About this site

Data, Privacy & the Site

Where your saved recipes live, why there are no accounts, how ads work, how accurate the nutrition figures are, and how to get in touch.

Questions

• Do you store any of my data?

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  No. Saved recipes and calculator settings live in your browser's localStorage. There is no signup, no server-side account, and no analytics that tie back to you. Clear your browser's storage and everything is gone — the trade-off being that saves do not sync across devices unless you use a share link.

• Why are there no accounts?

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  Keeping everything local means there is nothing to sign up for and no personal data sitting on a server to protect. The calculator is just arithmetic on stored ratios, so it does not need a login to work. The cost of that choice is that your saves stay on one device; share links exist to move a scaled recipe to another.

• Does the site run ads?

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  Yes — the site is free and supported by ads served through Google AdSense, which keeps the recipes and calculator open to everyone at no cost. Ads appear on content pages, not in the middle of the calculator’s working area. There is no paid tier on the web to remove them in v1.

• How accurate is the nutrition information?

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  Per-ingredient values come from USDA FoodData Central, weighted against the bread's ingredient ratios. Expect roughly ±10% accuracy: actual baked nutrition shifts with flour brand, milk fat, oil type, and bake length, since water evaporates during baking and concentrates the per-100g values above the raw-dough basis. The nutrition panel links out to the USDA source values.

• Where do the bread ratios come from?

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  Each recipe's ratios are built from established baking references and cross-checked rather than guessed — the kind of formulas you find in standard bread literature, expressed in baker's percentage. The aim is a vetted starting point that reliably works, with a recommended range on hydration and other key numbers so you can adjust within safe bounds. Where a number could be contentious, the recipes stay on the conservative, widely-agreed side.

• How do I get in touch?

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  Email hello@kitchenratios.com — that is the one address for questions, corrections, and feedback. If you spot a ratio or a fact that looks off, that is exactly the kind of note worth sending, since the recipes and answers here are meant to be accurate and are updated when something needs fixing.