Yield tab
Waste, what one unit is and how many units your recipe makes: you set the size or the count and the other value is calculated.
What it is
The editor's Yield tab tells you how much finished product the recipe makes and how many units it splits into. Everything comes from a single calculation:
ingredient weight − waste = final weight → units
Waste is deducted from the ingredient weight, and what remains is split into units. You set the size of each unit or the count of units; the other value is calculated. That way a size and a count that don't match the final weight can never be saved together.
Changes save automatically, like the rest of the editor.
Waste
In the Waste card you enter the percentage lost while making the recipe: evaporation, leftovers in the bowl or piping bag, trimmings, rejected pieces. It accepts values from 0 to 99.9%.
- A new recipe starts with 15% waste.
- At 0%, the whole ingredient weight reaches the final product (No waste).
What is one unit?
Choose what counts as one unit of this recipe:
| Option | What it's for | Usual size range |
|---|---|---|
| Piece | Bonbon, truffle, cookie, bar… each piece is one unit. | 2 to 500 g |
| Slice | A portion cut from a larger piece: cake, tart, terrine. | 30 to 400 g |
| Portion by weight | Served by weight: plated dessert, side dish, serving of sauce. | 10 to 800 g |
| Dose | Amount per application: filling per bonbon, sauce per plate, coating per piece. | 0.5 to 300 g |
| Whole batch | The whole batch is the unit: it is costed and sold or used as a whole. | — |
If you don't choose one, the recipe uses Piece. The option changes the tab's labels (Weight of each piece, Number of slices…) and the range in which the app considers a size usual; it never blocks you.
With Whole batch there's nothing else to set: the tab reminds you that the cost is spread over the batch's final weight.
Which value do you set?
For the other options, choose which number drives the calculation:
- I set the size — you enter the weight of each unit (g). The app calculates how many complete units come out of the final weight and how many grams are left over (anything short of a complete unit isn't counted).
- I set the count — you enter the number of units. The app calculates how much each one weighs (final weight ÷ units).
The result appears alongside, under Result. If you switch mode, the value that was calculated becomes the one you set, at its exact value: the batch doesn't change, only which number drives it. If you clear the field, the recipe is left with no units set.
From ingredient weight to units
Below, a card sums up the whole calculation:
Ingredient weight → Waste (%) → Final weight → Units (for example, 48 × 25 g).
Warnings
The tab warns you, without stopping you from saving (This is only a warning: you can keep it.), when:
- the unit size is below or above the usual range for the chosen option;
- each unit weighs more than the whole finished batch, so not a single complete unit comes out;
- more than 100,000 units come out of a single batch, which is almost always a typo.
Where the yield is used
The yield set in this tab is the only one the recipe has: every other screen reads it.
- Costs — the cost per unit spreads the full batch cost over what remains after waste. The costs panel only shows a summary; waste and units are changed here (Edit in Yield button). See Costs tab.
- Scale recipe — scaling by final weight and by units starts from these values, and keeps the unit size. See Scale recipe.
- Technical sheet — the printable sheet and the public page PDF include the yield.