Nutrition & Food
Basic

Recipe Scaling Factor

Rescale each ingredient for a different number of servings.

Formula

mnew=mold×nwantnhavem_{new} = m_{old} \times \frac{n_{want}}{n_{have}}

Variables

m_{old}Original amount
n_{want}Desired servings
n_{have}Original servings

Example

200 g × 6/4 ⇒ 300 g

Did You Know?

Baking scales cleanly by weight but spices and leaveners often do not — doubling chilli or baking soda can overwhelm a dish.

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