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Meal cost comparison

Open Meal cost comparison on Happytails.ai. This view has the same page content and links, with explicit tool capabilities. Read the processing notes before using a tool.

Tool capabilities

{
  "id": "meal-cost-comparison",
  "category": "calculators",
  "built": true,
  "requirements": "Enter two to twenty unique recipes and up to 1,000 ingredient rows. Use supported compatible units and one currency code. Rankings use exact values before display rounding. No prices are looked up, and no tax, labour or waste adjustments are added. User-entered prices may already include retail tax. Nutrition and ingredient suitability are not calculated.",
  "implementation": {
    "fields": [
      {
        "key": "recipesCsv",
        "label": "Recipes and ingredient costs",
        "value": "recipe,servings,ingredient,pack_price,pack_quantity,pack_unit,used_quantity,used_unit\nRice bowl,2,Rice,4.00,2,kg,500,g\nLentil bowl,2,Lentils,3.00,1,kg,500,g",
        "type": "textarea",
        "maxLength": 200000,
        "help": "Use exact headers: recipe,servings,ingredient,pack_price,pack_quantity,pack_unit,used_quantity,used_unit. Enter two to twenty uniquely named recipes. Supported package units: kg, g, mg, lb, oz, L, mL, US gallon, Imperial gallon, US fl oz and item."
      },
      {
        "key": "currency",
        "label": "Currency code",
        "value": "EUR",
        "type": "text",
        "maxLength": 3,
        "help": "Three uppercase letters. All prices use this currency; no exchange rate is applied."
      },
      {
        "key": "precision",
        "label": "Currency decimal places",
        "value": "2",
        "type": "select",
        "values": [
          "0",
          "2",
          "3",
          "4"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "input": false,
    "presentation": "metrics",
    "inputMaxLength": 200000,
    "note": "Compare two to twenty recipes using package prices, quantities used and servings. Prices and portions are supplied by you; no tax, labour or waste adjustments are added. Runs on your device.",
    "experience": {
      "automatic": false,
      "single": false,
      "inputMaxLength": 200000,
      "inputMode": "text",
      "label": "Your text",
      "placeholder": "Type or paste your input…",
      "help": "Up to 200,000 characters. Review the settings before running.",
      "helpParts": [
        "Up to 200,000 characters.",
        "Review the settings before running."
      ],
      "action": null
    },
    "mode": "explicit",
    "interactive": false
  },
  "execution": "Browser interface",
  "api": null,
  "browser_agent": {
    "supported": true,
    "name": "run_current_tool",
    "discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
    "verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
  }
}

Page guide

Rank two to twenty recipes by cost per serving using ingredient package prices, sizes and amounts you enter.

How to use Meal cost comparison
  1. Enter two to twenty recipes with serving counts and ingredient rows.
  2. For each ingredient, enter package price and size plus the quantity used.
  3. Review each exact-cost ranking, per-serving display and top cost drivers; download the CSV comparison.

Useful next steps

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Compare the same cost basis

Enter the full price and quantity of each package, then the amount used in the recipe. The tool prorates package cost by the used amount and divides the recipe total by servings.

Ranks do not use rounded displays

Recipes rank by exact cost per serving, then exact total cost and recipe name. Changing display decimal places does not change rank.

Entered prices and adjustments

All prices and servings come from your input. No exchange rates are applied. No tax, labour or waste adjustments are added; the entered package price may already include retail tax.