Preferment calculator
Open Preferment calculator on Happytails.ai. This view has the same page content and links, with explicit tool capabilities. Read the processing notes before using a tool.
Tool capabilities
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"id": "preferment-calculator",
"category": "calculators",
"built": true,
"requirements": "The starter is modeled as flour plus water. Impossible flour or water budgets are rejected. Maturity, yeast additions and fermentation timing are not predicted.",
"implementation": {
"fields": [
{
"key": "flour",
"label": "Total flour across the entire dough",
"value": 1000,
"type": "number",
"min": 0,
"max": 100000000,
"step": "any"
},
{
"key": "massUnit",
"label": "Mass unit",
"value": "g",
"type": "select",
"values": [
"g",
"kg",
"oz",
"lb"
]
},
{
"key": "hydration",
"label": "Overall hydration (%)",
"value": 70,
"type": "number",
"min": 0,
"max": 300,
"step": "any"
},
{
"key": "prefermented",
"label": "Flour allocated to preferment (%)",
"value": 20,
"type": "number",
"min": 0,
"max": 100,
"step": "any"
},
{
"key": "prefermentHydration",
"label": "Ripe preferment hydration (%)",
"value": 100,
"type": "number",
"min": 0,
"max": 500,
"step": "any"
},
{
"key": "seedMass",
"label": "Seed starter mass included in preferment",
"value": 20,
"type": "number",
"min": 0,
"max": 100000000,
"step": "any"
},
{
"key": "seedHydration",
"label": "Seed starter hydration (%)",
"value": 100,
"type": "number",
"min": 0,
"max": 500,
"step": "any"
},
{
"key": "salt",
"label": "Final salt as % of all flour",
"value": 2,
"type": "number",
"min": 0,
"max": 20,
"step": "any"
}
],
"input": false,
"live": true,
"presentation": "metrics",
"note": "Split seed, preferment feed and final dough without counting flour or water twice. Seed and preferment contributions must fit within the specified totals. Calculated on your device. Changing units keeps the entered numbers.",
"experience": {
"automatic": true,
"single": false,
"inputMaxLength": 1000000,
"inputMode": "text",
"label": "Your text",
"placeholder": "Type or paste your input…",
"help": "Change the input or settings to update your result. Results update as you type. Up to 1,000,000 characters.",
"helpParts": [
"Change the input or settings to update your result.",
"Results update as you type.",
"Up to 1,000,000 characters."
],
"action": null
},
"mode": "automatic",
"interactive": false
},
"execution": "Browser interface",
"api": null,
"browser_agent": {
"supported": true,
"name": "run_current_tool",
"discovery": "WebMCP on the human page in a supporting browser",
"verification": "See audit/API-AUDIT.md; availability is not verification"
}
}Page guide
Split flour and water among seed starter, preferment feed and final dough without counting anything twice.
How to use Preferment calculator
- Enter the measurements and assumptions for this recipe or plan.
- Review the calculated quantities and their stated basis.
- Download the report and verify it against your measured result.
Useful next steps
Allocate the prefermented flour
Choose total recipe flour, overall hydration, the fraction of flour prefermented and ripe preferment hydration. The final dough receives only what remains after the preferment.
Include the seed in the total
Seed flour and water are already part of the ripe preferment. For the example, 20 g of 100%-hydration seed contributes 10 g of each; feed adds 190 g flour and 190 g water to reach 400 g.
Save the result
Download CSV and a text or JSON report with the calculation and its assumptions. Processing stays on your device. Check measurements and selected units before using the result.