Mass balance calculator
The equation, the tolerance check, and the part most calculators leave out: how much the answer is actually worth once you carry the measurement error through.
Inputs
Outputs
everything you weighed and classified
closing minus opening
transfers in or out you know about
The equation. Food loss and waste equals inputs, minus outputs, minus the
change in stock, plus adjustments. Everything in the same unit, over the same period, for the same
boundary. Get any one of those three wrong and the arithmetic is still perfect and the answer is
still useless.
ASC Food Safety Consultants. Built for the food loss and waste courses at ascfoodsafetytraining.com. Every figure in this tool can be replaced with your own.