Quantity in

Ingredient Measured in Quantity grams

Chocolate chip muffins
Eggs 2 Instructions
Vegetable oil ml 125 You are going to compare the proportions of each ingre
Semi-skimmed milkml 250 The comparison will be according to weight, which me
Caster sugar g 250 Step 1
Flour g 400 Choose one of the recipes to work with.
Baking powder tsp 3 Step 2
Salt tsp 1 In the right-most column, convert each measurement in
Chocolate chips g 100 Step 3
Then make a pie chart of the quantity in grams
Questions
Which ingredient makes up the biggest proportion in yo
Which ingredient makes up the smallest proportion?
Did you know?
Ingredients lists on food packaging usually list the ingr
Have a look the next time you've got packaged food an

Measurement conversion table

Ingredient Amount
Baking powder 1 tsp
Baking soda/bread soda 1 tsp
Brown sugar 1 cup
Chocolate chips 1 cup
Cocoa powder 1 tbsp
Dairy-free margarine 1 cup
Eggs 1 egg
Flour 1 cup
Honey 1 tbsp
Milk 1 ml
Salt 1 tsp
Sunflower oil 1 tbsp
Vanilla essence/extract 1 tsp
Vegetable oil 1 ml
Vinegar 1 tsp
Water 1 ml
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surement into grams according to the conversion table shown below (hint: use a formula!)

rams of each ingredient in the recipe.

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portion?

ist the ingredients from most to least, according to weight.

ged food and see if the ingredient order is what you expect for that food!

Equivalent in grams
4
6
198
175
7.38
220
50
142
21
1
5
15
4.2
0.9
4
1