A practical calculator reference
Food Calculators is maintained by an independent developer. The project provides free browser-based calculators for ingredient cost, recipe cost, yield, portions, packaging, menu pricing, beverage pours, and period food-cost comparisons.
The tools are designed to show their inputs, units, formulas, examples, and limits so a foodservice operator can review the calculation before using its result.
What the site does
- Runs calculations in your browser using the values you enter.
- Provides kitchen reference tables and reusable worksheets for recording the inputs behind a cost.
- Keeps ingredient cost separate from directly assignable packaging cost.
- Explains assumptions and documents where a task has more than one accepted model.
- Uses illustrative examples rather than live supplier prices or hidden defaults.
What the site does not provide
The calculators do not provide accounting, tax, legal, food-safety, or business advice. They do not include live prices, accounts, payments, inventory synchronization, or a promise that a calculated price is suitable for every operation.
Questions or corrections can be sent to hello@foodcalculators.org.