The short answer
For each ingredient, divide the amount used by the amount in the purchased package, then multiply by the package price. Add those ingredient costs to get one batch cost.
A 2,000 g bag of flour costs $5. If a recipe uses 500 g, flour costs $1.25 for that batch. A 454 g butter pack at $5.50 contributes $2.75 when you use 227 g. Together they cost $4 before labor and packaging.
Calculate your recipe batch
Use compatible units for a package and the amount used. US cup, tbsp, and tsp are volume units; weight, volume, and item count cannot be mixed. This free calculation is not saved or sent to our server.
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| Ingredient | Package amount | Unit | Package price ($) | Amount used | Unit |
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This is ingredient cost only. It excludes labor, packaging, waste, tax, delivery, fees, and selling margin.
Use this result well
Match the package and recipe units
A 2 kg package and 500 g used can be compared directly because both are weights. A cup of flour and a gram price cannot be compared without a flour-specific conversion you supply.
Scale only after one batch is correct
Check the one-batch ingredient cost first, then change the batch count. The result scales the ingredient amounts; it does not add labor, packaging, waste, or selling margin.
Update size as well as price
If a supplier shrinks a package, change its package amount even when the shelf price stays the same. A smaller package at the same price raises the cost of every recipe amount used.
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