Free recipe tool
Salt percentage calculator
Calculate from weighed ingredients using the denominator convention you choose.
This calculator only does arithmetic with the masses you enter. It is not food-safety or preservation-process advice.
Method
Two clearly named mass percentages
Relative to base ingredients divides salt mass by base mass. Of total mixture mass divides salt mass by the combined base and salt mass.
Percent notation follows the NIST Guide to the SI, Chapter 7.
This calculator only does arithmetic with the masses you enter. It is not food-safety or preservation-process advice.
Worked example
With 1,000 g of base ingredients and 20 g of salt, the result is 2 percent relative to the base ingredients and about 1.96 percent of the total mixture mass.
Good to know
Salt arithmetic questions
Does the calculator choose the base ingredients?
No. You choose and weigh the base ingredients.
Does it convert water volume to mass?
No. It accepts masses only.
This calculator only does arithmetic with the masses you enter. It is not food-safety or preservation-process advice.
Keep your chosen quantities with the recipe
Record the weighed quantities and your own recipe method together in a cookbook.