Professional resources
Tools
Bring your numbers to the table. Four calculators to understand a recipe, its margin, an opening budget and equipment payback.
Calculations run in your browser. Values are neither sent nor stored. Examples are illustrative: replace them with your own figures and quotes.
01 /
Cost per kg and serving
Include raw materials, production loss and other costs allocated to the batch. Servings are calculated by weight, not volume.
Formula and assumptions
Total cost = Σ(kg × €/kg) + other costs. Sellable weight = batch kg × (1 − loss/100). Cost/kg = total cost ÷ sellable weight. Serving cost = cost/kg × grams/1000. Loss is actual weight loss; it does not represent volume expansion from air.
02 /
Gross sales margin
Price includes the tax you enter; cost must use a comparable basis. Gross margin is not net profit: it does not deduct fixed costs you have not included.
Formula and assumptions
Net sale = price ÷ (1 + tax/100). Margin € = net sale − cost. Margin % = margin € ÷ net sale × 100. Tax starts at 0% for you to configure; it does not imply an applicable rate.
03 /
Opening budget
Enter ranges from your quotes. We do not use estimated market prices or a standard cost per business model. The final range adds line items and contingency.
Formula and assumptions
Minimum/maximum total = [m² × minimum/maximum cost per m² + line items] × (1 + contingency/100). Use a consistent tax basis. Cash reserve is planned liquidity and not necessarily expenditure. Initial values are an example, not an industry estimate.
04 /
Equipment payback
Calculate simple payback from incremental annual cash flow. Use units you actually expect to sell, not theoretical machine capacity. Financing, residual value and discounting are excluded.
Formula and assumptions
Annual cash flow = [savings + units × contribution − incremental cost] × active months. Payback (years) = investment ÷ positive annual cash flow. Scenarios: ±20% on savings and additional contribution; incremental cost stays fixed. Gross revenue is not counted as profit.