Perfect Pizza Calculator — Dough, Sauce & Cheese
Enter the number of pizzas, diameter and crust style to get the exact flour, water, salt and yeast for the dough, plus sauce and cheese estimates.
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Crust style
Dough for 2 × 30 cm pizza
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Pizza area (cm²)
π × (30 ÷ 2)² = 706.9 - 2
Total area (cm²)
706.9 × 2 = 1,413.7 - 3
Flour (g)
0.35 g/cm² × 1,413.7 = 495
How does this calculator work?
Pizza dough = flour density × π × (d/2)² × count, where density is 0.20 g/cm² (thin), 0.35 g/cm² (regular) or 0.50 g/cm² (thick). Water = flour × hydration (60–68%). Salt is 2.5% of flour, instant yeast 0.3%. Enter pizzas, diameter and style for the exact ingredient weights.
Formula
How this is calculated
Dough quantity scales with the area of each pizza — a larger pizza needs more dough to cover the same surface at the same thickness. The calculator uses π × (d/2)² to find the area, multiplies by the number of pizzas, then applies a flour density constant that varies by crust style: thin crust uses 0.20 g/cm², regular/Neapolitan uses 0.35 g/cm², and thick/pan uses 0.50 g/cm². These figures are based on widely published pizza-dough ratios (values are editable estimates, not official standards).
Water is calculated as a percentage of flour — the hydration ratio. Higher hydration gives a more open, airy crumb: 60% for thin, 62% for Neapolitan, 68% for thick styles. Salt is fixed at 2.5% of flour, which is a standard baker percentage for savoury dough. Instant dry yeast is 0.3% of flour; adjust up for a faster rise or down for a cold-fermented (overnight) dough. Olive oil is added only for thin and thick styles (2% and 5% of flour respectively) — traditional Neapolitan dough contains no oil.
Sauce and cheese are rough estimates (≈80 g sauce and 120 g mozzarella per 30 cm pizza) scaled by area. These values vary widely by preference and are shown as a starting point only.
Frequently asked questions
Hydration (and other ingredients) are expressed as a percentage of flour weight. 62% hydration means 62 g of water per 100 g of flour. Higher hydration = more open crumb and slightly stickier dough to handle.
Yes, but active dry yeast needs to be proofed in warm water first, and you typically use about 25% more than the instant dry amount. The calculator shows instant dry yeast — multiply by 1.25 to get an active dry equivalent.
Thin crust is rolled or stretched to a shallower depth before baking, so it uses less dough per unit of surface area. Thick/pan doughs are pressed into an oiled pan and proof thicker, requiring more dough for the same diameter.
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