Bread Dough Hydration Calculator
Baker's percentages: enter your flour weight, then read every ingredient weight, the true final hydration and the water temperature you need.
Ingredients
Starter % of flour, then starter hydration %. Its flour and water are deducted from the totals above, so the final hydration stays honest.
Hydration chart
At 72.0% this dough is soft, slightly sticky.
- 0–57% · Stiff and dry
- 57–63% · Firm, easy to knead
- 63–70% · Smooth and supple
- 70–78% · Soft, slightly sticky
- 78–85% · Slack, needs folds
- 85–105+% · Very wet, almost batter
Dough temperature
Use water at about 51.0 °C to land at 24 °C dough — water temp = (desired × 4) − (flour + room + friction). Friction factor used: 3.
Multiply the target by 4 for the dough, 3 for a preferment (poolish/biga) or 4 for a straight dough mixed in a spiral mixer.
Total dough
875 g
Dough ball weight: 218.8 g each
True final hydration including every source of liquid (milk counts as ~87% water, starter as its own hydration): 72.0% on 500 g total flour.
Ingredient weights
| Ingredient | Weight | % flour |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 500 g | 100% |
| Water | 360 g | 72% |
| Salt | 10 g | 2% |
| Instant yeast | 5 g | 1% |
Hydration at a glance
- Ciabatta80% · salt 2.2%
- Baguette72% · salt 2%
- Pizza62% · salt 2.5%
- Sandwich loaf60% · salt 2%
- Brioche55% · salt 1.8%
- Sourdough75% · salt 2%
About this tool
A real baker's-percentage calculator: every ingredient is a percentage of the total flour, and the true final hydration counts the water hidden in milk and in your sourdough starter. It also returns the total dough weight, the dough-ball weight per piece and the water temperature needed for your desired dough temperature using the standard four-factor formula. All maths runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
- 100% free — no account needed
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- Nothing is uploaded
Frequently asked questions
Is Bread Dough Hydration Calculator really free?
Yes. Bread Dough Hydration Calculator is completely free on PureBrowser — every feature, with no account, no trial, and no credit card.
Does Bread Dough Hydration Calculator upload my data?
No. Bread Dough Hydration Calculator runs entirely inside your browser, so anything you type, paste, or open stays on your own device.
Do I need to sign up or install anything?
Neither. There is no account and nothing to download — open the page and Bread Dough Hydration Calculator is ready to use on desktop or mobile.
Does Bread Dough Hydration Calculator work offline?
Once the page has loaded, yes. All of the processing happens locally in your browser, so it keeps working without a connection.
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