The food-cost calculator for every kitchen
Stop guessing.
Start profiting.
CostKit works out what every dish really costs you, from the market price to the gas, and the price that leaves you a profit.
- Web app — live now
- iOS — coming soon
- Android — coming soon
Just launched. Be one of the first chefs pricing with confidence, and help shape what comes next.
Sample recipe
Jollof rice
20 portions
- Rice4 kg from a ₦85,000 50 kg bag
- ₦6,800
- Tomatoes, pepper & onions
- ₦5,400
- Vegetable oil1 L
- ₦2,600
- Stock & seasoning
- ₦1,700
- Gas
- ₦2,000
- Food cost
- ₦18,500
- Per portion
- ₦925
- Sell at
- ₦2,500
of the ₦2,500 selling price
Sound familiar?
Running a food business shouldn’t mean losing money
Most food entrepreneurs cook with passion and price with guesswork. It isn’t your fault: costing is rarely taught, even in culinary school.
01
Pricing by guesswork
You charge what feels right: ₦3,500 here, ₦6,000 there. Nobody taught food entrepreneurs how to cost a dish, so a plate can lose money for months before anyone notices.
02
Market prices move
The bag of rice that cost ₦72,000 last month is ₦85,000 this month. Your menu price stayed the same, and the difference came out of your profit.
03
Hidden costs add up
Gas, packaging, transport, a helper for the day, rent at month end. None of it is on the ingredient list, so none of it ends up in the price.
CostKit changes that, in minutes.
Who it’s for
Built for every kind of kitchen
From a restaurant with a full team to a home cook pricing a party tray. Choose Business or Personal when you start, and switch any time.
Restaurants and cafés
See the true cost of every dish on the menu, with your team and monthly bills in view, and price to build a business rather than just cover ingredients.
Caterers and event chefs
Cost a job by the number of guests, add the gas, transport and extra hands, and send a quote you know leaves a profit.
Bakers and pastry chefs
Pastry has its own tab, and exact weights make baking costs precise, down to the last gram of butter.
Selling from home
Know what each tray, pack or family-size pot costs before you post the price, so a busy week is also a profitable one.
Cloud kitchens and delivery
Packaging and delivery costs go into each costing, so every item on every platform earns its place.
Home cooks
Cooking for the family, a party or the odd order? Personal mode keeps it simple: recipes, market prices and a price per plate, with no staff or overheads to set up.
Everything you need
Your complete kitchen costing toolkit
Every tool a food business needs to price with confidence, keep up with market prices and protect its profit.
Dishes, pastry and drinks
One recipe library with tabs for Dishes, Pastry and Drinks. Drinks can be made in-house or bought by the crate or pack to resell.
Costing calculator
Food cost with waste, plus labour and extras like gas, transport and packaging. Set a profit markup or your own price and check the food cost ratio.
Market lists
Record what you paid, by the bag, the crate or the piece. Prices feed every recipe that uses them, and a price change can update them all at once.
Price check
When ingredient prices move, CostKit points out the recipes affected, so your selling prices keep up with the market.
Menus, costed per plate
Build dine-in, catering or takeout menus and see the cost, selling price and profit per plate.
PDF export
Export a costing report, a recipe, a market list, or a menu as a customer menu card or an internal costing overview.
Also included
- Measure the way you cook
- Cost an event per guest
- Price history
- Saved costings
- Profit trends
- Staff and labour
- Overheads and a sales target
- Personal or Business
- A guided first run
- Any currency
- Sign in with Google
- Install it like an app
How it works
From market list to menu price, in five steps
No accounting degree, no spreadsheets. CostKit walks you through every cost so you arrive at a price that builds your business.
01
Tell us about your kitchen
A short setup before you sign up: Personal or Business, what you cook, and where.
02
Add what you paid at the market
Start a market list with the prices you actually paid, the way you buy.
03
Build the recipe
Add ingredients and say how much you use. CostKit does the sums.
04
Cost it and set your price
Add waste, labour and extras, then pick a markup or your own price.
05
Save, sell and keep it current
Save the costing, build menus, export a PDF. Price check tells you when to re-price.
Launch offer, for a limited time
Try it free. 60% off at launch.
Start with 2 free recipes, no card needed. Then cost a recipe for ₦600, or go unlimited with Business for ₦6,000 a month.
Start with 2 free recipes
No card needed. Cost 2 dishes with the full calculator and see your margins.
Pay per recipe
Launch price · 60% offCost recipes one at a time, whenever you need.
- Credits never expire
- A costed recipe stays unlocked for good
- Buy several now to lock in the launch price
Business
Launch price · 60% offUnlimited recipe costings, every month.
- Unlimited recipe costings
- Pays for itself past 10 recipes a month
- Keep the launch price while you stay subscribed
- Card renews monthly; transfer or USSD gives you 30 days
Payments are in Naira, made in the web app through Paystack: card, bank transfer or USSD. Read the refund policy.
Why CostKit
Cook with heart. Price with numbers.
A note from the founder
“CostKit is brand new, and we’re building it hand in hand with the first chefs who join. Too many good kitchens run on guesswork and quietly lose money. CostKit exists so yours doesn’t have to. Come in early, and help shape it.”
No inflated numbers, no invented reviews. Just an honest tool for knowing your costs and pricing every dish to profit.
Down to the last gram
Every ingredient, by the pack, the gram or the piece. You see what a dish truly costs, not a rough guess.
The whole cost, not just food
Waste, labour, gas, transport and packaging are counted, so the price covers what the plate really took.
Your market, your currency
The prices you actually pay at your market, in the units you actually buy, by the bag, the crate or the piece, in your own currency.
Prices that keep up
When the market moves, Price check shows which recipes need a new price before the difference eats your profit.
71 users in 14 states
Every user who joins puts their state on the map. Find yours and start pricing with confidence.
- users
- 71
- states with users
- 14
- recipes costed
- 34
- None
- 1
- 2–4
- 5–19
- 20+
Boundaries: Natural Earth; Ghana © OpenStreetMap contributors (CC BY-SA 2.0) via geoBoundaries
Users by country
See the states in
CostKit works in any currency.
Get CostKit
Your next dish could be your most profitable.
CostKit is live on the web: open it in your browser now, or install it on your phone’s home screen. iOS & Android apps are on the way. Start with 2 free recipes, no card needed.
- Live now
Web app
Open CostKit in any browser, on a phone, tablet or computer. Nothing to download.
Install it on your phone
- Android:
- In Chrome, tap Install when CostKit offers it, or use the menu and choose Install app.
- iPhone:
- In Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
- Coming soon
iPhone app
A native iPhone app is in development. Until then, the web app installs to your home screen.
- Coming soon
Android app
A native Android app is in development. Until then, the web app installs to your home screen.