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Formula in Baker’s Percentage
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(You know the percentages in a formula and you want to calculate the actual ingredient weights.)
Example
| Flour | 100% |
| Water | 65% |
| Salt | 2% |
| Yeast | 1.5% |
| Total | 168.5% |
A. Beginning with the amount of flour you want to use:
Example: 50 kg or lb of flour
Example problem:
| Flour | 100% | 50 kg or lb |
| Water | 65% | ? kg or lb |
| Salt | 2% | ? kg or lb |
| Yeast | 1.5% | ? kg or lb |
| Total | 168.5% | ? kg or lb |
Calculate the other ingredients:
| Water | 50 x 65% | = 32.5 kg or lb |
| Salt | 50 x 2% | = 1 kg or lb |
| Yeast | 50 x 1.5% | = .75 kg or lb |