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Tools for your cottage food business.
Running a cottage food business means wearing every hat in the kitchen, plus a few you didn’t sign up for. Pricing your sourdough. Scaling a cake recipe for a 200-person wedding. Working out how much to prep before Saturday’s market.
So we built a free toolkit for small and cottage food businesses: less time doing the math, more time doing what you love.
Free · No sign-up · Works on your phone
The toolkit
The math, done in seconds.
No spreadsheets, no prayers. Pick a tool and get back to the fun part.
- Recipe Pricing CalculatorIngredients, labor, overhead and profit in one price, so every tag pays you.
- Recipe ScalerMade 12 cookies, need 144 by Saturday? Every conversion handled, grams included.
- Bread CalculatorFlour weight and bread style in, a precise recipe out. Hydration included.
- Cake Portion CalculatorHow many slices does that 3-tier cake really serve? Quote events with confidence.
- Cake Size CalculatorKnow the guest count? Work backward to the cake sizes to bake.
- Market Prep PlannerDon’t sell out by 10am or haul half of it home. Know what to bring.
- Cottage Food Label MakerA label that follows your state’s rules, ready to print.
- Brand Generator & Social StudioColors, fonts, labels and posts that all match. No design degree or meltdown required.Bloom
Beyond the calculators
Look the part. Know the rules.
Cottage food laws, by state
What you can sell, where and how much, explained plainly for every state, and kept up to date.
Find your state
Food business tips
Pricing strategies, farmers market setup and the stuff nobody tells you, written by Amy after 25 years in marketing.
Read the tipsFree here. Even better in your own shop.
Your numbers, remembered.
The free tools do the math once. Inside a Butter & Sage shop, your recipes, costs and prices stay put, batches scale from your real orders and your prep list builds itself.
- Recipes with costs that update themselves
- Batch sizes from the orders you actually have
- Prep & pack lists that sync to your calendar
- Labels that print straight from your product
Common questions
About the free tools.
Are these tools really free?
Yes, completely. No sign-up, no credit card, no catch. They’re here to help cottage food businesses grow, full stop.
Who are these tools for?
Small and cottage food businesses: home bakers, farmers market vendors, jam and preserve makers, specialty food producers and anyone who makes and sells food from home or a small licensed kitchen. If you bake it, grow it, jar it or make it by hand, they’re for you.
Do I need an account?
Nope. Click any tool and start using it. Pro versions with saved recipes, costs and labels come with a Butter & Sage shop, if you ever want more.
What is a cottage food business?
A small food business run from a home kitchen (or a small licensed space) that sells directly to customers. Cottage food laws vary by state: some allow farmers market sales only, others allow online orders and delivery. Our cottage food law guides break down what’s allowed where you live.
What does the pricing calculator work out?
Your ingredient costs, packaging, labor time, overhead and the profit you want, turned into a price that works for your business instead of a guess and a hope.
Can I use them on my phone?
Absolutely. Every tool works on a phone, in your kitchen, at the market or wherever the math strikes.
Less math. More baking.
Free tools today, your own shop whenever you’re ready.
