Combining ingredients

Updated 2026-09-02

When ingredients land on your list, ReciLore groups the ones that are the same ingredient and adds up the amounts — so "2 cloves garlic" from one recipe and "1 clove garlic" from another become a single 3 cloves garlic line.

When items don't merge

They stay separate if:

  • The units differ — "200 g flour" and "1 cup flour" can't be added together, so they're listed separately.
  • ReciLore isn't confident the two are the same ingredient — it won't guess. See How ReciLore matches ingredients.

You can still check both off, and you can set a single purchase quantity on a line — see Checking items off & quantities.

Questions this answers

  • Why did two garlic entries become one line?
  • Why are there two separate lines for the same ingredient?

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