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Baker's Percentage Calculator

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This calculator helps bakers calculate ingredient ratios relative to the flour weight, allowing for easy scaling of recipes up or down based on desired total flour weight.

How To Use

How to use this calculator

Start with your values, or try a preset.

Step 1

Enter Total Flour Weight, Water Percentage, Salt Percentage, Yeast Percentage, and Other Ingredient Percentage in the units shown.

Step 2

Read Other Ingredient Weight, Yeast Weight, Salt Weight, and Water Weight in the results panel. Results update as you change the inputs.

Step 3

Choose a preset to load an example, then adjust the values for your situation.

Worked Examples

Example calculations

See the inputs and their calculated results.

Basic Bread

Total Flour Weight: 1,000 grams; Water Percentage: 60 %; Salt Percentage: 2 %; Yeast Percentage: 1 %; Other Ingredient Percentage: 0 %

Other Ingredient Weight: 0 grams; Yeast Weight: 10 grams; Salt Weight: 20 grams; Water Weight: 600 grams

Sourdough

Total Flour Weight: 1,000 grams; Water Percentage: 75 %; Salt Percentage: 2 %; Yeast Percentage: 0.1 %; Other Ingredient Percentage: 0 %

Other Ingredient Weight: 0 grams; Yeast Weight: 1 grams; Salt Weight: 20 grams; Water Weight: 750 grams

Pizza Dough

Total Flour Weight: 1,000 grams; Water Percentage: 65 %; Salt Percentage: 2 %; Yeast Percentage: 1 %; Other Ingredient Percentage: 0 %

Other Ingredient Weight: 0 grams; Yeast Weight: 10 grams; Salt Weight: 20 grams; Water Weight: 650 grams

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