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Oil cost calculator

Enter your actual numbers — what you pay, how much you use, how often you change. See what NCOMA-standard oil management (daily filtration + TPM testing + condition-based discard) saves you.

Your operation

What you pay per gallon of oil ($)

Gallons used per week (all fryers)

How often do you change oil now? (days)

Fried covers per day

I already filter daily

Results

Current annual oil cost

$18,200

$0.25 per fried cover · changing every 3 days

With NCOMA-managed protocols

$10,920

$0.15 per cover · extending to 5-day cycles

Annual savings

$7,280

40% reduction from daily filtration + TPM testing + condition-based discard

How this works: Daily filtration extends oil life by 40–80% (Moreira et al., Choe & Min 2007). Adding TPM testing means you discard based on actual oil condition, not a calendar — stopping both premature changes (wasted oil) and late changes (degraded food). These estimates are conservative. Actual results depend on menu mix, frying temperature, food-to-oil ratio, and filtration equipment. The NCOMA Certified Cooking Oil Management Guide covers the full methodology in Part 5 and Part 8.