Mixing, Blending & Industrial Batch Processing worked example
Ingredient Addition Rate at 5.75% formulation target: a worked example
Push formulation target up to 5.75% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when an operator or formulator needs to confirm an ingredient sits at the right percent of the batch and see how much is over or short against the recipe target.
The inputs for this scenario
- Ingredient charge: 12.5 kg (unchanged)
- Total batch mass: 250 kg (unchanged)
- Formulation target: 5.75 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 5)
Working through the calculation
- Applying the documented formula (Ingredient addition rate = ingredient charge รท total batch mass) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
- At this operating point the engine returns 5 % for rate, the number this scenario is built around.
- At this operating point the engine returns 0.75 points for gap to target.
- At this operating point the engine returns 12.5 count for affected count.
- At this operating point the engine returns 250 count for total count.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where formulation target sits at 5% and the headline result is 5 %, this scenario lands almost exactly on the baseline at 5 %.
- It divides ingredient charge by total batch mass to give the addition rate as a percentage, then reports the gap in points between that rate and your formulation target. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.
Results at a glance
- Rate: 5 % (headline result)
- Gap to target: 0.75 points
- Affected count: 12.5 count
- Total count: 250 count
Run it with your numbers
- Every input above is editable in the live Ingredient Addition Rate calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.