Pet Food & Animal Nutrition Manufacturing worked example

Ingredient Blend Cost at 69% yield retained after mixing losses: a worked example

Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop yield retained after mixing losses to 69%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate ingredient blend cost for a pet food batch from batch weight, weighted formula cost, process yield, and changeover setup.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Batch weight into the mixer: 2,000 kg (held at the documented default)
  • Blended raw-material cost: 1.35 $/kg (held at the documented default)
  • Yield retained after mixing losses: 69 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 96)
  • Mixer setup & sanitation charge: 220 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Total = batch kg x ingredient cost x yield after losses% + setup & sanitation.
  • Total ingredient blend cost works out to 2,083 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Ingredient blend cost per unit works out to 1.04 $ / piece at these inputs.
  • Variable ingredient blend cost works out to 1,863 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed ingredient blend cost adder works out to 220 $ at these inputs.

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 25.92% below the baseline at 2,083 $.
  • The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to yield retained after mixing losses, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It uses a single blended ingredient cost, so it will not reveal which individual ingredient is driving the number; the yield term is a flat average and does not model give-away or carryover between products.

Results at a glance

  • Total ingredient blend cost: 2,083 $ (headline result)
  • Ingredient blend cost per unit: 1.04 $ / piece
  • Variable ingredient blend cost: 1,863 $
  • Fixed ingredient blend cost adder: 220 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Ingredient Blend Cost calculator, set yield retained after mixing losses to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.