Worked example · simulated scenario

Choosing a Unit for a New Batch

A bottle can be measured in liters or milliliters without needing its weight. This example uses the unit list to keep a simple purchase record in the same kind of measure as later recipe requirements.

A cook adds a new olive oil bottle containing 0.5 L.

A half liter remains a half liter

The record shows 0.5 L. Count and weight units are absent because olive oil is recorded as volume.

Enter the bottle as a volume

1. Choose Olive oil in the inventory form.
2. Inspect the available units and select L.
3. Enter 0.5 and add the batch, then inspect its card.

The record stores the chosen volume and can convert it to compatible recipe volumes. It does not invent an oil density or treat one bottle as an ingredient quantity of one.

Use the actual net volume rather than the bottle count.