Airline catering
The right meal, the right count, every flight
A flight kitchen produces thousands of trays a day, with special-meal codes and watertight HACCP. CalcMenu handles SPML, uplift manifests and tray assembly at the scale of your operation.
A solution built for your sector
CalcMenu scales to your operation, from a few dozen to several thousand covers. The goal stays the same: one source of truth for recipes, allergens, and costs.
SPML, manifests and trays right, flight after flight.
Aviation & transport
Airlines, airports, cruises — galley menus, per-seat allergens, rotation costs. CalcMenu is already on board with MSC and Dnata hubs.
What your teams deal with every day
Managing SPML and diets per flight
KSML, VGML, MOML… each flight carries its list of special meals tied to a seat. CalcMenu links every SPML code to its recipe and passenger, with no mix-ups.
Exact manifests and uplift
A gap between manifest and what's loaded means a missing meal in the air. CalcMenu generates manifests and uplift plans aligned to real passenger counts.
HACCP and tray assembly at scale
Cold chain, blast chilling and repetitive assembly leave little room for error. CalcMenu standardises HACCP sheets and assembly plans for every flight.
Hitting the boarding time, flight after flight
Across dozens of flights, the batch that gets missed is the one furthest behind its wheels-up time — not the most visible one. CalcMenu ranks production by real slack (time left versus trays still to plate) and surfaces the flight about to miss its aircraft, before it's too late.
Trays right, down to the count
On a run of hundreds of trays, 'about half done' isn't enough: a cook coming back after an interruption needs to know exactly where they stand. CalcMenu tracks plating tray by tray — 142 of 280 — so none is skipped or doubled, special meals included.
Lot traceability and recall in hours
In a recall you must link every loaded tray to its ingredient lots in hours, not days. CalcMenu assigns a lot number to each batch and ties it to its supplier lots — audit-ready traceability, targeted recall.
One production pass, from prep to boarding.
SPML codes, passenger counts, HACCP checks and tray assembly live on one production screen, in real time. Every station sees the same board: who's plating what, what's left, what boards soon — no radio, no retyping. A special meal is confirmed before it's marked done, the lot is attached, and the board surfaces the tightest flight on its own.
What CalcMenu does for you
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Learn moreDiets & textures
Turn any menu into the diets and textures you need (puréed, minced, IDDSI) without recalculating a single recipe.
Learn moreAllergens & traceability
Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.
Learn moreLabel Connector (NiceLabel)
From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.
Learn moreMulti-site
Share recipes and standards from a central kitchen while each site adapts its own menus.
Learn moreHACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
Learn moreCompliance & audits
Bring HACCP, allergens, traceability and SOPs into one compliance file that is always up to date and inspector-ready.
Learn moreMulti-site management
Dashboards, KPIs and shared standards for group management, chains and central kitchens.
Learn morePurchasing & stewarding
From forecasted need to supplier order, through inventory and par-level control.
Learn moreProduction planning
Plan central production, cold chain and cook-chill with traceability and requirements calculation.
Learn moreOrders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
Learn moreFood cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
Learn moreAI & Automation
Automatic extraction from supplier PDF spec sheets, Nooko AI recipe suggestions, real-time compliance alerts.
Learn moreStaff Meal Reservation
Employees reserve, swap and cut waste in a few clicks: time slots, meal marketplace, AI assistant, group reservations, returned-portion tracking and built-in MNA screening.
Learn moreDigital Signage & Multi-channel Publishing
From approved menu to screen, printed card and Evolis badge — in one click. CalcMenu publishes the daily menu to all your display channels simultaneously.
Learn moreProduct knowledge
A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.
Learn moreKey features for this sector
Menus & recipes
Every recipe and menu in one database, always up to date and in four languages for the whole brigade.
Diets & textures
Turn any menu into the diets and textures you need (puréed, minced, IDDSI) without recalculating a single recipe.
Allergens & traceability
Allergens and nutrition calculated automatically from your recipes, ready for inspection.
Label Connector (NiceLabel)
From recipe to printed label: CalcMenu sends allergens, nutrition and shelf-life to your NiceLabel printers automatically.
Multi-site
Share recipes and standards from a central kitchen while each site adapts its own menus.
HACCP & safety
Temperatures, batch traceability and cleaning logs recorded continuously: always inspection-ready.
Compliance & audits
Bring HACCP, allergens, traceability and SOPs into one compliance file that is always up to date and inspector-ready.
Multi-site management
Dashboards, KPIs and shared standards for group management, chains and central kitchens.
Purchasing & stewarding
From forecasted need to supplier order, through inventory and par-level control.
Production planning
Plan central production, cold chain and cook-chill with traceability and requirements calculation.
Orders by floor / station
Each floor or ward orders its meals and diets online; the kitchen receives one consolidated summary.
Food cost & purchasing
Each recipe's cost updates with supplier prices; steer your margins and orders with precision.
AI & Automation
Automatic extraction from supplier PDF spec sheets, Nooko AI recipe suggestions, real-time compliance alerts.
Staff Meal Reservation
Employees reserve, swap and cut waste in a few clicks: time slots, meal marketplace, AI assistant, group reservations, returned-portion tracking and built-in MNA screening.
Digital Signage & Multi-channel Publishing
From approved menu to screen, printed card and Evolis badge — in one click. CalcMenu publishes the daily menu to all your display channels simultaneously.
Product knowledge
A structured product database to optimise purchasing, reduce waste and create new recipes by connecting with world cuisines.
SPML and manifests come out right the first time, even on large long-haul flights.
Production lead · Airport flight kitchen · Europe
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