Escandallo Pro: Food Cost calc

Stop guessing your food cost. EscandalloPro is the food cost calculator built for restaurant owners, chefs, and food truck operators who need to know — in seconds — exactly how much every dish really costs to make, and whether it's actually profitable.

If you're still tracking recipe costs in a messy spreadsheet, or worse, not tracking them at all, you could be losing money on your best-selling dishes without even realizing it. EscandalloPro turns that guesswork into clear, color-coded answers so you can price your menu with confidence.

As a complete food cost calculator, EscandalloPro also lets you:

🧮 Automatic recipe costing: Enter your ingredients, quantities, and waste/shrinkage percentage — EscandalloPro instantly calculates the exact cost per portion, food cost % and profit margin.

🚦 Configurable profitability traffic light: A simple green/amber/red indicator shows at a glance which dishes are profitable. Out of the box, green starts at 65% margin and amber at 55% — but you can set your own thresholds to match your business.

🥣 Base recipes for sauces, stocks and doughs: Define what a batch yields (say, 15 kg) and use it by weight inside any dish. Base recipes don't count towards your free recipe limit and have their own tab.

⚠️ Allergen tracking: Tag allergens on each ingredient and every recipe that uses it inherits them automatically. Export a ready-to-print allergen table for customers or health inspectors (EU Reg. 1169/2011).

💲 Ingredient price history: Track every price change for your ingredients and instantly spot when a supplier quietly raises prices on you.

🌍 Multi-currency: Work in EUR, USD, MXN, COP, ARS, CLP, PEN or BRL, each with the correct decimal format.

📄 PDF export: Export a single recipe sheet, a full folder of technical sheets for your whole menu, or a margin report — ready to print, post in the kitchen, or share with your team and accountant.

💾 Backup, restore and an optional free account: Export and import your full ingredient and recipe database as JSON anytime. Create a free account with email or Google to keep a cloud backup and get your recipes back if you switch phones or reinstall — completely optional, and separate from the offline database that runs the app.

EscandalloPro runs on a local database on your device, so you can calculate costs anywhere — kitchen, back office, or delivery van — with zero Wi-Fi. No monthly subscription, ever: start with 10 free recipes, then unlock unlimited recipe costing with a single one-time payment.

Who is EscandalloPro for?

👨‍🍳 Independent restaurant owners who want real numbers behind every menu price, not gut feeling.
🍔 Food truck operators who need to calculate food cost on the go, without a laptop or Wi-Fi.
☕ Café and bakery owners pricing pastries, sandwiches, and drinks item by item.
🧑‍🍳 Chefs and kitchen managers standardizing recipes, tracking allergens, and controlling food cost across an entire menu.

If you've ever set a menu price by guessing, copying a competitor, or "just feeling right," it's time for a food cost calculator that takes the guesswork out of menu pricing — accurately, instantly, and offline-first.

Download EscandalloPro today, calculate your first recipe cost in under two minutes, and finally know which dishes are making you money — and which ones aren't.