Culinary & Baking Math

Basic

Recipe Scaling

Scales every ingredient up or down for a different number of servings.

Formula

m_{new} = m_{old} \times \frac{n_{desired}}{n_{original}}

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Variables

m_{new}Scaled amount

m_{old}Original amount

n_{desired}Desired servings

n_{original}Original servings

Example

200 g for 4, need 6: 200×6/4 = 300 g

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