Why it's important
It's important to differentiate between the various egg sizes in food recipes and cost. Here are a few reasons why:
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Accuracy in Recipes: Different sizes of eggs can impact the texture, flavor, and consistency of recipes. For example, using large eggs instead of medium ones may introduce too much liquid, changing the results of baked goods or other dishes.
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Cost Control: The cost of eggs can vary depending on their size. By specifying the exact egg size in recipes, you can more accurately calculate the cost of ingredients, ensuring more precise budgeting.
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Nutritional Information: Egg sizes vary in their nutritional content. Large eggs contain more protein, fat, and calories compared to medium or small eggs. Accurate nutritional analysis depends on knowing the specific egg size used.
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Portion Control: For recipes that require precise portion sizes, such as those used in commercial kitchens, the size of eggs can significantly impact overall portioning and serving sizes.
By considering these factors, you can achieve consistency in your culinary creations and have better control over your food costs.
How to use it
Ingredient conversions are closely related to the products offered by vendors. To fully grasp these conversions, it's important to first understand the pack size information of the vendor's products. For example, if the egg pack size is a dozen but the recipe is by the "each", you must create a manual conversion.
1) Click +Add Manual Conversion
2) Enter There are: 12 ea Per doz
3) You will then see pricing for ea, which you can now use in a recipe
Volume to Weight
Not all eggs are the same. There is a significant difference between a small egg, which weighs 42 grams, and a jumbo egg, which weighs 70 grams. The previous exercise demonstrated how to convert between volumes when dealing with a dozen eggs (12 each), but calculating nutrient information requires an additional step. Nutrient calculations depend on weight; therefore, knowing the weight of the eggs is essential for reciProfity to provide accurate nutrient facts. This involves a conversion from volume to weight.
1) Click +Add Manual Conversion
2) Enter There are: 70 g Per 1 ea (this is for the jumbo egg)
3) You will then see cost per gram
Egg Size Chart
If you use more than one egg size, you'd need to create a unique ingredient for each size. The two charts below display the standard USDA sizes and nutrient data.