FoodCore
FoodCore is kitchen management software for small food businesses, with tools for recipe costing, Natasha’s Law labelling, and allergen tracking.
What FoodCore is
FoodCore is kitchen management software for small food businesses, with tools for recipe costing, Natasha’s Law labelling, and allergen tracking. Recipes can include ingredients, methods, allergens, nutrition data, and HACCP notes. The system calculates batch cost, cost per serving, selling price, and gross margin. Its label editor generates PPDS labels from recipes, while the menu tool creates an allergen matrix covering all 14 allergens.
FoodCore also tracks ingredient stock, sends low-stock alerts, schedules production runs, and deducts stock when a run is completed. Integrations with Stripe, Shopify, WooCommerce, and Google Calendar are available with FoodCore Core. After an online visit, recipes, ingredients, and label templates can be used offline, but customer, order, and staff rota data are not stored on the device. The maker says each customer has an isolated instance and that customer instances run in DigitalOcean’s London region. Backups are encrypted, taken daily, and stored locally and off site, but uploaded images are excluded from database backups. VAT, while Growth is £40/month inc. VAT and Core is £65/month inc. VAT.
Good
- Calculates recipe and serving costs
- Builds a matrix for all 14 allergens
- Tracks stock and schedules production runs
- Recipes and label templates are available offline
Watch out
- No free plan
- Essentials lacks cost calculation, stock, and production features
- Uploaded images are excluded from database backups
- No 24/7 helpline
Who it suits
FoodCore lists home bakers, market traders, start-up food businesses, growing bakeries, caterers, and multi-site food businesses among the customers its plans serve. It may suit operators who need recipe costing, labelling, allergen, stock, or production tools.
Verdict
FoodCore combines recipe and cost management with allergen labelling, stock control, and production tools across its plans. Compare plan inclusions carefully, and note that the Essentials tier excludes several operational features.
Plans and prices
From FoodCore's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| FoodCore Essentials | £25 a month | 20 AI checks/month · 1 user · 1 site · no cost calculator, stock, production, orders, food safety, teams or multi-site · £25/month inc. VAT |
| FoodCore Growth | £40 a month | 50 AI checks/month · includes Essentials features, cost calculator, stock control, production runs, orders and wholesale price lists · £40/month inc. VAT |
| FoodCore Core | £65 a month | 100 AI checks/month · includes Growth features, food safety, Shopify/WooCommerce sync, payment links, staff rota, insights, teams and multi-site · £65/month inc. VAT |
| FoodCore Essentials | £250 a year | 20 AI checks/month · 1 user · 1 site · no cost calculator, stock, production, orders, food safety, teams or multi-site · £250/year inc. VAT paid annually |
| FoodCore Growth | £400 a year | 50 AI checks/month · includes Essentials features, cost calculator, stock control, production runs, orders and wholesale price lists · £400/year inc. VAT paid annually |
| FoodCore Core | £650 a year | 100 AI checks/month · includes Growth features, food safety, Shopify/WooCommerce sync, payment links, staff rota, insights, teams and multi-site · £650/year inc. VAT paid annually |
The facts
Each one read from FoodCore's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Data location
- FoodCore says customer instances run on a server in DigitalOcean’s London region in the UK.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- FoodCore lists Stripe, Shopify, WooCommerce and Google Calendar integrations, available with FoodCore Core.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Intended customers
- The maker identifies home bakers, market traders, start-up food businesses, growing bakeries, caterers and multi-site food businesses as customers for its plans.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Labels and allergens
- Its label editor generates PPDS labels from recipes, and its menu tool builds an allergen matrix covering all 14 allergens.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Offline use
- After an online visit, recipes, ingredients and label templates are available offline; customer, order and staff rota data are not stored on the device.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- FoodCore describes itself as kitchen management software for small food businesses, including recipe costing, Natasha’s Law labelling and allergen tracking.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Security and data isolation
- Each customer gets an isolated instance; backups are encrypted, taken daily and stored locally and off site, while uploaded images are not included in database backups.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Stock and production
- FoodCore tracks ingredient stock, provides low-stock alerts, schedules production runs and deducts stock when a run is completed.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- All plans include help documentation and email support, and the pricing page says the company typically replies the same day.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support limitation
- The founder says FoodCore does not provide a 24/7 helpline.checked 30 Sep 2026
- US food labelling
- FoodCore says an account can switch to US or combined compliance settings for FDA-format Nutrition Facts, FALCPA Big 9 allergens and US customary units; it cautions that panel rounding should be checked before printing.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2024checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Recipe and costing tools
- It stores recipes with ingredients, methods, allergens, nutrition data and HACCP notes, and calculates batch cost, cost per serving, selling price and gross margin.checked 30 Sep 2026
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