Baker’s percentage calculator

Hydration, starter and salt percentages, and recipe scaling.

Flour (g)

Water (g)

Starter (g)

Starter hydration (%)

A starter fed equal weights of flour and water is 100%.

Poolish or biga (g)

Its hydration (%)

A second preferment in the same dough. Poolish is usually 100%, biga 50% to 60%.

Salt (g)

Dough hydration

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Dough per loaf (g)

Loaves

Scale

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Flour

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Water

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Starter

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Poolish or biga

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Salt

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Percentages are by weight and only as accurate as your scale. Terms