About the Ingredient Cost Calculator
What is the Ingredient Cost Calculator?
This ingredient cost calculator converts pack prices into the cost of what you actually use in a recipe.
It is useful for home bakers, tiffin services and cloud kitchens pricing their dishes.
How to use the Ingredient Cost Calculator
- Ingredients (one per line: name, pack price ₹, pack size, amount used) (sample: Paneer, 90, 200, 200 Butter, 56, 100, 30 Cream, 70, 200, 100 Tomato, 40, 1000, 400 Onion, 35, 1000, 200 Cashews, 250, 250, 25 Spices and salt, 50, 100, 15)
- Servings (sample: 4)
- Wastage / Trimming Allowance (%) (sample: 5)
- Press Calculate Ingredient Cost (results also refresh as you type). The result card shows the Recipe Cost, along with Cost per serving, Ingredient cost before wastage and Menu price at 30% food cost.
Formula used
Ingredient cost = Pack price × Amount used ÷ Pack size
- Wastage allowance = extra % for peels, trimming and spillage
Worked example
These are the sample values already filled in the calculator above, and the result it returns for them:
| Input | Sample value |
|---|---|
| Ingredients (one per line: name, pack price ₹, pack size, amount used) | Paneer, 90, 200, 200 Butter, 56, 100, 30 Cream, 70, 200, 100 Tomato, 40, 1000, 400 Onion, 35, 1000, 200 Cashews, 250, 250, 25 Spices and salt, 50, 100, 15 |
| Servings | 4 |
| Wastage / Trimming Allowance (%) | 5 |
| Result | Value |
|---|---|
| Recipe Cost | ₹207.17 |
| Cost per serving | ₹51.79 |
| Ingredient cost before wastage | ₹197.3 |
| Menu price at 30% food cost | ₹172.64 |
Tips for using the Ingredient Cost Calculator
- Include small items – spices, oil and gas add up.
- Buy in bulk only for items you use before they spoil.