Review criteria
- +Ingredient cost per meal
- +Portion and yield math
- +Suggested price by margin
- +Low-margin meal flags
Meal Prep Recipe Cost Calculator in Meal Prep Service
The Meal Prep Recipe Cost Calculator is a copy-ready spreadsheet for meal prep service that tracks meals, ingredients, portion cost, price, margin. It opens unchanged in both Google Sheets and Excel, needs no add-ons or macros, and takes about 20 minutes to set up.
Last updated: August 2026
Excel workbook · opens in Google Sheets · 3 tabs · no sign-up
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Tabs: How to use · Meals · SettingsFormat: Excel (.xlsx) · opens in Google SheetsSetup: About 20 minutesColumns: 9
Columns (grey = calculated for you)
- Meal
- Protein cost
- Carb cost
- Veg and sauce cost
- Container
- Price
- Meal cost
- Food cost %
- Price at target
- Open the Meals tab and replace the sample rows with your own — one row per entry. Formulas fill in automatically for new rows.
- Cost each component per portion (cooked weight x cost per cooked oz). Container includes lid and label.
- Food cost % turns amber over 35% and red over 40%; Price at target shows the fix.
- Using Google Sheets? Upload the file to Google Drive, then open it with Google Sheets (or File → Import in an open sheet). Formulas, dropdowns and highlights carry over.
The file opens locally on your device — nothing is uploaded, and you own the copy outright.
Meal Prep Recipe Cost Calculator
About this template
It is built for people who want results without another subscription: preppers pricing meals by true cost. The whole template is free to copy — there is no paid tier. Because it is a plain spreadsheet, you own your data outright and can shape every column to how you actually work.
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What to verify before choosing Meal Prep Recipe Cost Calculator
Use the review criteria below to decide whether this template fits your workflow.
Often worth considering when
- +Preppers pricing meals by true cost
- +Anyone protecting per-meal margin
Pause before choosing when
- -Live grocery price feeds
- -Nutrition-label generation
About Meal Prep Service
Why people consider this option
- +Track orders, recipe cost, and production without paid software
- +Keep every menu, batch, and customer in a file you own
- +Know your margin per meal after ingredients and labor
What to review before acting
- -No online ordering or subscription billing without a tool
- -Growing kitchens eventually need food-ops software
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Questions people ask before copying a template
Does the Meal Prep Recipe Cost Calculator work in both Google Sheets and Excel?
Yes. It is built with standard functions and no macros, so it opens and works the same in Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel — on desktop or your phone.
Is the Meal Prep Recipe Cost Calculator really free?
The core template is free to copy and use. There is no paid tier — download the Excel workbook, replace the sample rows with your own, and you are ready to work.
What does the Meal Prep Recipe Cost Calculator track?
It tracks meals, ingredients, portion cost, price, margin. The workbook comes with these columns plus the formulas, dropdowns and highlights already set up. Replace the sample rows and the totals update as you go.