How to Calculate Cost
Summary: This is the main goal of using COOKKEEPBOOK. However, costing of recipes depends on having data entered correctly first. Not only does the purchase price of the ingredient have a bearing, but also the yield percentage and the measurement converters.
To be able to calculate the cost of recipes you need:
Ingredients need to be created, a purchase for each one needs to be recorded and then the ingredients need to be added to a recipe.
The purchase quantity does not need to be broken down into the measurement unit used on the recipe. For example, you may purchase 'Butter' in pounds but only use 'grams' on recipes. Since both measurement units are of the same TYPE, the system can easily calculate between them. It will break down the cost from total amount of the purchase to the different amount used on the recipe.
When a " N/A Learn more" appears in the cost, it means that the system could not calculate that ingredient. Click the Learn more icon to see the exact reason:
The quantity is empty. Please fill quantity before calculation can happen. Enter a number, fraction, or decimal in the quantity field.
The measuring unit has not been set. Please select unit before calculation can happen. Choose a measurement unit for that ingredient row on the recipe.
This ingredient has no purchase recorded for it. Save the recipe, open the ingredient, and add a purchase in the Add Purchase section.
The measurement on this recipe is of a different type (i.e. volume or weight) than that of your last purchase. Either add a measurement converter to the ingredient or change the measurement on this recipe. This appears when purchase and recipe units are different measurement types.
The measurement type (Volume, Weight or Count) does not match either the purchase unit type or the units used in your converter. You will need to either change the way the recipe measures this ingredient or change the converter of the ingredient. If needed, use an intermediate sub-recipe. See how to use recipes as ingredients.