Culinary & Baking Math
Intermediate

As-Purchased Quantity

How much raw product to buy to end up with the edible amount you need.

Formula

AP=EPYAP = \frac{EP}{Y}

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Variables

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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