Food Equivalents - Quantity and Yield from Fava Beans to Fruit Pectin

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Ingredient	Amount	Equivalent
Fava Beans, dried	1 lb	2 cups dried
Fava Beans, dried	1 lb	4 1/2 cups cooked
Fennel, bulb	1 lb	3 cups sliced
Figs, dried	1 lb	40 med
		3 cups chopped
		4 cups cooked
Figs, fresh	1 lb	9 med
Figs, fresh	1 lb	2 1/2 cups chopped
Flour, all-purpose	1 lb	4 cup sifted
	1 lb	3 1/3 cup, unsifted
	5 lbs	20 cups sifted
Flour, cake	1 lb	4 3/4 cup
Flour, cake	1 cup sifted	1 cup minus 2 tbsp sifted all-purpose flour (7/8 cup)
Flour, pastry	1 lb	4 cups unsifted
Flour, pastry	1 lb	4 1/2 cups sifted
Flour, rice	1 lb	3 cups unsifted
Flour, rice	1 lb	3 1/2 cups sifted
Flour, soy	1 lb, full fat	7 1/2 cups sifted
Flour, soy	1 lb, low fat	5 1/2 cups sifted
Flour, whole wheat	1 lb	3 3/4 cup
Fruit, candied	1 lb	3 cups chopped
Fruit, canned	16 oz	1 1/2 cups drained
Fruit, frozen	10 oz	1 1/2 cups drained
Fruit, dried	1 lb	3 cups
Fruit Pectin, liquid	3 oz	thickens 3-4 cups fruit
Fruit Pectin, liquid	3 oz	thickens 2-4 cups juice
Fruit Pectin, powdered	1 3/4 oz	thickens 4-8 cups fruit
Fruit Pectin, powdered	1 3/4 oz	thickens 3-6 cups juice

Amounts can vary depending on food item size, peel, manufacturers' packing, etc.

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