Pet Food & Animal Nutrition Manufacturing worked example

Ingredient Blend Cost at 99% yield retained after mixing losses: a worked example

This scenario runs the ingredient blend cost calculation on the strong side: 99% yield retained after mixing losses, with every other input held at its documented default. A formulator costing a new diet uses this to price the blended ingredient cost per kilogram including sanitation changeover.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Batch weight into the mixer: 2,000 kg (unchanged)
  • Blended raw-material cost: 1.35 $/kg (unchanged)
  • Yield retained after mixing losses: 99 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 96)
  • Mixer setup & sanitation charge: 220 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Total = batch kg x ingredient cost x yield after losses% + setup & sanitation) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,893 $ for total ingredient blend cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.45 $ / piece for ingredient blend cost per unit.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 2,673 $ for variable ingredient blend cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 220 $ for fixed ingredient blend cost adder.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where yield retained after mixing losses sits at 96% and the headline result is 2,812 $, this scenario comes in 2.88% above the baseline at 2,893 $.
  • Use it when pricing a new formula, comparing ingredient substitutions, or deciding a minimum economical batch size given fixed changeover cost. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Total ingredient blend cost: 2,893 $ (headline result)
  • Ingredient blend cost per unit: 1.45 $ / piece
  • Variable ingredient blend cost: 2,673 $
  • Fixed ingredient blend cost adder: 220 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Ingredient Blend Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.