diff --git a/frontend/app/components/Domain/Group/GroupDataPage.vue b/frontend/app/components/Domain/Group/GroupDataPage.vue
index 99b9b981a..a1a199007 100644
--- a/frontend/app/components/Domain/Group/GroupDataPage.vue
+++ b/frontend/app/components/Domain/Group/GroupDataPage.vue
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@
   >
     <v-card-text>
       {{ $t("general.confirm-delete-generic") }}
-      <p v-if="deleteTarget" class="mt-4 ml-4">
+      <p v-if="deleteTarget" class="mt-4 mb-0 font-weight-bold">
         {{ deleteTarget.name || deleteTarget.title || deleteTarget.id }}
       </p>
+      <slot name="delete-dialog-bottom" />
     </v-card-text>
   </BaseDialog>
 
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@
           </template>
         </v-virtual-scroll>
       </v-card>
+      <slot name="delete-dialog-bottom" />
     </v-card-text>
   </BaseDialog>
 
@@ -151,7 +153,7 @@ const createDialog = defineModel("createDialog", { type: Boolean, default: false
 const editForm = defineModel<{ items: AutoFormItems; data: Record<string, any> }>("editForm", { required: true });
 const editDialog = defineModel("editDialog", { type: Boolean, default: false });
 
-defineProps({
+const props = defineProps({
   icon: {
     type: String,
     required: true,
@@ -185,6 +187,10 @@ defineProps({
     type: String,
     default: "name",
   },
+  onDeleteDialogOpen: {
+    type: Function as PropType<(items: any[]) => Promise<void>>,
+    default: null,
+  },
 });
 
 // ============================================================
@@ -212,8 +218,11 @@ const editEventHandler = (item: any) => {
 const deleteTarget = ref<any>(null);
 const deleteDialog = ref(false);
 
-function deleteEventHandler(item: any) {
+async function deleteEventHandler(item: any) {
   deleteTarget.value = item;
+  if (props.onDeleteDialogOpen) {
+    await props.onDeleteDialogOpen([item]);
+  }
   deleteDialog.value = true;
 }
 
@@ -222,8 +231,11 @@ function deleteEventHandler(item: any) {
 const bulkDeleteTarget = ref<Array<any>>([]);
 const bulkDeleteDialog = ref(false);
 
-function bulkDeleteEventHandler(items: Array<any>) {
+async function bulkDeleteEventHandler(items: Array<any>) {
   bulkDeleteTarget.value = items;
+  if (props.onDeleteDialogOpen) {
+    await props.onDeleteDialogOpen(items);
+  }
   bulkDeleteDialog.value = true;
   console.log("Bulk Delete Event Handler", items);
 }
diff --git a/frontend/app/lang/messages/en-US.json b/frontend/app/lang/messages/en-US.json
index 380488373..389adeb77 100644
--- a/frontend/app/lang/messages/en-US.json
+++ b/frontend/app/lang/messages/en-US.json
@@ -1144,6 +1144,8 @@
   },
   "data-pages": {
     "foods": {
+      "delete-affects-recipes": "Warning: this food is used in {count} recipe(s). Deleting it will leave an empty ingredient in the recipe(s).",
+      "delete-affects-recipes-more": "View all {count} recipes",
       "merge-dialog-text": "Combining the selected foods will merge the source food and target food into a single food. The source food will be deleted and all of the references to the source food will be updated to point to the target food.",
       "merge-food-example": "Merging {food1} into {food2}",
       "seed-dialog-text": "Seed the database with foods based on your local language. This will create ~2700 common foods that can be used to organize your database. Foods are translated via a community effort.",
diff --git a/frontend/app/pages/group/data/foods.vue b/frontend/app/pages/group/data/foods.vue
index 41782c45b..17fbb77e9 100644
--- a/frontend/app/pages/group/data/foods.vue
+++ b/frontend/app/pages/group/data/foods.vue
@@ -69,11 +69,7 @@
           </template>
         </v-autocomplete>
 
-        <v-alert
-          v-if="foods && foods.length > 0"
-          type="error"
-          class="mb-0 text-body-2"
-        >
+        <v-alert v-if="foods && foods.length > 0" type="error" class="mb-0 text-body-2">
           {{ $t("data-pages.foods.seed-dialog-warning") }}
         </v-alert>
       </v-card-text>
@@ -112,11 +108,7 @@
           :label="$t('data-pages.foods.food-label')"
         />
         <v-card variant="outlined">
-          <v-virtual-scroll
-            height="400"
-            item-height="25"
-            :items="bulkAssignTarget"
-          >
+          <v-virtual-scroll height="400" item-height="25" :items="bulkAssignTarget">
             <template #default="{ item }">
               <v-list-item class="pb-2">
                 <v-list-item-title>{{ item.name }}</v-list-item-title>
@@ -141,6 +133,7 @@
       ]"
       :create-form="createForm"
       :edit-form="editForm"
+      :on-delete-dialog-open="onDeleteDialogOpen"
       @create-one="handleCreate"
       @edit-one="handleEdit"
       @delete-one="foodStore.actions.deleteOne"
@@ -151,15 +144,12 @@
           <template #icon>
             {{ $globals.icons.externalLink }}
           </template>
-          {{ $t('data-pages.combine') }}
+          {{ $t("data-pages.combine") }}
         </BaseButton>
       </template>
 
       <template #[`item.label`]="{ item }">
-        <MultiPurposeLabel
-          v-if="item.label"
-          :label="item.label"
-        >
+        <MultiPurposeLabel v-if="item.label" :label="item.label">
           {{ item.label.name }}
         </MultiPurposeLabel>
       </template>
@@ -171,7 +161,7 @@
       </template>
 
       <template #[`item.createdAt`]="{ item }">
-        {{ item.createdAt ? $d(new Date(item.createdAt)) : '' }}
+        {{ item.createdAt ? $d(new Date(item.createdAt)) : "" }}
       </template>
 
       <template #table-button-bottom>
@@ -179,18 +169,33 @@
           <template #icon>
             {{ $globals.icons.database }}
           </template>
-          {{ $t('data-pages.seed') }}
+          {{ $t("data-pages.seed") }}
         </BaseButton>
       </template>
 
       <template #edit-dialog-custom-action>
-        <BaseButton
-          edit
-          @click="aliasManagerDialog = true"
-        >
-          {{ $t('data-pages.manage-aliases') }}
+        <BaseButton edit @click="aliasManagerDialog = true">
+          {{ $t("data-pages.manage-aliases") }}
         </BaseButton>
       </template>
+
+      <template #delete-dialog-bottom>
+        <v-alert v-if="affectedRecipes.length > 0" type="warning" density="compact" class="mt-4 mb-0">
+          {{ $t("data-pages.foods.delete-affects-recipes", { count: affectedRecipesTotal }) }}
+          <ul class="mt-1 pl-5 mb-0">
+            <li v-for="recipe in affectedRecipes.slice(0, 5)" :key="recipe.slug">
+              <NuxtLink :to="recipe.url" class="text-white">{{ recipe.name }}</NuxtLink>
+            </li>
+          </ul>
+          <NuxtLink
+            v-if="affectedRecipesTotal > 5"
+            :to="affectedRecipesMoreLink"
+            class="text-white d-inline-block mt-1"
+          >
+            {{ $t("data-pages.foods.delete-affects-recipes-more", { count: affectedRecipesTotal }) }}
+          </NuxtLink>
+        </v-alert>
+      </template>
     </GroupDataPage>
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -218,6 +223,7 @@ interface CreateIngredientFoodWithOnHand extends CreateIngredientFood {
 interface IngredientFoodWithOnHand extends IngredientFood {
   onHand: boolean;
 }
+
 const userApi = useUserApi();
 const i18n = useI18n();
 const auth = useMealieAuth();
@@ -274,11 +280,14 @@ const tableHeaders: TableHeaders[] = [
 ];
 
 const userHousehold = computed(() => auth.user.value?.householdSlug || "");
+const userGroup = computed(() => auth.user.value?.groupSlug || "");
 const foodStore = useFoodStore();
-const foods = computed(() => foodStore.store.value.map((food) => {
-  const onHand = food.householdsWithIngredientFood?.includes(userHousehold.value) || false;
-  return { ...food, onHand } as IngredientFoodWithOnHand;
-}));
+const foods = computed(() =>
+  foodStore.store.value.map((food) => {
+    const onHand = food.householdsWithIngredientFood?.includes(userHousehold.value) || false;
+    return { ...food, onHand } as IngredientFoodWithOnHand;
+  }),
+);
 
 // ============================================================
 // Labels
@@ -383,6 +392,9 @@ async function handleBulkAction(event: string, items: IngredientFoodWithOnHand[]
   if (event === "delete-selected") {
     const ids = items.map(item => item.id);
     await foodStore.actions.deleteMany(ids);
+    affectedRecipes.value = [];
+    affectedRecipesTotal.value = 0;
+    affectedRecipesMoreLink.value = "";
   }
   else if (event === "assign-selected") {
     bulkAssignEventHandler(items);
@@ -401,6 +413,26 @@ function updateFoodAlias(newAliases: IngredientFoodAlias[]) {
   aliasManagerDialog.value = false;
 }
 
+// ============================================================
+// Delete Foods
+
+// fetch affected recipes before confirming deletion
+const affectedRecipes = ref<{ name: string; slug: string; url: string }[]>([]);
+const affectedRecipesTotal = ref(0);
+const affectedRecipesMoreLink = ref("");
+
+async function onDeleteDialogOpen(items: IngredientFoodWithOnHand[]) {
+  const ids = items.map(item => item.id);
+  const { data } = await userApi.recipes.search({ foods: ids, perPage: 5 });
+  affectedRecipes.value = (data?.items ?? []).map(r => ({
+    name: r.name ?? "",
+    slug: r.slug ?? "",
+    url: `/g/${userGroup.value}/r/${r.slug}`,
+  }));
+  affectedRecipesTotal.value = data?.total ?? 0;
+  affectedRecipesMoreLink.value = `/g/${userGroup.value}?${ids.map(id => `foods=${id}`).join("&")}`;
+}
+
 // ============================================================
 // Merge Foods