Recipes have the following characteristics: recipe name, unlimited number of keywords, remarks, category, flexible yield units (servings, portions, liters, kg, pieces), markup factor (constant, gross profit or food cost percentage), procedure, date of last update, VAT / tax rate, imposed price, recipe source, HACCP, and other supplementary information.

CALCMENU stores pictures of merchandise, recipes, and menus. Each item can have three pictures attached. Pictures in BMP, JPG, TIF, PCX, PNG, PSD, TGA, WBMP, WMF, or EMF file formats can be assigned to each recipe allowing it to show different angles or steps of the dish presentation.

Recipes can also be searched and previewed in the Recipe List. They may also be printed in various formats. It can also be used as sub-recipes or components in other recipes. For example, you can create a recipe called "Bolognaise Sauce", and use this as a component of another recipe named "Spaghetti Bolognaise".

Standardized recipes, cooking procedures, and dish presentations decrease the cost of training employees, saving your time and money.

With standard dish presentations, serving meal to customers creates a unique personality for your restaurant or food service company. It contributes to your dish brand recall and encourages your customers to come back and dine again with you!