Food costing for Mac, iPhone & iPad

Know your true plate cost.

The native Apple app for food costing. Change one supplier price and every recipe re-costs itself, instantly.

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Margherita Pizza · Recipe costing

Margherita Pizza · per pizza

Cost breakdown

5 components · recalculated today

27% vs 30%
Component Line % of plate
00 Flour $0.31 13%
San Marzano Tomatoes $0.74 30%
Fior di Latte $1.12 46%
Basil & olive oil $0.18 7%
Semolina & yeast $0.10 4%
Total plate cost $2.45
Tomatoes +12%, every recipe re-costed automatically.

Portion cost

$2.45

Menu price

$9.00

à la carte

Food cost

27.2%

✓ under target

Margin

$6.55

72.8%

Built for the people who actually cost the menu

Independent restaurantsCafés & bakeriesFood trucksCaterersSmall groupsMeal prep

The problem

Your biggest controllable cost lives in a broken spreadsheet.

Food cost runs 28-35% of revenue on margins of just 3-5%. Yet most kitchens track it in a spreadsheet that breaks the moment a supplier raises a price, or they price by gut. One stale number quietly eats your profit on every plate.

Margherita Pizza · cost breakdown

00 Flour $0.31
Tomato sauce $0.74
Fior di Latte $1.12
Total plate cost $2.45
Food cost · target 30% 27%

Recipe & sub-recipe costing

Nest recipes inside recipes. One ingredient price flows through every dish it touches.

Premium Olive Oil

Colavita · per case

$45.00

↑ 12.7%

Avg

$42.10

High

$45.00

Low

$39.50

1 Jun $45.00 ↑ 2.5%
18 May $43.90 ↑ 4.3%
2 May $42.10 ↓ 1.2%

Supplier price tracking

Keep a price history per ingredient with % change, so you catch creep early.

Recipe book

Margherita Pizza

Serves 8 · per pizza

00 Flour250 g
Tomato sauce120 g
Fior di Latte125 g
Recipe bookPlatingStocktake

Printable books & forms

Recipe books, plating books and stocktake forms, ready for the pass.

Wastage · this week

Beef brisket Spoilage $4.20
Basil, fresh Trim $1.10
Cream Expired $2.15
Total $7.45

Wastage & reports

Log waste by reason, cost and photo. Run date-range reports that actually inform.

One app, every device

A real Mac app, and in your pocket.

Do the heavy costing full-screen on your Mac. Cost a dish or an event from your phone on the line. Everything syncs over iCloud, and it all works offline.

Margherita Pizza · Recipe costing

Margherita Pizza · per pizza

Cost breakdown

5 components · recalculated today

27% vs 30%
Component Line % of plate
00 Flour $0.31 13%
San Marzano Tomatoes $0.74 30%
Fior di Latte $1.12 46%
Basil & olive oil $0.18 7%
Semolina & yeast $0.10 4%
Total plate cost $2.45
Tomatoes +12%, every recipe re-costed automatically.

Portion cost

$2.45

Menu price

$9.00

à la carte

Food cost

27.2%

✓ under target

Margin

$6.55

72.8%

The cost cascade

Change one price. Every recipe re-costs itself.

Ingredients feed your recipes. Recipes feed your menus. When a supplier price changes, Plate Pro flows it through everything it touches, so your food cost % and gross profit are always live and accurate. The one job a spreadsheet never gets right.

Margherita Pizza · Recipe costing

Margherita Pizza · per pizza

Cost breakdown

5 components · recalculated today

27% vs 30%
Component Line % of plate
00 Flour $0.31 13%
San Marzano Tomatoes $0.74 30%
Fior di Latte $1.12 46%
Basil & olive oil $0.18 7%
Semolina & yeast $0.10 4%
Total plate cost $2.45
Tomatoes +12%, every recipe re-costed automatically.

Portion cost

$2.45

Menu price

$9.00

à la carte

Food cost

27.2%

✓ under target

Margin

$6.55

72.8%

Supplier price tracking

Catch price creep before it eats your margin.

Every supplier price keeps a dated history with the % change. A quiet increase shows up the moment it lands, not weeks later when the margin is already gone, and the new price flows straight through every recipe it touches.

Premium Olive Oil

Colavita

$45.00

per case ↑ 12.7%

Average

$42.10

Highest

$45.00

Lowest

$39.50

Price trend

All-time

Up 12.7% all-time

Price changes

4 changes

1 Jun 2026

9:04 AM

$45.00 ↑ 2.5% · $1.10

18 May 2026

8:22 AM

$43.90 ↑ 4.3% · $1.80

2 May 2026

7:51 AM

$42.10 ↓ 1.2% · $0.50

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