# Portions

The `portions` object represents the predefined portions per food.  A recipe can return more than one portion. i.e the **Milk chocolate candies** recipe returns 3 different portions:

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## Available fields

| **Field name** | **Type** | **Description**                                                                  |
| -------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `amount`       | Float    | Amount of the portions per food                                                  |
| `modifier`     | String   | <p>A different way of serving the same food. i.e. tbsp</p><p>, oz, cup, etc.</p> |
| `gramWeight`   | Float    | Weight of the portion expressed in grams                                         |

Use this object in the following:

* [commonFoods](https://docs.suggestic.com/graphql/query/queries/food-log/food-search#common-foods)
* [myCommonFoods](https://docs.suggestic.com/graphql/query/search/food-search-for-food-log/my-common-foods-search)


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