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Cilantro yields 70%
You buy cilantro by its whole weight, but you only plate 70% of it. That 30% 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.
Leaves are what you plate; the stems are the loss. Stem-on herbs can shed half their weight to picking.
Say your invoice shows $0.80 per bunch of cilantro (an example AP price).
At 70% yield, your real cost is $1.14 per bunch EP — because $0.80 ÷ 0.70 = $1.14.
AP price is illustrative; the EP figure is computed (AP ÷ yield). Use your real invoice price below.Yield breakdown
| As-purchased (AP) | 100% |
|---|---|
| Edible portion (EP) | 70% |
| Lost to trim | 30% |
Source: CIA Standard Yield Tables.
Common questions
What is the yield of cilantro?
Cilantro typically yields 70% edible portion of its as-purchased weight, per the CIA Standard Yield Tables.
How much cilantro is lost to trim?
About 30% of the as-purchased weight is lost to cleaning, peeling, and trimming before it reaches the plate.
How do you calculate the edible-portion cost of cilantro?
Divide the as-purchased price by the yield: EP cost = AP price ÷ 0.70. At 70% yield, the trim makes your real plated cost meaningfully higher than the invoice price.
Market readconfidence low · as of 2026-07-16
About $28.00–$29.75/carton (wholesale reference), up +31.1% over the recent window.
Higher than 25 of its last 26 weekly reads — near the top of its recent range.
Cheapest in Los Angeles (~$24.25), priciest in Miami (~$34.00).
Watch. Up on paper, but for this item the move is not yet distinguishable from its own week-to-week noise once we account for every ingredient we check at once — we are holding this read as context until the next print.
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Sourced: CIA Standard Yield Tables, via the Plate Cost Calculator · what yield means · edible portion