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Why it's important
Conversions are a power tool for financial accuracy!
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Lets you convert weight to volume and volume to weight.
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Calculates yield % and shrinkage, which can have the effect of changing the actual cost of your item
- Written directions are below, or watch a video that walks you through several conversions.
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You do NOT need conversions for weight to weight conversions or volume to volume.
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For example if you purchase a product by the gallon reciProfity can calculate any volume in a recipe. reciProfity can calculate the cost of any tsp, tbl, quart, liter, fluid ounce etc of that ingredient used in a recipe. You do NOT need to create a conversion.
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If you purchase by the lb reciProfity can calculate ounces, kilograms and grams. You do NOT need to create a conversion.
Conversions are found at the top of every ingredient View screen:
First check the Book of Yields pull down to locate your ingredient.
- Make sure you are in the Ingredient Edit function
- Go to the Conversion section:
- click + Select Book of Yields Conversion
- Type in the ingredient name* If you find a match you may see several choices.
* You may need to be creative, for example if you type cheese you will not see mozzarella. Type mozzarella and you will.
If you DO NOT find your item you can enter it MANUALLY -
If you do find your item, the first in the list is the actual item as a whole.
Additional items are usually the prep. In this example we have cauliflower, and the prep of Cut 1" florets.
Choosing the first conversion is for cauliflower trimmed and cleaned. - reciProfity now calculates that a whole head of cauliflower is approximately 30 oz, but once you've trimmed and cleaned it the yield is only 60%.
You've lost 30% of that cauliflower!!
The cost of that item will reflect this new yield. It's no longer 100% now it's a 60% yield.
And your after shrinkage price will now be used in recipes. Instead of .086 per ounce it's now .14 per ounce. In terms of lbs, your lb usage over the course of the year will really add up if you don't use the after shrinkage price.
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Click in the + Select Book of Yields Conversion again and type cauliflower. Now choose the second option Cauliflower, Cut 1" florets
After trimming and cleaning and accounting for the shrinkage The Book of Yields is calculating both a weight to volume and volume to weight conversion for use in recipes.
These conversions let you use either weight or volume units of measure in your recipes!
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When you are in Ingredient View Mode you will see Conversions appear this way:
Manual Conversions
Not finding your ingredient in the Book of Yields?
Manually create your own conversion
Let's start easy with Shrinkage Only:
- Click the +Add Manual Conversion button
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In this example we purchase butter by the lb, use it by the lb and have a 5% shrinkage.
Why 5%? Think about how much butter is left on the paper, cutting board, utensils, etc. You can lose 5%.
- Enter 1 lb in the There Are field (you purchase by the lb)
- Enter lb in the Per field (there are 1 lb per lb)
- Then enter 95 in the Yield field (this is a 5% shrinkage)
- We calculate the cost field for you.
With a 95% yield we get only .95 lbs instead of a full 1 lb, and a price of $2.692 a lb instead of $2.557.
We'll use the after shrinkage price of $2.692 in your recipes.
- Enter 1 lb in the There Are field (you purchase by the lb)
Now let's convert weight to volume and see the Yield %
In this example we purchase butter by the lb but we want to use it in a recipe by the cup and calculate a 95% yield.
- In the There are field you'll tell us how many cups of butter there are in a pound (2 cups
- In the Per field you'll enter lb (there are 2 cups per pound)
- In the Yield% field you'll enter the yield after any loss or shrinkage
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With this conversion reciProfity now can calculate any weight or volume usage in your recipes. You do NOT have to enter any other conversions here.
In addition you can see the new after shrinkage price:
In Ingredient View mode you will see this:
