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Recipe Costing Calculator
Cost a dish the way it really comes out of the kitchen – trim and cooking loss included – and see the price you need for your GP.
Why cooked weight changes the cost
TOPSIDE OF BEEF
A 9kg joint at £12.00/kg costs £108.
Roasting loses about 30%, leaving 6.3kg.
True cost: £108 ÷ 6.3kg = £17.14 per cooked kg.
A 200g PORTION
Costed at raw weight: £2.40.
Costed at cooked weight: £3.43.
That’s a £1.03 per plate difference - Enough to take a 70% GP dish down to about 63%.
Cost what’s on the plate, not what’s on the invoice.
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