Food costing for Nigerian kitchens

Know What Every Plate Really Costs — Before Market Prices Eat Your Profit.

NairaPlate's live plate calculator turns today's market prices — in mudu, paint rubber and derica — into the true cost of every dish and the price you should charge. When garri or pepper jumps, it tells you which dishes are losing money.

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EBA & EGUSI · 10 PLATES
Cost per plate₦418.91
Sell at (35% margin)₦644.48

See the Real Cost of a Plate, Right Now.

This example uses fixed numbers for Eba & Egusi. Your real kitchen has its own ingredients, your own market prices, and dozens of dishes — that's what the app actually tracks.

Eba & Egusi
10 plates
2 derica Garri₦2,325.60
500 g Egusi₦1,863.50
Cost per plate₦418.91
Suggested selling price
₦644.48
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See NairaPlate working

Two short animated demos of how NairaPlate works. The numbers are examples, worked out with the same costing as the calculator on this page.

The price calculator

Watch ingredient prices turn into the real cost of a dish, and the price you should charge to protect your margin.

NairaPlate in action

A day in the kitchen: PIN sign-in, purchases, price alerts, recipe costs, sales and the cash drawer, and the owner's profit and loss.

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The Whole Kitchen Keeps the Calculator Honest.

Buying: Real Prices In, Real Units.

Log purchases in 18 Nigerian market units — mudu, paint rubber, basin, jerry can. Every purchase updates ingredient prices, so the calculator always uses today's cost.

Kitchen: The Margin Alarm.

When an ingredient rises more than 5%, every dish using it is flagged for a pricing decision. Batches and wastage are logged so nothing hides in the pot.

Selling: Every Naira Reconciled.

Cashier POS with cash drawer counts, delivery-app payout checks, and voids kept on record with a reason — sales always match the plate cost behind them.

Oversight: Owner-Level Truth.

Staff PINs limit what each role sees. Owners get the full P&L, 7-day cashflow and an audit log that can't be edited. Past sales keep their original recipe cost.

Made for Every Nigerian Food Business That Sells by the Plate.

Bukas & mama-put kitchensBakeries & pastry shopsEvent caterersCloud kitchens on delivery appsQuick-service restaurants

Every plate of food has a true cost, and that cost can change constantly.

For Nigerian food businesses, the cost of running a kitchen is closely tied to what is happening in the market. The price of egusi, oil, garri, rice, meat and other ingredients can change from one purchase to the next. NairaPlate is designed to bring clarity to that problem.

Install NairaPlate on Your Phone.

NairaPlate runs like any other app on Android and iPhone — tap the icon on your home screen and it opens straight into your kitchen. No app store, no download size, no updates to wait for.

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7 Days Free, With a Real Person Setting It Up For You.

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Our team shows you how it works, and sets up your full menu with you when you start a paid plan, so you're not starting from a blank screen.
See today's sales, food cost and profit on your owner dashboard any time during the trial, so you see the value before you're asked to pay.