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Avocado yields 75%

You buy avocado by its whole weight, but you only plate 75% of it. That 25% loss is real cost the invoice never shows — here's the math.

Yield is the fraction of an ingredient that actually reaches the plate after you clean, peel, and trim it. What you pay is the AP (as-purchased) price; what it costs on the plate is the EP (edible-portion) price.

Pit, skin, and stem are the loss. Ripe fruit yields more than under-ripe.

Say your invoice shows $1.20 per each of avocado (an example AP price).

At 75% yield, your real cost is $1.60 per each EP — because $1.20 ÷ 0.75 = $1.60.

AP price is illustrative; the EP figure is computed (AP ÷ yield). Use your real invoice price below.

Sourced: CIA Standard Yield Tables, via the Plate Cost Calculator · what yield means · edible portion