Recipe Scaler
Rescale any ingredient quantity from one number of servings to another.
Results
Result
375.000
Ratio
1.5000
What this tool does
Enter the recipe's servings, the servings you want and one ingredient quantity; repeat for each ingredient using the same factor. Baking times, tin sizes and seasoning do not scale linearly, so treat those separately.
Formula
new quantity = quantity original × (new servings ÷ original servings)
Variables
| Symbol | Meaning | Unit |
|---|---|---|
s1 | Quantity | — |
s2 | Quantity | — |
q | Value | — |
Q | Result | — |
F | Ratio | — |
Worked example
- Quantity4
- Quantity6
- Value250
- Result375.000
- Ratio1.5000
Limitations
- The result is an estimate based only on the values you type. Real situations often include factors this calculator does not know about.
- The calculation runs at full precision and only the display is rounded. If you copy an intermediate value and retype it, small differences can appear.