Overview
What Is a Recipe Converter?
This tool scales a recipe ingredient's quantity proportionally when you change the number of servings.
Scale recipe ingredients up or down instantly.
This tool scales a recipe ingredient's quantity proportionally when you change the number of servings.
Useful for adjusting a recipe to feed more or fewer people, or scaling to match ingredient package sizes.
Input the ingredient amount in the original recipe.
Input how many servings the recipe originally makes and how many you want.
The result updates automatically.
New Quantity = Original Quantity × (New Servings ÷ Original Servings).
Yes, for the recipe to work correctly, scale every ingredient by the same ratio.
No, cooking time doesn't scale linearly - larger quantities often need adjusted (not simply multiplied) cooking times.
Yes, entering fewer new servings than original will scale ingredients down proportionally.
Estimate based on typical serving sizes for that dish type, or use the recipe's total yield if given.
Yes, though baking is more precise than general cooking - small scaling errors can affect texture in baked goods.
Scale the quantity first, then use our volume or weight converter for unit conversion.
No, calculations happen entirely in your browser.
No, pan size adjustments for baking require separate consideration beyond simple ingredient scaling.
Yes, completely free with no sign-up required.