Set up ingredients, prices, density, and conversions

Start with the purchasable package

Open Ingredients. Add the ingredient or supply, its canonical base unit, package size, package price, and optional opening balance or low-stock threshold. Use a density when a mass-to-volume conversion is needed.

Know the conversion boundary

• Mass converts within mass units and volume converts within volume units.
• Mass and volume require a positive ingredient density in grams per milliliter.
• Count or custom conversions require an explicit pantry-item equivalent.
• The system does not infer conversions from ingredient names such as butter, eggs, or variant labels.

1. Resolve the ingredient picker in the recipe.
2. Confirm the recipe unit matches the ingredient’s base unit or add an explicit conversion.
3. Enter a current package price before relying on COGS or suggested price.
4. Return to the product formulation editor and review warnings.

Common problems

• Cost says incomplete: inspect warnings for unpriced ingredient, missing density, missing unit equivalent, or unknown unit.
• Weight order is unavailable: add density or a valid conversion so the engine can calculate grams.
• Package price was changed: recipe costs recalculate, but a published storefront ingredient statement remains a separate reviewed snapshot.

Next steps

• Create a recipe
• Attach a recipe to a product
• Publish customer-facing ingredients

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