Ratatool

Additional features

Recipe Professional Forms

Creates detailed, standardized forms for every recipe, including preparation instructions, images, and notes.

Ingredient Price History Tracking

Visualizes the price evolution chart of ingredients to support purchasing decisions.

Automatic Unit Conversions

Automatically manages all unit conversions between purchasing (kg) and usage (grams), simplifying recipe scaling.

Recipe Cost Breakdown

Provides a synthesis of the recipe cost, showing a breakdown per ingredient or sub-recipe with a graphical pie chart.

Profitability Evaluation (Margins & Ratios)

Calculates detailed gross margin, food cost percentage, and other key business ratios from the recipe's real-time cost and desired selling price.

Multi-Supplier Management

Allows tracking and management of multiple supplier details for each ingredient, simplifying order creation.

Production Planning Tools

Adjusts and extracts all ingredient needs based on upcoming production tasks, events, or sales forecasts.

Automated Purchase Order Creation

Automatically generates and emails ingredient order lists to the chosen suppliers based on production needs and current inventory.

Real-Time Inventory Management

Allows users to set stock quantities for each ingredient, track stock value, and adjust inventory levels when orders are received.

Menu/Combo Costing

Enables the creation and costing of full menus, combos, and specials (e.g., season menus) based on the cost of the underlying recipes.

Estimates & Financial Indicators

Creates cost estimates for leads or catering events with real-time financial indicators and allows conversion to production tasks in one click.

Allergen Management

Allows tagging of the 14 known allergens at the ingredient level and calculates the resulting allergen information for the final recipe.

Nutrition Analysis (USDA Basis)

Associates nutrition labels (based on the USDA database) with ingredients and calculates the nutritional value per recipe.

Document Export & Print

Exports and prints all technical documents, including customized recipe forms, menus, orders, and inventory lists to formats like PDF, CSV, and Excel.

Loss/Gain Variation

Allows users to input a percentage ratio for weight gain or loss that occurs during the cooking process.

User Permissions & Teamwork

Enables inviting teammates with specific roles and permissions for efficient collaboration.

Multi-Site Management

Manages separate data (costs, recipes, menus) for multiple locations from a single user account.