diff --git a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.test.ts b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.test.ts
index 7850dca1d877..73d163e48409 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.test.ts
@@ -118,4 +118,14 @@ describe(parseIngredientText.name, () => {
 
     expect(parseIngredientText(ingredient, false)).toEqual("diced onions");
   });
+
+  test("plural test : single qty, scaled", () => {
+    const ingredient = createRecipeIngredient({
+      quantity: 1,
+      unit: { id: "1", name: "tablespoon", pluralName: "tablespoons", abbreviation: "tbsp", pluralAbbreviation: "tbsps", useAbbreviation: false },
+      food: { id: "1", name: "diced onion", pluralName: "diced onions" }
+    });
+
+    expect(parseIngredientText(ingredient, false, 2)).toEqual("2 tablespoons diced onions");
+  });
 });
diff --git a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.ts b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.ts
index 6db7f2fe30de..a31872652fa5 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.ts
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ export function useParsedIngredientText(ingredient: RecipeIngredient, disableAmo
   }
 
   const { quantity, food, unit, note } = ingredient;
-  const usePluralUnit = quantity !== undefined && quantity > 1;
-  const usePluralFood = (!quantity) || quantity > 1
+  const usePluralUnit = quantity !== undefined && (quantity * scale > 1 || quantity * scale === 0);
+  const usePluralFood = (!quantity) || quantity * scale > 1
 
   let returnQty = "";