What is ingredient yield percentage?
When a recipe calls for 200g of chicken, do you know how much bone-in chicken to buy? Yield percentage tells you how much usable food you get after trimming peels, bones, seeds, and inedible parts. Knowing this prevents both waste and shortfall in the kitchen.
For example, onions have about 85% yield — buy 235g if you need 200g trimmed. Whole fish yield only 50–55% as fillets, so 400g of whole fish gives just 200–220g of fillets. Use the recipe amount field to get an exact purchase recommendation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Dry pasta absorbs water as it cooks, roughly doubling or tripling in weight. 100g of dry pasta yields about 220–250g cooked. Recipes sometimes specify dry weight and sometimes cooked weight — this calculator clarifies both.
Yes. A fresher, larger onion may yield slightly more than a shriveled one. Fish with larger bones yields less fillet. The values here are typical averages for home cooking.