---
title: "Recipe Cost & Cost-Per-Serving Calculator"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/tools/recipe-cost-calculator"
tags: ["cooking"]
---

# Recipe Cost & Cost-Per-Serving Calculator

`POST /api/v1/tools/recipe-cost-calculator`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://calcfleet.com`
- URL: `https://calcfleet.com/api/v1/tools/recipe-cost-calculator`
- Auth: none declared

Cost out any recipe in seconds: enter ingredients, quantities, and unit prices to get total cost, cost per serving, and a suggested menu price by food cost.

## Request body

- object
  - `ingredients` object[], required
    - `name` string, required
    - `qty` number, required
    - `unit` string, required
    - `unitCost` number, required
  - `servings` integer, required
  - `targetFoodCostPct` number

## Response `200`

Successful calculation result.

- object
  - `result` object, required: Structured calculation output (fields vary per calculator).

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input — the issues array contains Zod validation errors.
- `403`: Forbidden — an Authorization: Bearer cf_… key was supplied but is invalid.
- `404`: Unknown tool slug.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/calcfleet/apis/calcfleet-financial-calculators-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/calcfleet/apis/calcfleet-financial-calculators-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/calcfleet/apis/calcfleet-financial-calculators-api/revisions/cd9abd595bbe?raw)