Why it's important
Converting between weight and volume is essential when calculating food costs. Ingredients are often purchased by weight but used by volume. Conversion helps ensure accurate measurements, which is critical for both cost control and consistency in food preparation. For instance, if you purchase flour by the pound but measure it by the cup, you need to know the weight-to-volume conversion to accurately determine how much flour you need and how much it will cost. This ensures you're not over or underestimating your ingredient costs, leading to more precise budgeting and cost management.
How to use it
There are several reasons the conversion displays the "no price alert N/A"
1) The "As Purchased Price" in the ingredient's product is blank:
Ensure the "As Purchased Price" has a cost assigned:
2) The unit of measure between the ingredient and the recipe does not match.
For example, you purchase an item, such as butter, by weight but use it by volume in the recipe:
To use ingredient conversions in your recipes effectively, refer to the information in the Conversions and the Book of Yields, or create a Manual Conversion in the ingredient's Conversion section. Once you establish a weight-to-volume to price the ingredient for any volume measurement in a recipe, such as teaspoons, tablespoons, pints, or gallons. No additional conversions are necessary.
3) You need to choose the correct conversion prep; Especially for herbs.
3.a) Here is the Book of Yields Conversion for fresh parsley:
3.b) Although there are a lot of conversions, the conversion for Tablespoon is associated with parsley that has been chopped.
3.c) From within the recipe click on the Prep field to display the associated prep and choose chopped:
3.d) Or you can delete the ingredient and choose chopped as the prep when you choose the ingredient:
4) You are using slices or ounces from a whole sliced loaf of bread
You purchase 15 10.5 oz baguettes, and you want to convert them to slices.
4.a) To make it easy to understand enter loaves in the unit description field.
4.b) In the conversion section you can enter it either way (Per 10.5 oz or Per 1 loaf). We understand it either way.