diff --git a/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/recipe/RecipeDetailCtrl.java b/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/recipe/RecipeDetailCtrl.java
index 3789745..d072669 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/recipe/RecipeDetailCtrl.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/recipe/RecipeDetailCtrl.java
@@ -20,11 +20,13 @@ import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.scene.control.Button;
+import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
 import javafx.scene.control.Label;
 import javafx.scene.control.ListView;
+import javafx.scene.control.Spinner;
+import javafx.scene.control.SpinnerValueFactory;
 import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
 import javafx.scene.control.TextInputDialog;
-import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
 import javafx.scene.input.KeyCode;
 import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
 import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
@@ -43,6 +45,8 @@ public class RecipeDetailCtrl implements LocaleAware {
     private final ConfigService configService;
     private final WebSocketDataService<Long, Recipe> webSocketDataService;
 
+    public Spinner<Double> scaleSpinner;
+
     @FXML
     private IngredientListCtrl ingredientListController;
 
@@ -50,6 +54,7 @@ public class RecipeDetailCtrl implements LocaleAware {
     private RecipeStepListCtrl stepListController;
 
     private Recipe recipe;
+    private ScalableRecipeView recipeView;
 
     @Inject
     public RecipeDetailCtrl(
@@ -143,12 +148,26 @@ public class RecipeDetailCtrl implements LocaleAware {
         }
 
         this.recipe = recipe;
-
         this.showName(recipe.getName());
-        this.ingredientListController.refetchFromRecipe(recipe);
-        this.stepListController.refetchFromRecipe(recipe);
         this.langSelector.setValue(recipe.getLocale());
         this.refreshFavouriteButton();
+
+        // If there is a scale
+        // Prevents issues from first startup
+        if (scaleSpinner.getValue() != null) {
+            Double scale = scaleSpinner.getValue();
+
+            // see impl. creates a scaled context for the recipe such that its non-scaled value is kept as a reference.
+            this.recipeView = new ScalableRecipeView(recipe, scale);
+
+            // expose the scaled view to list controllers
+            this.ingredientListController.refetchFromRecipe(this.recipeView.getScaled());
+            this.stepListController.refetchFromRecipe(this.recipeView.getScaled());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        this.ingredientListController.refetchFromRecipe(recipe);
+        this.stepListController.refetchFromRecipe(recipe);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -170,6 +189,8 @@ public class RecipeDetailCtrl implements LocaleAware {
             recipeConsumer.accept(selectedRecipe, recipes);
 
             try { // propagate changes to server
+                // NOTE Scale does not impact the server update (per backlog req.) as the scaled reference is held in
+                // the scaled view which is only exposed to lists.
                 server.updateRecipe(selectedRecipe);
                 webSocketDataService.add(selectedRecipe.getId(), recipe -> {
                     int idx = getParentRecipeList().getItems().indexOf(selectedRecipe);
@@ -364,7 +385,16 @@ public class RecipeDetailCtrl implements LocaleAware {
     @Override
     public void initializeComponents() {
         initStepsIngredientsList();
-
+        // creates a new scale spinner with an arbitrary max scale
+        scaleSpinner.setValueFactory(new SpinnerValueFactory.DoubleSpinnerValueFactory(0, Double.MAX_VALUE, 1));
+        scaleSpinner.setEditable(true);
+        scaleSpinner.valueProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
+            if (newValue == null) {
+                return;
+            }
+            // triggers a UI update each time the spinner changes to a different value.
+            setCurrentlyViewedRecipe(recipe);
+        });
         langSelector.getItems().addAll("en", "nl", "pl", "tok");
     }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/recipe/ScalableRecipeView.java b/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/recipe/ScalableRecipeView.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db5de91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/src/main/java/client/scenes/recipe/ScalableRecipeView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+package client.scenes.recipe;
+
+import commons.Recipe;
+import javafx.beans.binding.Bindings;
+import javafx.beans.binding.ObjectBinding;
+import javafx.beans.property.DoubleProperty;
+import javafx.beans.property.ObjectProperty;
+import javafx.beans.property.SimpleDoubleProperty;
+import javafx.beans.property.SimpleObjectProperty;
+
+public class ScalableRecipeView {
+    private final ObjectProperty<Recipe> recipe = new SimpleObjectProperty<>();
+    private final ObjectProperty<Recipe> scaled = new SimpleObjectProperty<>();
+    private final DoubleProperty scale = new SimpleDoubleProperty();
+    public ScalableRecipeView(
+            Recipe recipe,
+            Double scale
+    ) {
+        this.recipe.set(recipe);
+        this.scale.set(scale);
+        ObjectBinding<Recipe> binding = Bindings.createObjectBinding(
+                () -> Recipe.getScaled(this.recipe.get(), this.scale.get()),
+                this.recipe, this.scale);
+        this.scaled.bind(binding);
+    }
+
+    public double getScale() {
+        return scale.get();
+    }
+
+    public Recipe getRecipe() {
+        return recipe.get();
+    }
+
+    public Recipe getScaled() {
+        return scaled.get();
+    }
+
+    public DoubleProperty scaleProperty() {
+        return scale;
+    }
+
+    public ObjectProperty<Recipe> scaledProperty() {
+        return scaled;
+    }
+
+    public ObjectProperty<Recipe> recipeProperty() {
+        return recipe;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/client/src/main/resources/client/scenes/recipe/RecipeDetailView.fxml b/client/src/main/resources/client/scenes/recipe/RecipeDetailView.fxml
index dd5f2ba..127274c 100644
--- a/client/src/main/resources/client/scenes/recipe/RecipeDetailView.fxml
+++ b/client/src/main/resources/client/scenes/recipe/RecipeDetailView.fxml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
         <Button fx:id="removeRecipeButton" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#removeSelectedRecipe" text="Remove Recipe" />
         <Button fx:id="printRecipeButton" mnemonicParsing="false" onAction="#printRecipe" text="Print Recipe" />
         <Button fx:id="favouriteButton" onAction="#toggleFavourite" text="☆" />
+        <Label>Scale: </Label>
+        <Spinner fx:id="scaleSpinner" />
     </HBox>
 
     <ComboBox fx:id="langSelector" onAction="#changeLanguage" />
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/commons/Recipe.java b/commons/src/main/java/commons/Recipe.java
index b65d76c..61a6b78 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/commons/Recipe.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/commons/Recipe.java
@@ -191,5 +191,14 @@ public class Recipe {
                 ", preparationSteps=" + preparationSteps +
                 '}';
     }
+    public static Recipe getScaled(Recipe recipe, Double scale) {
+        List<RecipeIngredient> i = recipe.getIngredients().stream().map(ri -> switch (ri) {
+            case FormalIngredient f -> f.scaleBy(scale);
+            case VagueIngredient v -> v;
+            default -> throw new IllegalStateException("Unexpected value: " + ri);
+        }).toList();
+        return new Recipe(recipe.getId(), recipe.getName(), recipe.getLocale(), i, recipe.getPreparationSteps());
+
+    }
 
 }
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