Foodmaker Tool

Recipe Pricing Calculator

Your food business will live and die by your pricing – and proper pricing begins with knowing your costs. Enter your recipe below to figure out your unit costs and calculate your necessary wholesale and retail prices.

Step 1

Ingredients

List every ingredient. Measure amounts in whatever fits the ingredient — ounces, grams, eggs, vanilla beans — just use the same measure for the amount used and the package size.

Ingredient Amount used Package cost ($) Amount in package $ / measure Recipe cost
Total ingredient cost per batch $0.00
Step 2

Yield

Sellable units from one batch — e.g., 100 cookies packed 10 per bag = 10 units.

Ingredient cost per unit
$0.00
Step 3

Packaging per unit

Everything that gets one unit to the customer — labels, container, lid, tamper band, ribbon.

Item Cost per unit ($)
Total packaging cost per unit $0.00
Step 4 · Optional

Monthly overhead

Fixed costs you pay every month no matter how much you make — kitchen/commissary rent, insurance, licenses, equipment, software, base labor, marketing.

Item Cost per month ($)
Total monthly overhead $0.00

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