Culinary & Baking Math
Intermediate
As-Purchased Quantity
How much raw product to buy to end up with the edible amount you need.
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APAs-purchased quantity
EPEdible portion needed
YYield fraction
Example
Need 5 kg edible at 70% yield: AP = 7.14 kg
Did You Know?
Chefs keep yield charts so orders account for peeling and trimming losses automatically.
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