diff --git a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.test.ts b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.test.ts
index 73d163e48409..b84a68741631 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ describe(parseIngredientText.name, () => {
     expect(parseIngredientText(ingredient, false, 1, true)).contain("1 <sup>1</sup>").and.to.contain("<sub>2</sub>");
   });
 
+  test("ingredient text with fraction when unit is null", () => {
+    const ingredient = createRecipeIngredient({ quantity: 1.5, unit: undefined });
+
+    expect(parseIngredientText(ingredient, false, 1, true)).contain("1 <sup>1</sup>").and.to.contain("<sub>2</sub>");
+  });
+
   test("ingredient text with fraction no formatting", () => {
     const ingredient = createRecipeIngredient({ quantity: 1.5, unit: { fraction: true, id: "1", name: "cup" } });
     const result = parseIngredientText(ingredient, false, 1, false);
diff --git a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.ts b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.ts
index a31872652fa5..ae228ef6472c 100644
--- a/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.ts
+++ b/frontend/composables/recipes/use-recipe-ingredients.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ export function useParsedIngredientText(ingredient: RecipeIngredient, disableAmo
 
   // casting to number is required as sometimes quantity is a string
   if (quantity && Number(quantity) !== 0) {
-    if (unit?.fraction) {
+    if (unit && !unit.fraction) {
+      returnQty = (quantity * scale).toString();
+    } else {
       const fraction = frac(quantity * scale, 10, true);
       if (fraction[0] !== undefined && fraction[0] > 0) {
         returnQty += fraction[0];
@@ -64,8 +66,6 @@ export function useParsedIngredientText(ingredient: RecipeIngredient, disableAmo
           ` <sup>${fraction[1]}</sup>&frasl;<sub>${fraction[2]}</sub>` :
           ` ${fraction[1]}/${fraction[2]}`;
       }
-    } else {
-      returnQty = (quantity * scale).toString();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py b/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py
index 7609fa5486e4..2c8aea785181 100644
--- a/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py
+++ b/mealie/schema/recipe/recipe_ingredient.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class RecipeIngredientBase(MealieModel):
         qty: float | Fraction
 
         # decimal
-        if not self.unit or not self.unit.fraction:
+        if self.unit and not self.unit.fraction:
             qty = round(self.quantity or 0, INGREDIENT_QTY_PRECISION)
             if qty.is_integer():
                 return str(int(qty))
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_ingredients.py b/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_ingredients.py
index 2ab7a37ecf66..9aadb9a20fda 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_ingredients.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/user_recipe_tests/test_recipe_ingredients.py
@@ -2,8 +2,11 @@ from uuid import uuid4
 
 import pytest
 
-from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_ingredient import IngredientFood, IngredientUnit, RecipeIngredient
-from tests.utils.factories import random_string
+from mealie.schema.recipe.recipe_ingredient import (
+    IngredientFood,
+    IngredientUnit,
+    RecipeIngredient,
+)
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -19,6 +22,12 @@ from tests.utils.factories import random_string
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ["unit", "expect_display_fraction", "expected_unit_singular_string", "expected_unit_plural_string"],
     [
+        [
+            None,
+            True,
+            "",
+            "",
+        ],
         [
             IngredientUnit(
                 id=uuid4(),
@@ -154,7 +163,7 @@ def test_ingredient_display(
     quantity: float | None,
     quantity_display_decimal: str,
     quantity_display_fraction: str,
-    unit: IngredientUnit,
+    unit: IngredientUnit | None,
     food: IngredientFood,
     note: str,
     use_food: bool,