Recipe and production software

The complete system for ice cream, gelato and sorbet

Develop and balance recipes, then take them all the way to production. From beginner to professional, all in one app, in your browser.

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Free for up to 15 recipes · No installation · Works on computer, tablet and phone

The Ice Cream Calc recipe editor: ingredient table, balance chart and recipe data for a French Vanilla Custard

Ingredient table of a recipe in Ice Cream Calc

30,000+downloads of the Windows app
3,900+registered Web App users
20,000+recipes created in the Web App
Goff & Harteltheir textbook Ice Cream (8th edition) references Ice Cream Calc

One app, from first recipe to finished product

Everything an ice cream maker needs, in one place

Start with a single recipe at home, or run a gelateria. The recipe you balance is the same one you plan, cost, produce and label, so you never copy it into another system.

01 · Develop

Develop and balance recipes

Build a recipe in grams and see the whole recipe recalculate as you type. Then let Smart Balance move the weights into your targets.

Over 200 calculated values: PAC, POD, freezing curve, serving temperatures, texture
Smart Balance optimizes the weights, and explains what is missing when it cannot
44 starter recipes in 7 groups, from gelato bases to vegan and sorbets
AI recipe generator and recreation from any recipe text (Premium)
16 standard charts, snapshots and undo, so you can try ideas without losing what worked
Full version history of every recipe (Premium)

02 · Ingredients

A huge ingredient library

Start from 400 standard ingredients, search 14 national food databases, or let AI estimate an ingredient from its name or data sheet.

400 standard ingredients with full ice cream composition
14 national food composition databases in one search, over 40,000 foods
Live search of USDA FoodData Central, including branded foods
AI ingredient estimation from a name, label or supplier PDF (Premium)
Ingredient packs from manufacturers, and your own ingredients

03 · Produce

Premium

Run your production

Plan, make and trace every batch in the same app as your recipes.

Weekly drag-and-drop production planning with an ingredient forecast
Batch logging that deducts stock and records cost, yield and lots
Stock by lot, used soonest-expiry-first
Traceability from supplier lot to batch, and back
Costing per kg, liter, serving and unit, plus production analytics

04 · Label and sell

Label and present what you sell

Nutrition panels, ingredient lists and allergens for many markets, and a menu your customers can browse.

EU, US FDA 2018 and AU/NZ nutrition panels
Ingredient declarations with allergen emphasis and QUID
10 allergen regimes, in up to 24 label languages
13 report templates, barcodes and 22 label-sheet layouts
Showcase: a product menu for your counter, with a QR code for phones

How it works

From ingredients to a perfect scoop, in three steps

Ice Cream Calc works out what is in your mix, how it will taste and how it will freeze, so you can fix a recipe on screen instead of in the freezer.

Step 1: Add your ingredients
Start from 400 standard ingredients with their full ice cream composition, or add your own. Weights, percentages and every value update as you type.
Step 2: Balance against targets
See fat, solids, sugars and more against target ranges, and let Smart Balance adjust the weights for you.
Step 3: Know how it will freeze
Sweetness, freezing point, serving temperature and scoopability, worked out before you churn.