigns labour classes with burdened cost, and allocates overhead to products.

  • Allergen and ingredient statements

    Labels can include an ingredient listing and allergen statement, and there is an allergen report.

  • User security and change tracking

    User logins, per-user access control, scheduled backups and tracking of who changed which data file and when.

  • Import from ESHA Genesis

    Recipes can be imported from ESHA Genesis.

  • Nutrition analysis service

    SweetWARE will analyse recipes for you and supply labels and reports for a per-label fee.

Pricing

Starting price
From USD 39 per month
Pricing model
Subscription (cloud) or one-off licence (desktop)
Minimum contract
Cloud: 1 month minimum
Renewal
Optional auto-renew, cancel any time

Cloud version, single user: $39 for 1 month, $99 for 3 months, $179 for 6 months, $299 for 1 year, with optional auto-renew; extra simultaneous users are $9 per month and there are no refunds. The Desktop version nutraCoster Professional 3.0 is a one-off $699 with no annual fees, and $149 per additional user; SweetWARE's site says desktop purchases carry a 45-day money-back guarantee. Price basis detail: per month (cloud, single user, 1 month minimum).

How it compares

Compared with the 17 products in Recipe Costing & Menu Engineering that have a profile on this site. These figures describe the category. They are not a recommendation.

  • Its starting price is USD 39 per month. That is above the category median of USD 31.59, taken from the 8 products in this category that publish a USD price per month. The median mixes prices quoted with and without tax, so treat it as a rough guide.
  • Names 1 integration. The median in this category is 4.
  • Lists Windows only. Among the 17 products in this category that state their platforms, 3 list an iOS app and 3 list an Android app.

Works with

Other
ESHA Genesis

The only third-party link listed is a recipe import from ESHA Genesis. Desktop and cloud databases can be moved between each other by backup/restore or recipe export/import.

Where and how it runs

Available in
United States, Canada, Mexico
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Platforms
Windows
Hardware
Desktop version needs 64-bit Windows 7 or later (or Windows Server 2008 R2 or later) and does not run on ARM processors; other computers on the network can access it. The cloud version works on 32-bit Windows and ARM.

The vendor is in California, prices are in US dollars, and the software prints labels for the US, Canada and Mexico. It does not state a list of countries where it sells.

The company

Founded
1989
Headquarters
Oakland, United States
Customers named by the vendor
Sophie's Bakery, Tennessee Cheesecake Inc., Kargher Chocolate

Security and support

Support
Unlimited support by phone and email at no charge (the caller pays for the call), official hours 8:30am to 4:30pm Pacific time.

Listing details

Vendor
SweetWARE
Built for
Restaurants, Bakeries, Food manufacturing
Focus
Food-specific
Status
Active
Website
sweetware.com

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  • meez

    meez is web-based recipe management and food costing software for professional kitchens.

    Starts at USD 19 per month (billed annually), against USD 39 per month for nutraCoster. The two prices are quoted on different terms.

  • Galley Solutions

    Galley is cloud software for recipe management, food costing and menu planning, which it calls culinary resource planning.

    Starts at USD 99 per month, against USD 39 per month for nutraCoster.

  • ChefTec

    ChefTec is back-of-house software from Culinary Software Services of Boulder, Colorado, for recipe and menu costing, inventory control, purchasing and ordering, nutritional analysis and production.

    Runs on Web and Windows, against Windows for nutraCoster.

  • Mise

    Mise is recipe-costing software for independent restaurants.

    Starts at USD 19.99 per month, against USD 39 per month for nutraCoster.

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What we could not confirm

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

  • Team size
  • Funding
  • Mac or mobile support
  • Any POS or accounting integrations
  • Security certifications

Sources

Facts on this page come from the pages below, checked on 29 September 2026. Prices and features change, so confirm with the vendor before you buy.

  1. Home page: product lineuphttps://www.sweetware.com/
  2. Desktop 3.0 features and system requirementshttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%203.0%20nutrition%20facts%20label%20and%20recipe%20costing%20software.htm
  3. Cloud version detailshttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%203.0%20Cloud%20Version%20nutrition%20facts%20label%20and%20recipe%20costing%20software.htm
  4. Cloud subscription priceshttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%20cloud%20product%20price%20and%20product%20ordering.htm
  5. Desktop priceshttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%20product%20price%20and%20product%20ordering.htm
  6. Version comparison and languageshttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%20version%20comparison.htm
  7. Sample labels and reportshttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%203%20nutrition%20labels%20and%20nutrition%20reports.htm
  8. Company history and addresshttps://www.sweetware.com/about%20sweetware.htm
  9. Support termshttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%20support.htm
  10. Restaurant positioninghttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%20press%20release%20restaurants.htm
  11. Analysis servicehttps://www.sweetware.com/nutracoster%20nutrition%20analysis%20services%20we%20create%20nutrition%20facts%20labels.htm
  12. Customer testimonialshttps://www.sweetware.com/Sweetware%20testimonials.htm