Recipe ingredient scaling
Scale one ingredient and a recipe batch by servings.
How this works
New ingredient amount = old amount × target servings/original servings.
Example
Using the example inputs, scaled ingredient is 500 same unit.
- Original servings
- 4
- Target servings
- 10
- Original ingredient quantity
- 200 same unit
- Scaled ingredient
- 500 same unit
Scope and assumptions
Preserves your ingredient unit; does not convert mass to volume. Cooking times and seasoning may not scale linearly.
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