Simple, low-cost recipe costing. Pop in your ingredients and SaucySums works out your food cost, what you make, and a fair price with VAT included. Set up in minutes.
From £3.50 a month. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Great service doesn't have to cost a fortune. From £3.50 a month.
Food cost, GP and a fair price with VAT, worked out as you type.
Change a supplier price and see which dishes just slipped below your margin goal.
Templates, borders, your logo and colours. A4 or A5, print or PDF.
Typical allergens from the UK 14 suggested as you add ingredients. You check and confirm.
See how rising food prices could squeeze each dish, and the price that holds your margin.
Cheaper alternatives with the saving from your prices, and any new allergen flagged.
Big 48px buttons. Works one-handed on your phone between orders.
No tracking, no ads. Your recipes stay yours.
£75
a month. Some UK kitchen costing tools charge this.
From
£3.50
a month. No contract.
Cost the plate. Print the menu. Get back to the pass.
No training, no installs. It works in your phone or laptop browser.
No contracts and no setup fees. Cancel anytime.
On Chef Plan and Chef Plan Pro, make a tidy PDF on your device, then download, share to WhatsApp or email, or print.
Made for messy hands
Every button is at least 48 pixels. No fiddly little links.
Check a margin with your thumb while the other hand flips the bacon.
If you can write a shopping list, you can cost a menu.
What you pay, per kg, litre, pack or each. Allow for waste and trim.
Choose amounts. We add it all up as you go.
Suggested prices at 60 to 75% margin, inc. VAT if you are registered.
Tick each one to confirm it against your suppliers' labels.
A PDF to download, share, email or print.
Your logo, your template, your border. Ready for the pass.
Figures shown are margins after VAT.
Built in the UK for UK cafés, food trucks and small kitchens. Big-kitchen smarts, small-kitchen prices.
Pounds and pence, VAT at UK rates and the 14 allergens, all baked in.
From £3.50 a month at launch prices, so a pinch of your takings, not a whole ladle.
Cancel anytime. No lock-ins, no small print surprises.
Cost a dish right now, no sign-up needed.
From £3.50 a month. No contracts. Cancel anytime.
No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Opening soonSmart ingredient swaps to protect your margins
Cheaper alternatives for your ingredients, with the saving worked out from your prices and any new allergen flagged.
No contracts. Cancel anytime.
Opening soonLaunch prices, subject to review. If they ever change, members get at least 30 days' notice by email first, and you can cancel anytime.
All prices include VAT.
Paid plans are opening soon. The free calculator works today, no sign-in needed.
Cost my first dish, freeDivide the ingredient cost of one portion by the selling price before VAT, then multiply by 100. SaucySums does this for you and takes VAT out properly.
Many UK cafes aim for a food cost of 25 to 35%, which is a gross margin of roughly 65 to 75%. SaucySums suggests prices at 60 to 75% margins so you can choose.
Yes. Tell SaucySums whether you are VAT registered and it suggests menu prices with 20% VAT included, or without VAT if you are not registered.
Yes. The free food cost calculator costs a dish with no sign-in and nothing saved. Paid plans save your recipes, ingredients and menus.
Chef Plan is £3.50 a month for 25 recipes, one site and one menu, with menu design and printing, the allergen helper, costing and menu PDFs, the menu dashboard, price-change alerts and the what-if planner. Chef Plan Pro is £9 a month for unlimited recipes, sites and menus, plus smart ingredient swaps with an allergen check and a food inflation projector. No contracts, cancel anytime, and paid plans are opening soon. The free calculator works today, no sign-in needed.
Yes. When you add an ingredient, SaucySums suggests its typical allergens from the 14 UK allergens listed by the Food Standards Agency. You can edit them, and they add up to each dish. Brands vary, so you confirm each dish against your suppliers' labels before allergen details print. You stay responsible for the allergen information you give customers.
Yes, on both plans. Pick a template, border, colours and font, add your logo, sections, dietary labels and chef's specials, then print A4 or A5 or make a PDF to download, share or email. Every printed menu ends with: Please speak to a member of staff about allergens before ordering.
More help in our food costing guides, like how to work out food cost percentage and pricing your menu with VAT.