Ingredient Scaler
Set one ingredient to the amount you actually have. Everything else follows.
sets the factor
Tap any ingredient to edit it or hold it at its recipe amount.
How to scale a recipe
Pick the one ingredient you want to build the batch around — usually the one you have a fixed amount of. Enter what the recipe asks for, then what you actually have. The app divides the second by the first and multiplies every other ingredient by the result.
Say the recipe wants 250 g of flour and you have 311 g. That is a factor of ×1.244, so 2 eggs become 2.49 and 1 dl of milk becomes 1.24 dl. Round as your judgement tells you — the app gives you the arithmetic, not the baking.
Halving and doubling
Enter half of the recipe amount to halve it, or double it to double it. There is no ×2 button, deliberately: entering the amount in front of you is the same operation, and it keeps working when the number is not a neat multiple.
Kitchen unit conversions
These are the values the built-in converter uses. Spoons and cups are the metric ones — no country's kitchen gets to be the default here.
Volume
| 1 tsp | 5 ml |
|---|---|
| 1 tbsp | 15 ml |
| 1 dl | 100 ml |
| 1 cup | 250 ml |
| 1 l | 1,000 ml |
Weight
| 1 oz | 28.35 g |
|---|---|
| 1 lb | 453.59 g |
| 1 kg | 1,000 g |
Frequently asked questions
- Why can't I convert dl to grams?
- Because it depends on what is in the spoon. A dl of flour and a dl of sugar do not weigh the same, and this app has no table of ingredient densities. Weight converts to weight and volume converts to volume; mixing the two is left blocked rather than guessed at.
- How many millilitres is a decilitre?
- 100 ml. A decilitre is a tenth of a litre.
- How many millilitres is a tablespoon?
- 15 ml, and a teaspoon is 5 ml. These are the metric values — a US tablespoon is about 14.8 ml and an Australian one is 20 ml, and this app does not use either.
- How do I halve or double a recipe?
- Type half, or double, of what the recipe asks for into I have. There are no shortcut buttons for it because typing the amount you actually have is the same operation and also covers the awkward numbers in between.
- What does holding an ingredient do?
- It pins that ingredient at its recipe amount while everything else scales around it — for the things that do not scale with the batch, like a pinch of salt or one packet of yeast.
- Does it save my recipes?
- No. Nothing is stored and nothing is sent anywhere; reloading starts a fresh calculation. Only your theme, language and keep-screen-on choice are remembered, and those live on your own device.