Recipe Scaling

Recipe scaling is the process of adjusting all ingredient quantities in a recipe to produce a different number of servings. While it sounds simple — just multiply everything — it's more nuanced than that.

Why it's not just multiplication

Some ingredients don't scale linearly:

• Spices and seasonings often need less than proportional increases
• Leavening agents (baking powder, yeast) follow different ratios at larger scales
• Cooking times may need adjustment for larger batches
• Salt typically scales at about 75-80% when doubling a recipe

Common scaling scenarios

• Halving a recipe for cooking for one or two
• Doubling for a dinner party
• Scaling to specific servings (e.g., a recipe for 4 adjusted to serve 7)
• Batch cooking for meal prep (scaling 4x or more)

How Fond handles scaling

Just change the serving count in Fond and all the ingredients update instantly. It handles unit conversions too, so you won't end up doing mental math at the store.