Why the mapping matters
Set up Recipe for one item for one individual item first. For example, use 1 cookie from a saved recipe that makes 10 cookies. A Dozen size then maps to 12 individual items; the name alone does not set that quantity.
Open the product’s formulation editor.
Find Items in each size or pack.
Enter the number of individual items for each size: Single = 1, 3-pack = 3, 6-pack = 6, and Dozen = 12. Use the same per-item recipe for all of them; do not duplicate ingredient groups for each pack.
Choose Save option quantities, then expand Costs & suggested prices by size or pack to review each result.
Packaging is charged once per product or variant sale. Ingredient quantities and per-unit overhead scale with units per sale, so two dozen-cookie sales use 24 cookie units and two packaging charges.
Worked pack-cost example
If ingredients cost $1 per cookie and packaging costs $0.25 per sale, total costs are $1.25 for one cookie, $3.25 for three, $6.25 for six, and $12.25 for twelve, before any additional labor or overhead. Two six-pack sales use 12 cookies’ ingredients and two packaging charges.
Keep the production batch separate from the pack size. A batch that makes 10 cookies still makes 10 individual items even when you sell six-packs. Use Edit batch ingredients to review the production batch, not to change how many items a customer buys.
What customers see
Customers see the variant price configured in the product editor. Cost mappings support your internal margin analysis and suggestions; they do not silently overwrite the storefront price.
Common problems
Every variant has the same cost: check whether each option has a saved units-per-sale mapping.
A flavor option changes cost unexpectedly: flavor names do not change quantity unless a product choice rule, retained legacy form condition, or variant mapping explicitly changes the formula.
Suggested price is unavailable: save any unsaved recipe edits and resolve all ingredient warnings before applying a variant price.
Read the current selling price
For a product sold in priced sizes or variants, Recipes & Costs uses the current sellable variant prices. A list summary can show the lowest available variant price; open the product to compare each size with its matching units-per-sale and cost.
If there is no sellable priced variant, a missing price is not a free product or a zero-dollar selling price. Check the offered sizes and their saved prices. A quantity menu uses its configured menu pricing rather than an unrelated base or variant price.
Next steps
Plan availability
Plan: Variant cost mapping and Recipes & Costs are available on Free.
Keywords
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