Math & Numbers

Recipe Ingredient Scaler

Rescale any recipe's ingredient list to a new serving count, converting cups/tbsp/tsp ⇄ grams/ml with per-ingredient densities and kitchen-friendly fraction output.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/recipe-ingredient-scaler' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"recipe":"2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour\n1 tsp baking soda\n1 tsp salt\n1 cup butter, softened\n3/4 cup granulated sugar\n3/4 cup packed brown sugar\n2 large eggs\n2 cups chocolate chips\n1 tsp vanilla extract","originalServings":24,"targetServings":48,"outputUnits":"metric","smartSeasoning":true}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/recipe-ingredient-scaler

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
recipe	textarea	Yes	—
originalServings	number	No	—
targetServings	number	No	—
outputUnits	select	No	—
smartSeasoning	checkbox	No	—

Response format

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-recipe-ingredient-scaler": {
      "name": "recipe-ingredient-scaler",
      "description": "Rescale any recipe's ingredient list to a new serving count, converting cups/tbsp/tsp ⇄ grams/ml with per-ingredient densities and kitchen-friendly fraction output.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=recipe-ingredient-scaler",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "recipe-ingredient-scaler",
    "arguments": {
  "recipe": "2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour\n1 tsp baking soda\n1 tsp salt\n1 cup butter, softened\n3/4 cup granulated sugar\n3/4 cup packed brown sugar\n2 large eggs\n2 cups chocolate chips\n1 tsp vanilla extract",
  "originalServings": 24,
  "targetServings": 48,
  "outputUnits": "metric",
  "smartSeasoning": true
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/recipe-ingredient-scaler' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -d '{"recipe":"2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour\n1 tsp baking soda\n1 tsp salt\n1 cup butter, softened\n3/4 cup granulated sugar\n3/4 cup packed brown sugar\n2 large eggs\n2 cups chocolate chips\n1 tsp vanilla extract","originalServings":24,"targetServings":48,"outputUnits":"metric","smartSeasoning":true}'

Name

Type

Required

Description

recipe

textarea

Yes

—

originalServings

number

—

targetServings

number

—

outputUnits

select

—

smartSeasoning

checkbox

—

{ "mcpServers": { "elysiatools-recipe-ingredient-scaler": { "name": "recipe-ingredient-scaler", "description": "Rescale any recipe's ingredient list to a new serving count, converting cups/tbsp/tsp ⇄ grams/ml with per-ingredient densities and kitchen-friendly fraction output.", "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=recipe-ingredient-scaler", "command": "", "args": [], "env": {}, "isActive": true, "type": "sse" } } }

{ "jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 2, "method": "tools/call", "params": { "name": "recipe-ingredient-scaler", "arguments": { "recipe": "2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour\n1 tsp baking soda\n1 tsp salt\n1 cup butter, softened\n3/4 cup granulated sugar\n3/4 cup packed brown sugar\n2 large eggs\n2 cups chocolate chips\n1 tsp vanilla extract", "originalServings": 24, "targetServings": 48, "outputUnits": "metric", "smartSeasoning": true } } }