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Melba by FoodMeUp

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What it is

Melba by FoodMeUp is cloud software for food professionals, including restaurateurs and hotel-restaurants, managing recipes and kitchen operations. Recipe tools cover specification sheets, costs, margins, allergens, and nutrition. Stocks & Orders handles ingredient and recipe stock, inventories, stock movements, and manual or automatic ordering. Traceability includes supplier, production, and INCO labels, temperature logs, and food-safety task logs. AI credits can scan supplier invoices and catalogs, recognize products and prices, and enrich allergen, nutrient, and composition data. Melba can import POS sales from listed terminals including L’Addition, Tiller / SumUp, Lightspeed, Leo2, Addictill / Connectill, and Zelty. Its API materials describe connections with Zapier, Google Drive, Google Sheets, Shopify, Claude, and ChatGPT. The API Simple plan includes Open API v3 documentation for 500 routes. Melba supports Android, iOS, web, and API access, with inventory tracking, menu profitability, ingredient price updates, and multi-location support. Paid pricing starts at €49 a month; there is no free plan and a seven-day trial.

Spec sheet

Product
Melba is cloud software for food professionals to manage recipes and kitchen operations.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Intended users
Melba describes itself as an ERP for hotel-restaurants and restaurateurs, and says it helps food professionals manage recipes and operations.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Trial
Melba offers a seven-day free trial without requiring a payment method; the pricing FAQ says the trial may last longer while below 30 articles and 10 recipes.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
API
The API plan includes Open API v3 documentation access for 500 routes and a test or staging environment.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Integrations
The API page describes workflows connecting Melba with Zapier, Google Drive, Google Sheets and Shopify, and natural-language connections to Claude and ChatGPT.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Security
The privacy policy says FoodMeUp has technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from loss, alteration, unauthorized access or disclosure.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Support
Support is provided through chat inside the app and on the website; the help page says there is no phone number.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
AI features
AI credits can be used to scan supplier invoices and catalogs, recognize products and prices, and enrich allergen, nutrient and composition data.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Data rights
Melba says user data remains the user's property and team access can be controlled and revoked.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
POS connections
Melba says it can import POS sales and lists L’Addition, Tiller / SumUp, Lightspeed, Leo2, Addictill / Connectill and Zelty as connected POS terminals.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Recipe and margin management
The product supports recipe specification sheets, cost prices, margins, allergens and nutrition information.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Stock and ordering
The Stocks & Orders module includes ingredient and recipe stocks, inventories, stock movements and manual or automatic orders.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Traceability
Traceability features include supplier, production and INCO labels, temperature logs and food safety plan task logs.Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io

Plans and prices

Core — additional users €15 a month €15 excl. tax / user / month Per user Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
API — Simple €49 a month €49 excl. tax / month Up to 1,000 API calls / month · Open API v3 documentation access (500 routes) Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Core — Simple €49 a month €49 excl. tax / month 5 to 10 users per site · 50 templates Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Recipes & Sales — Simple €49 a month €49 excl. tax / month 500 technical sheets · 20 AI credits included Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Stocks & Orders — Simple €49 a month €49 excl. tax / month 20 AI credits included Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Traceability — Simple €49 a month €49 excl. tax / month 20 AI credits included Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
API — Pro €99 a month €99 excl. tax / month Unlimited paid usage at €1 / 1,000 calls · Implementation expert assistance Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Recipes & Sales — Premium €99 a month €99 excl. tax / month Unlimited recipes · 40 AI credits included Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Stocks & Orders — Premium €99 a month €99 excl. tax / month 40 AI credits included Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io
Traceability — Premium €99 a month €99 excl. tax / month 40 AI credits included Read 8 Oct 2026 · melba.io

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Strong points and limits

Strong points

  • Recipe costs, margins, allergens, and nutrition
  • Inventory and ordering workflows
  • Traceability and food-safety logs
  • POS and API integrations
  • Android, iOS, web, and API access

Limits

  • No free plan
  • Pricing starts at €49 a month
  • Recipe limit is 500 recipes
  • Support has no phone number

Who it suits

Melba suits food businesses managing recipes, inventory, ordering, traceability, profitability, and multiple locations. It is intended for food professionals such as restaurateurs and hotel-restaurants.

Verdict

Melba brings recipe management, stock, ordering, traceability, POS connections, and API access into one food-operations platform. The 500-recipe limit, paid-only model, and chat-based support are key considerations.

Where Specifiction places it

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