Group #4: Ashley Sandhu, Haley Paxton, Leah Osias

Professor Rosavida Cruz

NUTR 457-01/SFSU
02/25/2020

Factor Method

Original Recipe Serving Size: 10

Factor Number: 150/16 = 9.4
***Please BOLD the answer for each calculation***
Original Multip Convert to Purchasing Units Raw Prep Amount
Ingredients ly (Round up; this is what you will buy) Yield (Give practical
(Name, amount, Factor % amounts!)
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1 9.4C 10C x 8oz=80oz 100% 5lbs x100%

1 cup Green 80oz/16oz =5lbs
lentils (or any =5lbs 1lb=16oz
lentils) Green lentils 1c=8oz
16oz x 5lbs =80oz
(Haley)
80oz /8oz=10cups

2 9.4C 5C x 8oz=40oz 100% 2.5lbs x100%

1⁄2 cup Red 40oz /16oz =2.5lbs
lentils (red =2.5lbs 1lb=16oz
lentils create a Red lentils 16oz x2.5lbs=40oz
thicker stew) 40oz/8oz=5 cups

(Haley)

3 9.4C 57C x 8oz =456oz 100% 29lbs x 100%

6 cups mixed 456oz/ 16oz=28.5lbs… =29lbs
vegetables, cut =29lbs 1lb=16oz
the vegetables Mixed vegetables 1c=8oz
into small cubes. 16oz x
29lbs=464oz
(Haley)
464oz /8oz=58C

4 9.4C 76C x 8oz=608oz 100% 4 gallons +3 quarts

8 cups water 1gal=128oz x 100%
 608oz/128oz=4.75gallons =
(Haley) =4gallons + 3 quarts water 4gallons + 3
quarts
1 gallon =16c
1 quart= 4c
4gal x 16c=64c
3qt x 4c =12 c
76C

5 (4)(9.4) Garlic=4 cloves 95% (5oz)(0.95)

4 cloves garlic, = 37.6 1 clove garlic=0.11oz https:// =4.75oz
minced (Leah) OR https://www.traditionaloven.com/foods/exch www.ch 1oz=3Tbsp (Food
~38 ange/oz-ounce/3-cloves/garlic-raw.html efs- For Fifty Textbook
cloves 38 garlic minced resource pdf)
garlic, =(½ oz)(9.4) = 4.7 oz s.com/p 5cups + 6Tbsp +1
mince ~5oz cloves garlic, minced roduce/ 1/4tsp = 12.25tsp
d produce ~12.3tsp OR
-yields/ 12 tsp cloves
garlic, minced

6 (2)(9.4) 1 medium onion = 8oz 90% (10 lbs)(0.9)

1-2 medium = 18.8 https://skillet.lifehacker.com/what-the-heck- = 9lbs
onions, diced OR is-a-medium-onion-anyway-1797616500 https:// 1lb=16oz
(Leah) ~19 (19)(8oz) = 152 oz www.er (9lbs)*(16oz/1)
mediu 152 oz/ (16oz/1lb) =9.5lbs OR s.usda.g =144 oz
m, ~10lbs medium onions ov/data- 1cup=8oz
onions product https://skillet.lifeh
s/fruit- acker.com/what-
and- the-heck-is-a-
vegetabl medium-onion-
e- anyway-
prices.a 1797616500
spx (10cups)
(1qt/4cups)=2.5qt.,
OR 3qt
1qt=4cups
(3qt)
(4cups/1qt)=112
 cups
9lbs +144oz diced
medium onions in
3qt + 12 cups

7 (2) 1Tbsp=0.5 fl oz 100% 10 fl oz*100=

2 teaspoons (9.4) = 2 tsp olive oil = 0.5 fl oz 10 lbs olive oil
olive oil or 18.8 (19)(0.5 fl oz) =9.5 fl oz
canola oil OR OR ~10 fl oz olive oil
~19
(Leah)
Olive
oil or
canola
oil

8 150/16 1oz = 2tbsp (dry) 100% 4.7oz *100% =

1 Tablespoon =9.4 1tbsp= ½ oz 4.7oz
dried oregano 1Tbsp( ½ * 9.4 = 4.7oz 1oz = 2tbsp (dry)
9.4)= 1tbsp= ½ oz
(ash)
9.4 Rounded → 5oz =0.5oz
tbsp 4.7 / 0.5 *1 =
https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to- 9.4tbsp
measure-dry-ounces-to-tablespoons/

9 150/16 1oz = 2tbsp (dry) 100% 4.7oz *100% =

1 Tablespoon =9.4 1tbsp= ½ oz 4.7oz
ground cumin 1Tbsp( ½ * 9.4 = 4.7oz 1oz = 2tbsp (dry)
9.4) = 1tbsp= ½ oz
(ash)
9.4 Rounded → 5oz =0.5oz
tbsp 4.7 / 0.5 *1 =
https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to- 9.4tbsp
measure-dry-ounces-to-tablespoons/

10 150/16 6oz * 9.4= 56.4oz 100% 56.4oz * 100 =

1 (6oz.) can =9.4 56.4oz
tomato paste 60oz 8oz = 1cup
1oz = ⅛ =
0.125cups
 56.4oz*0.125cups/
1oz = 7.05cups

(ash)

Reference List
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from

https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to-measure-dry-ounces-to-tablespoons/

Lower, Claire. (2017, August 8). What The Heck Is A “Medium,” Anyway? Retrieved from

https://skillet.lifehacker.com/what-the-heck-is-a-medium-onion-anyway-1797616500

Molt, M. (2001) Food For Fifty (11th ed.), p. 25. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice

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Traditional Oven. (n.d.). Convert Measuring Units Of Garlic, Raw Natural Amount. Retrieved

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United States Department of Agriculture. (2018, July 11). Food and Vegetable Prices.

Retrieved from https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/fruit-and-vegetable-prices.aspx