Melba by FoodMeUp
Melba by FoodMeUp is cloud software for food professionals to manage recipes and kitchen operations.
What Melba by FoodMeUp is
Melba by FoodMeUp is cloud software for food professionals to manage recipes and kitchen operations. It combines recipe specification sheets, costs, margins, allergen and nutrition information with stocks, inventories, stock movements, and manual or automatic ordering. Traceability tools cover supplier, production, and INCO labels, temperature records, and food-safety task logs. AI credits can scan supplier invoices and catalogs, identify products and prices, and enrich composition, allergen, and nutrient data. Melba can import POS sales from listed terminals including L’Addition, Tiller / SumUp, Lightspeed, Leo2, Addictill / Connectill, and Zelty. Its API materials describe workflows involving Zapier, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Shopify, Claude, and ChatGPT. The product supports Android, iOS, web, and API access, along with inventory tracking, menu profitability, ingredient price updates, and multi-location support. The listed recipe limit is 500. Support is through chat in the app or on the website, with no phone number listed.
Good
- Manages recipes, costs, margins, allergens, and nutrition
- Tracks stocks, inventories, and stock movements
- Includes traceability labels and temperature logs
- Supports Android, iOS, web, and API access
- Seven-day trial requires no payment method
Watch out
- No free plan
- Recipe limit is 500
- Support is not available by phone
Who it suits
It is aimed at food professionals, including restaurateurs and hotel-restaurants, who need recipe and kitchen-operation tools. It may suit teams managing stock, traceability, and operations across multiple locations.
Verdict
Melba brings recipe management, stock and ordering, and traceability into one food-operations product. Buyers should weigh its 500-recipe limit and paid starting price against their operational needs.
Plans and prices
From Melba by FoodMeUp's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Core — additional users | €15 a month | Per user · €15 excl. tax / user / month |
| API — Simple | €49 a month | Up to 1,000 API calls / month · Open API v3 documentation access (500 routes) · €49 excl. tax / month |
| Core — Simple | €49 a month | 5 to 10 users per site · 50 templates · €49 excl. tax / month |
| Traceability — Simple | €49 a month | 20 AI credits included · €49 excl. tax / month |
| Recipes & Sales — Simple | €49 a month | 500 technical sheets · 20 AI credits included · €49 excl. tax / month |
| Stocks & Orders — Simple | €49 a month | 20 AI credits included · €49 excl. tax / month |
| Stocks & Orders — Premium | €99 a month | 40 AI credits included · €99 excl. tax / month |
| API — Pro | €99 a month | Unlimited paid usage at €1 / 1,000 calls · Implementation expert assistance · €99 excl. tax / month |
| Recipes & Sales — Premium | €99 a month | Unlimited recipes · 40 AI credits included · €99 excl. tax / month |
| Traceability — Premium | €99 a month | 40 AI credits included · €99 excl. tax / month |
The facts
Each one read from Melba by FoodMeUp's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI features
- AI credits can be used to scan supplier invoices and catalogs, recognize products and prices, and enrich allergen, nutrient and composition data.checked 8 Oct 2026
- API
- The API plan includes Open API v3 documentation access for 500 routes and a test or staging environment.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Data rights
- Melba says user data remains the user's property and team access can be controlled and revoked.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The API page describes workflows connecting Melba with Zapier, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Shopify, and natural-language connections to Claude and ChatGPT.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- Melba describes itself as an ERP for hotel-restaurants and restaurateurs, and says it helps food professionals manage recipes and operations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Melba is cloud software for food professionals to manage recipes and kitchen operations.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Recipe and margin management
- The product supports recipe specification sheets, cost prices, margins, allergens and nutrition information.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says FoodMeUp has technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from loss, alteration, unauthorized access or disclosure.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Stock and ordering
- The Stocks & Orders module includes ingredient and recipe stocks, inventories, stock movements and manual or automatic orders.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- Support is provided through chat inside the app and on the website; the help page says there is no phone number.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Traceability
- Traceability features include supplier, production and INCO labels, temperature logs and food safety plan task logs.checked 8 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- POS connections
- Melba says it can import POS sales and lists L’Addition, Tiller / SumUp, Lightspeed, Leo2, Addictill / Connectill and Zelty as connected POS terminals.checked 8 Oct 2026
Money
- Trial
- Melba offers a seven-day free trial without requiring a payment method; the pricing FAQ says the trial may last longer while below 30 articles and 10 recipes.checked 8 Oct 2026
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