Recipe Cost Calculator

Knowing what a plate, a loaf or a catered tray costs to make is the starting point for pricing it properly, and Recipe Cost Calculator, often shortened to RCC, was made for that job. The company says it has served restaurants, bakeries, caterers and food producers since 2012, that it is privately held with no outside investors, and that it works with customers in more than fifty countries.

Costing recipes

Costs break down by ingredient or by category (food, packaging, labor and so on), shown in charts, lists or spreadsheet form. Pricing tools take in several layers of distribution, taxes and margins so that a recipe can be priced to make a profit. Ingredients with waste can carry a usable percentage, and measurement converters switch between weight, volume and other units. Currency display is adjustable, so rounding and symbols suit the country.

Watching ingredient prices

Large price changes are highlighted at a glance, which the company says gives owners a chance to change supplier or negotiate. Historical pricing shows increases and decreases over time, and suppliers and order codes can be attached to each ingredient for use with the shopping list. The company reports that customers have lowered raw material costs by up to ten percent, based on feedback gathered between 2018 and 2022.

Planning and scaling production

Recipes can be scaled in a few clicks. Shopping lists and planning tools scale groups of recipes to the exact production run and show what inventory must be on hand, including par levels. Recipes export to PDF or print as prep sheets and recipe cards, and data moves to and from Excel.

Nutrition and allergens

Ingredients link to a nutrition database, which fills in nutritional data and sometimes builds converters automatically. Labels can be produced in several formats, and ingredients are tagged with primary allergens so that allergens in every recipe show at once.

Organization

Ingredients and recipes sort into categories that make sense for the business, and features can be switched on or off by category.

Recipe Cost Calculator, often called RCC, is software for working out what recipes cost to make. It was started in 2012 and is privately held with no outside investors.

What Recipe Cost Calculator offers

• Recipe costing: shows costs per ingredient or per category, such as ingredients, packaging and labour.
• Price tracking: highlights big ingredient price changes and keeps a pricing history.
• Scaling: resizes recipes and plans production, with shopping lists.
• Nutrition and allergens: links ingredients to nutrition data, creates labels and tags allergens.
• Conversions and exports: measurement converters, PDF printing and Excel import and export.
• Inventory: par levels and stock management.

Who it serves

Restaurants, bakeries, caterers and food producers, mainly small and medium businesses. The company says customers span more than 50 countries.

Key facts

• Founded: 2012
• Access: desktop and mobile
• Ownership: privately held, no investors