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Every recipe, costed to the cent.

Food cost, margin, coefficient and allergens work themselves out, sub-recipes included, and follow the price paid on every delivery.

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Recettes : coût matière, food cost, marge et coefficient

The recipe sheet printed in January, the butter that went up 18% in March. Dish costs get redone in Excel when someone remembers. Meanwhile the margin slips and nobody sees it.

14
regulated allergens tracked through every sub-recipe.
3
VAT rates per recipe: 5.5, 10 and 20%.
10 MB
per imported sheet, as photo, PDF, Excel or plain text.

Rules in the app, not market averages.

Cost, margin and coefficient, no spreadsheet.

Ingredient by ingredient, with yield after trimming or cooking, VAT and your food-cost threshold. Each product’s price is the one you actually pay.

House burgerMain
Brioche burger bun1 piece€0.55
Charolais beef patty150 g€2.18
Beefsteak tomato−10%50 g€0.23
Burger saucesub-recipe30 ml€0.14
Food cost
€3.83
Food cost %
22.8%
Coeff.
×4.39

Sub-recipes follow on their own.

Butter changes price: the beurre blanc is recosted, then every dish that uses it. Any number of levels, nothing to re-type.

AOP butter€9.00€10.60/kg
Beurre blancsub-recipe+€0.42
Sea bass, beurre blancMargin74.0%72.8%
Salmon fillet, beurre blancMargin76.9%75.7%

All 14 allergens, worked out for you.

Carried up from each product through every sub-recipe: contains, traces or free. Ready for the menu and the INCO label.

Caesar saladINCO
GlutenEggsFishMilkMustardTree nutsCrustaceansPeanutsSoyCelerySesameSulphitesLupinMolluscs
ContainsTracesFree

A price change doesn’t stop at one recipe.

Butter €9.00 → €10.60/kg
Spotted on delivery
Product
The purchase price is updated
Sub-recipe
The beurre blanc is recosted
Recipes
Every dish using it follows
Margin alert
Sea bass, beurre blanc · below your threshold

None of these steps is typed by hand.

Who is it for?

For you if
Your recipe sheets live in Excel, or in your head.
You don’t know what each dish costs you today.
You make your own stocks, sauces and doughs.
You need to show allergens on your menu.
Not for you if
You resell finished products, with no recipe.
You’re looking for a home cookbook.

Frequently asked questions

Another question? Write to us at contact@zesto.app

Do I have to type every recipe in?

No. Import them as photo, PDF, Excel or text: Zesto reads the ingredients and links them to your products. Anything left to link is flagged “to fix”.

Where does each ingredient’s cost come from?

From the product’s purchase price, updated on every delivery or price-list import, applied to the net quantity after yield.

Are sub-recipes supported?

Yes, to any depth. Their cost and allergens carry up into every recipe that uses them.

How are allergens worked out?

From each product’s 14 regulated allergens, carried up through sub-recipes. You can adjust them by hand.

Can I print the sheet?

Yes, with the sections you choose, or as a PDF. Use-by labels print from the recipe.

Recipes don’t work alone.

Orders give them a price, sales and production use them up.

PR
Primeurs de Rungis
ORD-0151
Draft
€44.00
Arriving tomorrow, Sat 26 SepWhatsApp
Shallots2 kg€9.60
Fresh basil6 bunches€7.20
Beefsteak tomatoes5 kg€21.00
Lemons2 kg€6.20
Ordering. One draft per supplier, ready before service.
Low stock· 8 to order
A draft is ready for Primeurs de Rungis.
Shallots0.6 / 1 kg
Fresh basil3 / 4 bunches
Line-caught sea bass0 / 2 kg
Stock. Stock-outs spotted before they happen.
Duck breast, cherry jusMain
Cost per plate
€9.40
Margin
70.6%
Duck +€0.80/kg on Wednesday’s invoice
Duck breast220 g€5.72
Cherries60 g€1.14
Veal jus50 ml€0.96
Potatoes180 g€0.38
Recipes. Cost and margin of every dish, updated with each invoice.
TomorrowSAT 26 SEP0/7 done
Dupont wedding, Saturday
Salmon filletFish120L
Caesar saladGarde-manger120L
Apple tartPastry120S
Prawn linguineHot line12M
Production. Prep planned station by station, cook by cook.
SalesFRI 25 SEPtill_export.csv
Duck breast, cherry jus×38
Caesar salad×54
Apple tart×41
Café gourmandLink a recipe
126 ingredients taken out of stock
Sales. Every dish sold taken out of stock, ingredient by ingredient.
Today’s checks4/5 done
Walk-in fridge3.1 °C
Fish fridge1.8 °C
Freezer−19.4 °C
Hot line cleaning14:20
Fryer oil testdue 16:00
Hygiene. Temperatures and cleaning, signed and time-stamped.

See it run on your own kitchen.

30 minutes, with your menu and your suppliers.

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