Choose what you're dividing by, enter your batch total and container count, to see the amount to put in each container.
Meal prep portioning is simple division: whatever total amount you cooked — measured by weight, calories, or servings — gets divided evenly across however many containers you're filling. This calculator handles that division for whichever unit you're measuring by.
Source: Standard batch-portioning arithmetic (total ÷ number of containers), the same method used in commercial and home meal-prep planning.
Yes — choose whichever measurement you have for your batch (total weight in ounces, total calories, or total servings) and the calculator divides that figure evenly across your container count.
No — this calculator tells you how much of your batch goes in each container by weight, calories, or servings; it doesn't check whether that amount physically fits your specific container size.
For one lunch a day, 5 containers covers a workweek and 7 covers every day — enter your container count here to see how much of your batch goes in each.
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