Recipes & Food Cost
Video guide: Recipes & Food Cost
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Recipe management overview
A recipe defines the ingredients and quantities that make one unit of a product. When the product sells, Sum Cloud POS deducts those raw materials and computes the true cost of goods sold (COGS) and profit.
Create a recipe & add ingredients
- Open the item, then its Recipe tab (or the Production/Recipe area).
- Add each ingredient (a stock item) with its quantity and unit.
- Add sub-recipes (e.g. a base sauce) as ingredients where needed.
- Save — the recipe cost is calculated from current ingredient costs.
Recipe mapping & the mapping dashboard
The Recipe Mapping Dashboard (Reports → Recipe Mapping) shows, per item, its recipe cost, ingredients, add-ons, profit and margin, with a status badge for items that still need a recipe. Use it to spot un-costed items.
Units, quantity & add-ons
Ingredients use units (g, kg, ml, l, pieces). Modifiers/add-ons can also consume ingredients, so a “extra cheese” add-on deducts cheese stock and adds its cost.
Recipe cost, food cost & profit margin
Recipe cost = sum of (ingredient quantity × current cost). Food cost % and gross profit are computed against the sale price and update automatically as purchase prices change.
Automatic & manual production
Auto production: when a recipe item sells, ingredients are deducted automatically. Manual production: for bulk pre-production (e.g. a bakery baking 100 loaves), record a production batch — ingredients are deducted and finished goods are added to sellable stock.
Ingredient consumption & recipe reports
See how much of each raw material was consumed over a period, and per-item recipe cost and profit. Combine with Inventory to reconcile theoretical vs actual usage.