FoodCore gives home bakers accurate recipe costing, Natasha's Law compliant food labels, allergen tracking, and order management — at a price that makes sense for a small operation. From £55/mo.
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Running a home bakery is a proper business, even if it operates from a domestic kitchen. You have real costs to track, legal compliance requirements to meet, and customers who expect professional-quality products and information. The challenge is that most business software is built for larger operations — too complex, too expensive, or both.
The most common home bakery setup is a spreadsheet for costs, a Word document for labels, and a notes app for orders. It works at low volume, but it doesn't scale. When you're taking 20 orders a week and managing 30 recipes, the admin becomes a significant part of your working week. Time spent updating spreadsheets and reformatting labels is time not spent baking.
There's also the compliance question. Since Natasha's Law came into force in 2021, every home baker selling pre-packed products — whether at markets, via Instagram, through a local shop, or by direct delivery — must label every product with a full ingredients list and allergens highlighted in bold. Many home bakers are unaware of this requirement, or aware of it but unsure how to comply practically.
FoodCore is built for exactly this situation. It's affordable enough for a one-person home bakery (£55/month, every feature included), straightforward enough to use without training, and covers the core operational needs: recipe costing, food labels, allergen tracking, and order management. You run your home bakery like a proper business without the admin overhead of a larger operation.
The essentials, at a price that works for a small operation.
FoodCore calculates the cost per portion of every recipe based on your ingredient prices. Know exactly what each bake costs to make — and price it accordingly. Update a supplier price and every recipe recalculates automatically.
Generate compliant PPDS labels directly from your recipes — full ingredients list in legal order, all 14 allergens highlighted in bold. Labels update automatically when recipes change. No more Word templates.
Allergens are tracked at the ingredient level and carried through to every recipe automatically. When a customer asks about allergens, you have accurate, up-to-date information immediately.
Log customer orders, track what needs to be produced, and manage your production schedule. See what's due and what's been completed — without a separate app or notebook.
FoodCore generates a shopping list from your production schedule — aggregated by supplier, with quantities calculated from your recipes. Know exactly what to buy before your weekly shop.
£55/month includes every feature. No per-user fees, no feature tiers, no add-ons. One price for everything a home bakery needs.
FoodCore is built for small UK food businesses — not enterprise kitchens with IT teams.
Market stall sellers need compliant labels for every product. FoodCore generates them from your recipes — print at home before market day.
Direct sales via Instagram or Facebook mean your products need compliant labels and accurate pricing. FoodCore handles both.
Etsy sellers dispatching pre-packed food products need compliant labels. FoodCore generates them automatically from your recipes.
Supplying a local café, deli, or shop means providing allergen information and consistent labelling. FoodCore keeps both accurate as your recipes evolve.
Why small food businesses switch from manual methods to FoodCore.
Yes, if you sell pre-packed for direct sale (PPDS) products. This includes cakes and bakes sold at markets, via Instagram, through local shops, or by direct delivery — if the product is packed before the customer orders it. Natasha's Law requires a full ingredients list with allergens highlighted in bold on every PPDS product.
Yes. FoodCore is built for small food businesses of all sizes. A one-person home bakery pays the same £55/month as a larger operation. There are no minimum requirements, no per-user fees, and no long-term contracts.
Beyond Natasha's Law labelling, home bakers selling food need to register with their local authority, comply with food hygiene regulations, and may need a food hygiene certificate. The Food Standards Agency website has detailed guidance for home food businesses.
Yes. FoodCore works for any home bakery regardless of how you sell. If you sell pre-packed products, you'll need compliant labels — FoodCore generates these automatically from your recipes.
FoodCore calculates the exact ingredient cost per portion of every recipe. You can set a selling price and see your margin immediately. When ingredient prices change, every recipe recalculates automatically — so you always know if your prices are still covering your costs.
Every feature included. No card required. Cancel any time. from £19/mo after trial — two plans from £19/month.
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