Enter your recipe ingredients, selling price and target margin. All figures update in real time.
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Ingredients — Yield % = usable % after trimming/cooking loss. Enter 100 if no loss.
| Ingredient | Qty | Unit | Unit cost ($) per unit selected |
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For context on what a good food cost percentage looks like for your concept type: What Is a Good Food Cost Percentage for Restaurants in Australia?.
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The direct ingredient cost of the dish as purchased and prepared — before labour, packaging or overheads. This matches the basis used across our food cost benchmark guides, so the numbers are comparable.
It depends heavily on concept type — quick service typically runs 25–32%, cafés 24–30%, casual dining 28–34%, and premium dining 32–42%. See our guide to good food cost percentage in Australia for the full breakdown by concept.
Not directly — enter your unit cost as the true cost after yield loss for the most accurate result. Our recipe yield & portion cost calculator works out that true cost, which you can then use as the unit cost input here.