Welcome to DoughLab. By accessing or using our website, tools, and calculators located at https://dough.xyside.com, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you disagree with any portion of these terms, please do not use our services.
1. Nature of Services and Educational Purpose
DoughLab provides free web-based calculation utilities designed for home, amateur, and professional bakers. Our tools—including the Sourdough Hydration Calculator, Baker's Percentage Calculator, Starter Feeding Ratio Calculator, Pizza Dough Calculator, Recipe Scaler, and Cake Pan Size Converter—are provided solely for informational, estimation, and culinary educational purposes.
2. Disclaimer of Culinary Results & Estimates
While all formulas and calculations on DoughLab are grounded in standard baking science and tested against rigorous mathematical models, actual baking outcomes depend upon numerous external variables outside our control, including but not limited to:
- Specific protein, ash, and moisture content across diverse commercial flour brands;
- Ambient temperature, relative atmospheric humidity, and elevation above sea level;
- Variations in active yeast strain vigor, bacterial culture balance, and starter maturity;
- Thermostat calibration, radiant heat retention, and hotspot dynamics of individual home and commercial ovens;
- Scale accuracy and user measurement error.
Important Culinary Disclaimer: DoughLab makes no warranty or guarantee that following our calculated weights, ratios, or baking guidelines will guarantee a specific loaf volume, crumb structure, flavor profile, or successful bake. Users must exercise their own culinary judgment, observation, and kitchen safety practices.
3. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, DoughLab, its operators, creators, and contributors shall not be held liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages arising from the use of, or inability to use, our calculators, recipes, or documentation. This includes, without limitation, wasted ingredients, spoiled bakes, failed commercial production batches, or culinary equipment mishaps.
4. Intellectual Property
The content, layout, design, graphics, custom algorithms, and compilation of DoughLab are the property of DoughLab and protected under applicable copyright and intellectual property laws. You may use our calculators freely for personal, domestic, and commercial baking. You may not scrape, frame, redistribute, or mirror our software without prior express written consent.
5. Modifications to Services and Terms
We reserve the right to modify, update, or discontinue any feature, formula, or calculator on DoughLab at any time without prior notice. Continued use of the site after changes have been posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms of Service.
6. Governing Contact
If you have any questions regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us at contact@dough.xyside.com.