CostMyDish – Food Costing Calc

Are you guessing your food prices? Stop leaving money on the table.

CostMyDish is a food cost calculator for restaurant owners, home bakers, and cottage food operators. Know exactly what every dish costs and price with confidence.

WHAT COSTMYDISH DOES
Enter your ingredients once, build recipes, and instantly see your true cost per unit, profit margin, and food cost percentage — no spreadsheets, no guesswork.

RECIPE COST CALCULATOR
- Add ingredients with purchase price, quantity and unit
- Account for waste % on every ingredient (trim loss, spoilage, cooking loss)
- See live cost breakdown as you build recipes
- Total recipe cost calculated instantly

FOOD COST PERCENTAGE
- Know your food cost % for every selling format
- Set your food cost target (industry standard 30%)
- Get On Target or Over Budget status instantly
- See suggested minimum price to hit your target margin

SELLING FORMAT PRICING
- Sell the same recipe in multiple formats — slice, whole, box, dozen, plate
- See cost per unit, profit per unit, and batch profit for each format
- Know exactly how much you make selling by the slice vs the whole cake

INGREDIENT PRICE HISTORY
- Every time you update an ingredient price, history is saved
- Track how your ingredient costs change over time
- Dashboard alerts when a price change pushes a recipe over budget

DASHBOARD
- See all recipes at a glance — On Target, Slightly Over, Over Budget
- Needs Attention section flags recipes hurting your margins
- Profit range across all selling formats

WHO USES COSTMYDISH
- Restaurant owners managing food costs and menu pricing
- Home bakers pricing custom cakes, cookies, and celebration orders
- Cottage food operators selling at farmers markets and online
- Café owners tracking ingredient costs across their menu
- Anyone who cooks for others and needs to price profitably

FREE PLAN
- 5 recipes
- 20 ingredients
- Full cost calculations

HOBBYIST PLAN — $4.99/month or $39.99/year
- Unlimited recipes
- Unlimited ingredients
- Ingredient price history
- Cloud sync across devices

Stop guessing. Start pricing with confidence.
Download CostMyDish free today.