Recipe Cost Calculator — Total Cost & Cost Per Serving
List each ingredient and what it costs in this recipe, then enter the number of servings. The calculator totals the recipe cost and divides by servings for the cost per portion. Prefer the quick path? Switch to Quick mode and enter a total cost directly.
What this calculator determines
It calculates the total cost of a recipe from the ingredient costs you enter and the cost per serving by dividing that total by the number of servings.
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Examples
Three-ingredient dinner
Chicken $3.50, rice $0.40, broccoli $1.10; 4 servings
Calculation
- Total = 3.50 + 0.40 + 1.10 = $5.00
- Cost per serving = 5.00 ÷ 4 = $1.25
Total $5.00 — $1.25 per serving
Quick mode
Total cost $12.00; 6 servings
Calculation
- Cost per serving = 12.00 ÷ 6 = $2.00
Total $12.00 — $2.00 per serving
Assumptions & Conventions
- Cost you enter, not package price
- Enter the cost of the amount actually used in the recipe, not the full package price; package prices overstate the per-recipe cost.
- No selling price or markup
- It computes ingredient cost and cost per serving only — not selling price, markup, margin, or profit.
- Servings are user-entered
- The number of servings is what you enter, so the per-serving figure is only as accurate as that count.