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