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Food cost calculator per dish.
Enter ingredients, net quantity per portion and supplier price per unit. The calculator computes cost per portion, food cost percentage and margin in real time. Everything stays in the browser, nothing is sent to the server.
Cost per portion: 0,40 €
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Cost per portion: 0,96 €
Tagliatelle al burro
Ingredient cost per portion
1,53 €
Food cost
11,8%
HealthyMargin
11,37 €
88,2% of selling price
Guidelines
- Below 28% is healthy for most dishes on a restaurant menu.
- 28% to 35% is borderline, worth tracking weekly.
- Above 35% the dish bleeds margin. Reconsider the portion or price.
Guidelines are a reference, not a rule. Brunch and desserts realistically sustain a lower food cost, while seafood specialities and quality proteins run higher.
What next
This calculator handles one dish. Patrono handles the whole menu.
With 30 dishes and 80 ingredients, manual per-dish calculation is not sustainable. A change in the supplier price of one ingredient should propagate to every dish that contains it, automatically.
Patrono links recipes, supplier prices and POS sales. Food cost is computed daily per dish and overall, supplier price changes ripple through the menu by themselves.