Portion

One line of a plate: an ingredient and a quantity in the ingredient's own unit. The macros of a portion are the ingredient's per times the quantity, derived; a portion carries a copy of its ingredient so the plate reads the same after the ingredient changes.

Reused as

• meal.portionsarrayWhat is on the plate, in order.

portion.* never appears at the top level; only nested.

Fields

1. portion.id extended keyword

   A UUID for the line, so an edit can address one of two identical lines.

   Example5b2c0e5a-3b2f-4f3e-9c1a-1e2b3c4d5e6f

2. portion.quantity core float required

   How much of the ingredient, in its own unit. Positive. Caps per unit above which a line is refused as not a plate: 2,000 g, 64 oz, 24 each, 8 cups, 16 tbsp, 24 tsp, 6 scoops, 6 packets, 6 bottles. A line over 1,500 kcal is refused whatever the unit.

   Example7.05

3. portion.macros core object

   The ingredient's per times the quantity. Derived; a reader recomputes it.