About the Seasoning Ratio Calculator
Nearly every recipe is written for a specific number of servings β usually 4. When you're cooking for one, halving a recipe by hand across six or seven seasonings is tedious and error-prone. This calculator eliminates that friction: enter the base servings and your target, add each seasoning with its amount and unit, and every ingredient scales proportionally with one click.
For example, if a marinade calls for 3 tbsp soy sauce, 1.5 tbsp honey, 1 tsp sesame oil, and 2 cloves garlic (for 4 servings) and you want to make it for 6 servings, you'd need 4.5 tbsp soy sauce, 2.25 tbsp honey, 1.5 tsp sesame oil, and 3 cloves garlic. The calculator shows the scale factor (1.5Γ) and the scaled amount for every ingredient at once.
Each ingredient is scaled independently, so you can mix units freely β tablespoons for one ingredient, grams for another. The result column always shows the same unit as you entered, just scaled. Use the results as a starting guide and taste as you cook, especially for salt and soy sauce.
Frequently Asked Questions
1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons. So 20 tablespoons = 1ΒΌ cups. You can enter whichever unit your measuring tools support β the result will stay in the same unit.
For savory cooking, proportional scaling works well as a starting point. For baking, leavening agents (baking soda, baking powder, yeast) do not always scale linearly β consult a baking-specific guide for large batch scaling.
Yes. If your target servings are less than the base, the scale factor will be less than 1 and the scaled amounts will be smaller. For example, halving a 4-serving recipe gives a 0.5Γ scale factor.