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Food Cost Percentage Calculator

The one metric every kitchen needs to stay profitable тАФ food cost percentage (FCP).

The Formula

Food Cost % = (Cost of Ingredients ├╖ Selling Price) ├Ч 100

Example: A paneer butter masala costs тВ╣120 in ingredients and sells for тВ╣320.

Food Cost % = (120 ├╖ 320) ├Ч 100 = 37.5%

Healthy range for Indian restaurants: 28тАУ35%.

How to Use RecipeScaler for Food Costing

  1. Build your dish in the tool using preset recipes (Dal Tadka, Paneer Butter Masala, etc.) or add ingredients manually.
  2. The tool gives the total ingredient cost automatically from тВ╣/kg prices.
  3. Divide by your selling price, then multiply by 100.
  4. Adjust prices to your local mandi тАФ overrides are saved in your browser.

Get Your Ingredient Cost

The RecipeScaler tool calculates the full ingredient cost of any recipe in seconds тАФ including per-serving and per-plate cost.

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