How does the tool convert volume (cups) into weight (grams)?

It matches ingredients against a verified 70-entry density database cross-referenced with USDA and King Arthur Baking standards, applying specific gram weights per cup for items like flour, sugar, and butter.

What is smart seasoning scaling?

When scaling up by 2× or more, smart seasoning applies a sub-linear curve (factor^0.85) to salt, spices, and extracts to prevent over-seasoning, while still displaying the direct mathematical value.

How are awkward decimal values displayed?

Values snap to standard kitchen fractions (such as ⅛ tsp, ½ tbsp, ¼ cup) or demote into easier units, such as turning 0.375 cups into 6 tablespoons.

Does this tool scale cooking times or temperatures?

No. Cooking durations, oven temperatures, and non-quantitative instructions are never scaled, as thermal physics and pan dynamics do not scale linearly with batch size.

Can it process ingredient lines with notes and 'to taste' items?

Yes. The parser recognizes parenthetical prep notes, container descriptors (cloves, cans, slices), and preserves 'to taste' labels without breaking calculations.

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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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What this tool helps you do

Paste ingredient lines in any common format — “2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour”, “1½ tsp salt”, “3 large eggs”, “200g/7oz chocolate”, ranges like “1-2 cups spinach” — the parser handles mixed numbers, unicode fractions (½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛), unit synonyms (T/t/tbsp/c/fl oz/#/gr), container words (clove/can/slice), parenthetical notes and “to taste” markers. Scaling is exact internally; rendering snaps to kitchen grids (tsp to ⅛, tbsp to ½, cups to ¼/⅓) and demotes awkward fractions to smaller units (0.375 cup → 6 tbsp, 7½ tsp → 2 tbsp 1½ tsp), prefixing “~” when rounding drifts past 5%. Unit conversion uses exact US customary factors (cup = 236.6 ml) plus a 70-entry density table (flour 120 g/cup, packed brown sugar 220 g, butter 227 g = 2 sticks, honey 340 g…) cross-verified between King Arthur Baking and USDA; unknown ingredients keep their volume unit and still scale. Smart seasoning mode scales salt/spices/extracts by factor^0.85 beyond 2× (the professional consensus that you “season 1.5× when doubling”) while showing the linear value. Counts scale with fractions (1½ eggs ≈ 75 g). Cooking times and temperatures never scale.

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Cookie batch 24 → 48 with metric output

A classic chocolate-chip cookie list doubled with metric output: 2¼ cups flour becomes 540 g via the 120 g/cup table, the 1 tsp salt line gets the 2^0.85 ≈ 1.8× seasoning curve (linear 2 tsp shown underneath), and eggs scale as counts.

<section class="ris">2× header · 9 rows: flour 540 g, butter 455 g, chocolate chips 510 g … seasoning rows flagged with the sub-linear curve and linear value</section>

Halve a soup, keep kitchen units

A 6-serving soup halved to 3 with original units kept: 1 tbsp olive oil becomes ½ tbsp, 4 cups broth becomes 2 cups, 'salt and pepper to taste' is preserved untouched, and carrots scale as counts.

<section class="ris">0.5× header · rows: ½ tbsp olive oil, 1 onion (count), 1 carrot, 1½ cloves garlic, 2 cups broth, ½ cup cream, kept-to-taste row</section>

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ContentPaste or type the main input values.1

Recipe ingredients (one per line)textareaRequired

SettingsAdjust formats, ranges, numbers, and modes.3

Original servingsnumberOptionalTarget servingsnumberOptionalOutput unitsselectOptional

TogglesEnable or disable optional behavior.1

Smart seasoning scalingcheckboxOptionalEnabled when checked

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1. Scaling chocolate chip cookies from 24 to 48 servings in metric units

2. Halving a 6-serving vegetable soup to 3 servings

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