Recipe Cost Calculator

• Restaurants and food trucks that need recipe costing

  The Core plan covers recipes, sub-recipes, multiple suppliers, price history and profitability warnings.

• Bakeries, caterers and small manufacturers

  The Planning plan adds shopping lists, purchase orders and production planning, which the vendor says saves up to 20 hours a month.

• Producers that need lot traceability or nutrition labels

  Inventory tier includes FIFO lot tracing; FDA-format nutrition labels are a paid add-on.

• Recipe and ingredient costing

  Unlimited recipes and ingredients with per-ingredient and per-category cost views, sub-recipes and waste percentages.

• Ingredient price history and reminders

  Keeps price history for ingredients and reminds you to confirm prices; multiple suppliers per ingredient.

• Import from Excel

  Bulk create or update ingredients from spreadsheets.

• Recipe scaling

  Scale one recipe or a group of recipes, and generate a bill of materials or shopping list from the scaled set.

• Profitability warnings

  Flags menu items that are not hitting the margin targets you set.

• Allergen tagging and measurement converters

  Tag ingredients with allergens and convert between weight and volume units.

• Staff training material

  Turns recipes into prep sheets and training guides, with staff training videos on the Core plan.

• Shopping lists, purchase orders and production planning

  Plan production runs, create purchase orders and send them to suppliers by email, link or PDF.

• Inventory management

  Raw materials and finished goods inventory with storage areas, par levels, velocity and receiving against purchase orders.

• Lot tracing

  Forward and backward lot traceability from supplier lot to finished product, with automatic first-in-first-out lot assignment.

• Automated invoice processing

  Upload a PDF or photo of a supplier invoice; the system matches lines to ingredients and proposes price updates for review.

• Nutrition labels

  Calculates nutrition data from linked ingredients and generates FDA-format Nutrition Facts labels.

• Print and PDF export, backups, multiple currencies

  Export recipes to PDF or print, set a custom currency and keep backups.

Starting price

From USD 24.17 per month, billed annually

Pricing model

Subscription per account

Minimum contract

Monthly or annual billing cycle

Renewal

Renews automatically at the same terms unless cancelled; paid fees are non-refundable

Free trial

30 days, per the production planning page

Core is $24.17 a month billed annually, Core + Planning $40.83 and Core + Planning + Inventory $107.50. Annual billing saves 17 percent against monthly. Add-ons on all plans: nutrition labels $12.50 a month, extra users $7.50 a month and invoice processing $1 per invoice.

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 24.17 per month. That is below 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.
• Has a free trial. All 6 products in this category that say whether they have a free trial do.
• One of 3 products in this category with an iOS app. One of 3 products in this category with an Android app. 17 products in this category state their platforms.

Platforms

Web, iOS, Android

Hardware

None stated. The vendor says it works on desktops, laptops and mobile devices running iOS or Android.

The vendor says it serves food businesses around the world but lists no countries. It is made in Canada.

Company

Humandoing Ventures Inc.

Founded

2012

Headquarters

Canada

Support

Email support at help@recipecostcalculator.net, a help centre and knowledge base, and a demo or call can be booked from the site.

Vendor

Recipe Cost Calculator (RCC)

Built for

Restaurants, Bakeries, Catering

Focus

Food-specific

Status

Active

Website

recipecostcalculator.net

Also listed in

Inventory Management

• reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)

  reciProfity is cloud software for recipe costing, inventory control and recipe management, sold to restaurants, hotels, caterers, multi-unit groups and retail prepared-food departments.

  Starts at USD 49 per month, against USD 24.17 per month, billed annually for Recipe Cost Calculator. The two prices are quoted on different terms.

• meez

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

  Starts at USD 19 per month (billed annually), against USD 24.17 per month, billed annually for Recipe Cost Calculator.

• 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 Web, iOS and Android for Recipe Cost Calculator.

• Parsley

  Parsley is kitchen management software that starts from recipes: it costs and scales them, produces nutrition facts and allergen lists, prints labels, and turns forecasts or events into prep lists, production plans and supplier orders.

  Starts at USD 129 per month, against USD 24.17 per month, billed annually for Recipe Cost Calculator. The two prices are quoted on different terms.

Side-by-side tables built from the same profile data.

• Recipe Cost Calculator vs ChefTec
• Recipe Cost Calculator vs ratatool
• Recipe Cost Calculator vs Galley Solutions
• Recipe Cost Calculator vs meez
• Recipe Cost Calculator vs Parsley
• Recipe Cost Calculator vs reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)
• Recipe Cost Calculator vs meez vs reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)
• Recipe Cost Calculator vs ChefTec vs meez vs reciProfity (incl. CostGuard)

These points were not confirmed when this page was written.

• Third-party integrations (accounting, POS, suppliers)
• Countries where it is sold and interface languages
• Headquarters city, founders and team size
• Security certifications and hosting
• Whether a free plan exists (the site says 'sign up for free')

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. Homepagehttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net
2. Plans, add-ons and priceshttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/pricing
3. History and companyhttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/about
4. Inventory featureshttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/inventory
5. Invoice processinghttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/features/automated-invoice-processing
6. Lot tracinghttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/features/food-traceability
7. Nutrition labelshttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/features/nutrition-labels
8. Planning and 30-day trialhttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/features/production-planning-shopping-lists
9. Billing, renewal, legal entityhttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/terms
10. Support emailhttps://www.recipecostcalculator.net/contact
11. Help centrehttps://help.recipecostcalculator.net/