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Food Cost Calculation

Calculate the food cost of your food products

Automatically calculate CPF, margins and suggested selling price for every product. When a supplier price changes, KoreLab updates everything in real time.

Food cost is the percentage of the selling price absorbed by ingredients. CPF (Finished Product Cost) also includes packaging, labour and fixed costs. KoreLab calculates both automatically from the recipe.
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✓ Free for 5 products, no card · ✓ 15-day trial on paid plans · ✓ GDPR compliant

Food cost calculated, not guessed

KoreLab starts from the product's technical formula and computes the CPF — raw materials, packaging, labour and fixed costs per unit. From there you build your sales price lists with markups and margins. Change one ingredient price and everything recalculates in a second.

KoreLab food cost screen: automatic CPF calculation with raw materials, packaging, labour and food cost per unit

What is food cost and why it matters

The food cost percentage measures how much raw materials affect the selling price. If you sell a product at €10 and ingredients cost €3.50, your food cost is 35%. For artisan food production, keeping food cost below 30–35% is the most cited sustainability threshold.

The concrete problem: prices of flour, oil, milk and eggs change every month. KoreLab eliminates this risk with automatic cascade: when you update an ingredient price, all products containing it are recalculated instantly.

The CPF formula in KoreLab

CPF = (Raw Material Cost + Labour + Variable Costs + Fixed Costs) / Units produced + Packaging cost per unit

How it works in 3 steps

  1. Create the ingredient catalogue with costs and suppliers. Import from Excel if you already have a price list.
  2. Write the recipe with quantities per 1 Kg of finished product and set the production batch.
  3. Get CPF and food cost automatically; from there you build your sales price lists. Update a cost: everything recalculates in one second.

KoreLab vs Excel vs ERP

FeatureKoreLabExcelERP Enterprise
Automatic CPF calculation✓Manual✓
Price cascade✓Manual formulas✓
Allergens per ingredient✓ManualExtra module
PDF Technical Sheet✓Not availableExtra module
Monthly cost€0–€34,90€0From €200

From costs to sales price lists

Food cost is only half the job: with KoreLab you go from CPF to the selling price by channel (wholesale, retail, large-scale retail) by applying markups and seeing the real margin on every product. Update a cost and every price list realigns by itself — no more manual recalculation.

Sales price lists by channel with markups and margins calculated in KoreLab

Frequently asked questions

What is KoreLab?+
KoreLab is the cloud management software for the artisan food workshop: a single flow that goes from cost calculation (CPF) to compliant documentation (technical sheets, allergens, nutritional values per EU Reg. 1169/2011) all the way to HACCP self-control and preparation for voluntary certifications.
Is KoreLab free?+
Yes. You can start with 5 products for free, no credit card required and no time limit on the Free plan.
Can I import data from Excel?+
Yes, from the Starter plan. KoreLab provides Excel templates for raw materials, packaging and suppliers. You upload the file and import everything with a preview before confirming.
Does KoreLab manage EU allergens?+
Yes. It manages the 14 mandatory allergens for each ingredient and automatically aggregates them in the product's PDF Technical Sheet.
Does KoreLab work for bakeries, pasta makers and dairies?+
Yes. The structure is designed for artisan laboratories, bakeries, pasta makers, dairies and small to medium food brands.
Is my data safe?+
Yes. Data is on Supabase with TLS encryption, Row Level Security per user and payments handled by Stripe (PCI DSS). GDPR compliant.

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Free for 5 products. Automatic cascade included. No credit card required.

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