Cooking
Recipe Cost Calculator
Add what you spent and split it by the number of servings.
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Total cost
Cost per serving
Amortization schedule
| # | Date | Payment | Principal | Extra | Interest | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The grocery receipt is not the cost of one plate. Add the four groups you actually used, then divide by the number of servings.
Scaling the amounts before you price them is the recipe scale calculator. This page only adds money you type.
Four groups, including a zero
Produce, dairy, pantry, and other. A zero is a group you skipped. It does not invent a fifth ingredient, and it does not break the total.
Per serving is the purchase split
7.50 divided by 4 is 1.875, which shows as 1.88. That is the receipt split across plates. It is not a nutrition cost and it is not the price of a calorie.
Worked example: four groups and four plates
Produce 3.50, dairy 1.20, pantry 2.00, other 0.80, servings 4. Total cost 7.50. Cost per serving 1.88.
\[ (3.50+1.20+2.00+0.80)/4=1.875 \]
Frequently asked questions
What if I used half a box?
Enter only the part you used. The page cannot see the rest of the box in the cupboard.
Can a group be zero?
Yes. Zero means you spent nothing there. The total is the sum of the four numbers, zeros included.
Why 1.88 and not 1.875?
Money is shown to the cent. 1.875 rounds to 1.88.
Is this the cost of the nutrients?
No. It is what you paid, split by servings. A cheap oil and an expensive oil with the same price land on the same line.
Which currency is this?
Whatever you typed. The dollar sign on the label is a prompt, not a conversion.
References
Assumptions and limitations
The page prices only the amounts you enter. It cannot price half a box unless you type the part you used. Per serving is a purchase split, not a nutrition cost.