KNEVA Hydration Calculator — Bread & Sourdough Hydration

KNEVA Hydration Calculator — Bread & Sourdough Hydration
KNEVA Hydration Calculator — Bread & Sourdough Hydration

KNEVA Hydration LabFree tool

Scale bread and sourdough recipes with exact baker's percentages.

⚖️ Recipe & Baker's %

Water, salt and yeast use baker's percentages. Enter starter flour in grams and its hydration separately.

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Starter contains flour and water; both are included in the final hydration shown below.

📋 Your Dough

Totals, hydration and per-ingredient grams — recalculated live.

Total dough
— g
Hydration
— %
Water total
— g / ml
Flour total
— g
Hydration sweet spot: 65–80% for sourdough—
Ingredient Baker's % Grams
g → ×1.00
Scaled amounts shown in the table above.

Watch: What does 70% hydration mean?

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Hydration compares water with flour by weight. A dough with 500 g flour and 350 g water is 70% hydration. Include the flour and water in your starter too.

Read the full guide: What does 70% hydration mean? →

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The tools this guide assumes

Everything below is what we actually bake with — sized for a Singapore kitchen.

KNEVA 8-in-1 banneton set with round and oval rattan baskets, lame and silicone slings

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KNEVA 8-in-1 Banneton Set

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