diff --git a/mealie_mcp/normalize.py b/mealie_mcp/normalize.py
index 9bcfe82..7219027 100644
--- a/mealie_mcp/normalize.py
+++ b/mealie_mcp/normalize.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Mealie instance — see resources/import-pitfalls.md.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import re
+from decimal import ROUND_HALF_UP, Decimal
 
 #: Campaign/navigation suffixes seen appended to imported titles, notably from Köket.
 TITLE_JUNK_SUFFIXES = (
@@ -93,6 +94,63 @@ def ingredient_display_lines(recipe: dict) -> list[str]:
     return lines
 
 
+#: One amount: a decimal ("4,7"), a fraction ("1/2"), or a mixed number ("1 1/2").
+_AMOUNT = r"\d+(?:[.,]\d+)?(?:\s+\d+/\d+)?|\d+/\d+"
+
+#: A leading amount in a Swedish ingredient line, optionally a range:
+#: "800 g ...", "4,7 dl ...", "1 klyfta ...", "1-1,5 msk ...", "1 1/2 msk ...".
+_LEADING_AMOUNT = re.compile(
+    rf"^\s*(?P<low>{_AMOUNT})(?:\s*[-–]\s*(?P<high>{_AMOUNT}))?(?=\s|[^\d.,/-]|$)"
+)
+
+
+def parse_amount(raw: str) -> Decimal:
+    """Read a Swedish/ASCII amount: ``4,7``, ``1/2``, or the mixed number ``1 1/2``."""
+    text = raw.strip().replace(",", ".")
+    whole = Decimal(0)
+    if " " in text:
+        head, text = text.split(None, 1)
+        whole = Decimal(head)
+    if "/" in text:
+        numerator, denominator = text.split("/", 1)
+        return whole + Decimal(numerator) / Decimal(denominator)
+    return whole + Decimal(text)
+
+
+def format_amount(value: Decimal) -> str:
+    """Render a scaled amount the way the recipe library writes them.
+
+    Whole numbers lose the decimal part (``1200``, not ``1200.0``) and fractions
+    use the Swedish decimal comma (``1,5``) to match the stored ingredient lines.
+    """
+    quantized = value.quantize(Decimal("0.1"), rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP)
+    if quantized == quantized.to_integral_value():
+        return str(int(quantized))
+    return format(quantized, "f").replace(".", ",")
+
+
+def scale_line(line: str, factor: Decimal) -> tuple[str, bool]:
+    """Scale the leading amount of an ingredient line.
+
+    Returns the line and whether anything was scaled. The amount is read from the
+    display text rather than the structured ``quantity`` field, because unparsed
+    recipes carry ``quantity: 0.0`` while the real number lives in the text — and
+    because ``str(800.0)`` never substring-matches ``"800 g ..."``.
+    """
+    match = _LEADING_AMOUNT.match(line)
+    if not match:
+        return line, False
+
+    def scaled(raw: str) -> str:
+        return format_amount(parse_amount(raw) * factor)
+
+    low = scaled(match.group("low"))
+    high = match.group("high")
+    # A range must move at both ends: "1-1,5 msk" doubled is "2-3 msk", not "2-1,5 msk".
+    replacement = f"{low}-{scaled(high)}" if high else low
+    return line[: match.start("low")] + replacement + line[match.end() :], True
+
+
 def looks_mangled(line: str) -> bool:
     """Heuristic for parser-damaged display text.
 
@@ -101,6 +159,8 @@ def looks_mangled(line: str) -> bool:
     """
     if any(glyph in line for glyph in ("⁄", "½", "¼", "¾", "⅓", "⅔")):
         return True
-    if re.search(r"\b(\w+)\s+\1\b", line, flags=re.IGNORECASE):
+    # Duplicated words, but only alphabetic ones: "2 dl dl grädde" is parser damage,
+    # while the mixed number in "1 1/2 msk tomatpuré" is perfectly readable.
+    if re.search(r"\b([^\W\d_]+)\s+\1\b", line, flags=re.IGNORECASE):
         return True
     return False
diff --git a/mealie_mcp/server.py b/mealie_mcp/server.py
index 3b80519..099cf27 100644
--- a/mealie_mcp/server.py
+++ b/mealie_mcp/server.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json
 import os
+import re
 from decimal import Decimal, ROUND_HALF_UP
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ from .normalize import (
     ingredient_display_lines,
     looks_mangled,
     normalize_for_parser,
+    scale_line,
 )
 from .verify import verify_recipe as run_verification
 
@@ -106,12 +108,56 @@ def search_recipes(query: str, limit: int = 10) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
 
 
 @mcp.tool()
-def suggest_recipes(foods: list[str], limit: int = 10, max_missing_foods: int = 0) -> Any:
-    """Find recipes matching ingredients on hand."""
-    return _request("GET", "/api/recipes/suggestions", params={
-        "foods": ",".join(foods), "limit": limit,
-        "maxMissingFoods": max_missing_foods, "includeFoodsOnHand": "true",
-    })
+def resolve_foods(names: list[str]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Map food names to the Mealie food records they refer to.
+
+    ``/api/recipes/suggestions`` takes food UUIDs, not names, so free-text has to
+    be resolved first. Returns the best match per name plus the alternatives, so
+    the caller can tell that `kyckling` resolved to `kycklingbröst`.
+    """
+    resolved: dict[str, Any] = {}
+    unresolved: list[str] = []
+    for name in names:
+        data = _request("GET", "/api/foods", params={"search": name, "perPage": 5})
+        items = data.get("items", data if isinstance(data, list) else [])
+        if not items:
+            unresolved.append(name)
+            continue
+        exact = next((i for i in items if (i.get("name") or "").lower() == name.lower()), None)
+        best = exact or items[0]
+        resolved[name] = {
+            "id": best.get("id"),
+            "name": best.get("name"),
+            "exact": exact is not None,
+            "alternatives": [i.get("name") for i in items if i.get("id") != best.get("id")],
+        }
+    return {"resolved": resolved, "unresolved": unresolved}
+
+
+@mcp.tool()
+def suggest_recipes(foods: list[str], limit: int = 10, max_missing_foods: int = 5) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    """Find recipes matching ingredients on hand, given plain food names.
+
+    The endpoint expects food UUIDs as repeated query parameters; passing names or
+    a comma-joined string returns 422. Names are resolved first, and anything that
+    could not be resolved is reported rather than silently dropped.
+    """
+    lookup = resolve_foods(foods)
+    ids = [entry["id"] for entry in lookup["resolved"].values()]
+    if not ids:
+        return {"items": [], "matched_foods": {}, "unresolved_foods": lookup["unresolved"]}
+    data = _request("GET", "/api/recipes/suggestions", params=[
+        *[("foods", food_id) for food_id in ids],
+        ("limit", limit),
+        ("maxMissingFoods", max_missing_foods),
+        ("includeFoodsOnHand", "true"),
+    ])
+    items = data.get("items", data if isinstance(data, list) else [])
+    return {
+        "items": items,
+        "matched_foods": {name: e["name"] for name, e in lookup["resolved"].items()},
+        "unresolved_foods": lookup["unresolved"],
+    }
 
 
 @mcp.tool()
@@ -152,25 +198,42 @@ def find_by_source_url(url: str) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
 
 @mcp.tool()
 def scale_ingredients(slug_or_id: str, servings: int) -> dict[str, Any]:
-    """Return readable ingredient lines scaled to a requested serving count."""
+    """Return readable ingredient lines scaled to a requested serving count.
+
+    Amounts are read from the display text, not the structured ``quantity`` field:
+    unparsed recipes store ``quantity: 0.0`` while the real amount lives in the
+    line. Lines with no leading amount (`salt`, `smör (att steka i)`) are returned
+    untouched and listed in ``unscaled`` — never silently presented as scaled.
+    """
     recipe = get_recipe(slug_or_id)
-    original = recipe.get("recipeYield") or recipe.get("recipeServings")
+    original = recipe.get("recipeServings") or recipe.get("recipeYieldQuantity")
     if not original:
-        raise ValueError("Recipe has no serving/yield metadata; scaling is not exact")
-    try:
-        base = Decimal(str(original).split()[0])
-        factor = Decimal(servings) / base
-    except Exception as exc:
-        raise ValueError("Recipe serving metadata is not numeric") from exc
-    lines = []
-    for item in recipe.get("recipeIngredient", []):
-        text = item.get("display") or item.get("note") or item.get("food", {}).get("name", "")
-        quantity = item.get("quantity")
-        if quantity is not None:
-            scaled = (Decimal(str(quantity)) * factor).quantize(Decimal("0.1"), rounding=ROUND_HALF_UP)
-            text = text.replace(str(quantity), format(scaled, "f"), 1)
-        lines.append(text)
-    return {"recipe": recipe.get("name"), "servings": servings, "ingredients": lines}
+        # recipeYield is free text ("4 portioner"); take a leading number if present.
+        match = re.match(r"\s*(\d+(?:[.,]\d+)?)", str(recipe.get("recipeYield") or ""))
+        original = match.group(1).replace(",", ".") if match else None
+    if not original or Decimal(str(original)) == 0:
+        raise ValueError(
+            "Recipe has no serving metadata (recipeServings, recipeYieldQuantity, "
+            "or a numeric recipeYield); scaling would be a guess"
+        )
+
+    factor = Decimal(servings) / Decimal(str(original))
+    scaled_lines: list[str] = []
+    unscaled: list[str] = []
+    for line in ingredient_display_lines(recipe):
+        text, was_scaled = scale_line(line, factor)
+        scaled_lines.append(text)
+        if not was_scaled and line.strip():
+            unscaled.append(line)
+
+    return {
+        "recipe": recipe.get("name"),
+        "original_servings": float(Decimal(str(original))),
+        "servings": servings,
+        "factor": float(round(factor, 3)),
+        "ingredients": scaled_lines,
+        "unscaled": unscaled,
+    }
 
 
 # --- Import -----------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tests/test_scaling.py b/tests/test_scaling.py
index aaf0875..3604599 100644
--- a/tests/test_scaling.py
+++ b/tests/test_scaling.py
@@ -1,5 +1,125 @@
+"""Scaling must never present an unscaled line as scaled.
+
+The original implementation read the structured `quantity` field and string-replaced
+`str(quantity)` into the display text. Against the live library that silently did
+nothing twice over: unparsed recipes store `quantity: 0.0` with the real amount only
+in the text, and `str(800.0)` == "800.0" never matches "800 g kycklinglårfilé".
+The result was a confident wrong answer — the worst kind for a shopping list.
+"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from decimal import Decimal
+
+import pytest
+
+from mealie_mcp.normalize import format_amount, scale_line
 from mealie_mcp.server import scale_ingredients
 
 
-def test_module_imports():
-    assert callable(scale_ingredients)
+class TestFormatAmount:
+    def test_whole_numbers_lose_the_decimal(self):
+        assert format_amount(Decimal("1200")) == "1200"
+
+    def test_fractions_use_the_swedish_decimal_comma(self):
+        assert format_amount(Decimal("1.5")) == "1,5"
+
+    def test_rounds_to_one_decimal(self):
+        assert format_amount(Decimal("0.66")) == "0,7"
+
+
+class TestScaleLine:
+    def test_scales_a_leading_gram_amount(self):
+        assert scale_line("800 g kycklinglårfilé", Decimal("1.5")) == ("1200 g kycklinglårfilé", True)
+
+    def test_scales_a_swedish_decimal_amount(self):
+        assert scale_line("4,7 dl basmatiris", Decimal("2")) == ("9,4 dl basmatiris", True)
+
+    def test_scales_a_discrete_item(self):
+        assert scale_line("1 klyfta vitlök", Decimal("3")) == ("3 klyfta vitlök", True)
+
+    def test_line_without_an_amount_is_reported_as_unscaled(self):
+        assert scale_line("salt", Decimal("2")) == ("salt", False)
+
+    def test_parenthetical_line_without_amount_is_untouched(self):
+        assert scale_line("smör (att steka i)", Decimal("2")) == ("smör (att steka i)", False)
+
+    def test_does_not_touch_a_number_that_is_not_leading(self):
+        # "Cheddar 40%" must not become "Cheddar 80%".
+        assert scale_line("cheddar 40% fetthalt", Decimal("2")) == ("cheddar 40% fetthalt", False)
+
+
+class TestScaleIngredients:
+    def _recipe(self, **overrides):
+        recipe = {
+            "name": "Provencalsk kycklinggryta",
+            "recipeYield": "",
+            "recipeServings": 4.0,
+            "recipeYieldQuantity": 0.0,
+            "recipeIngredient": [
+                # Verified live shape: unparsed rows carry quantity 0.0.
+                {"display": "800 g kycklinglårfilé", "quantity": 0.0},
+                {"display": "salt", "quantity": 0.0},
+                {"display": "1 klyfta vitlök", "quantity": 0.0},
+            ],
+        }
+        recipe.update(overrides)
+        return recipe
+
+    def test_scales_from_recipe_servings_when_yield_is_empty(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setattr("mealie_mcp.server.get_recipe", lambda _s: self._recipe())
+        result = scale_ingredients("x", 6)
+        assert result["factor"] == 1.5
+        assert result["ingredients"][0] == "1200 g kycklinglårfilé"
+        assert result["ingredients"][2] == "1,5 klyfta vitlök"
+
+    def test_lines_without_amounts_are_listed_not_hidden(self, monkeypatch):
+        monkeypatch.setattr("mealie_mcp.server.get_recipe", lambda _s: self._recipe())
+        assert scale_ingredients("x", 6)["unscaled"] == ["salt"]
+
+    def test_falls_back_to_a_numeric_leading_recipe_yield(self, monkeypatch):
+        recipe = self._recipe(recipeServings=0.0, recipeYield="4 portioner")
+        monkeypatch.setattr("mealie_mcp.server.get_recipe", lambda _s: recipe)
+        assert scale_ingredients("x", 8)["factor"] == 2.0
+
+    def test_refuses_to_guess_without_serving_metadata(self, monkeypatch):
+        recipe = self._recipe(recipeServings=0.0, recipeYield="", recipeYieldQuantity=0.0)
+        monkeypatch.setattr("mealie_mcp.server.get_recipe", lambda _s: recipe)
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="serving metadata"):
+            scale_ingredients("x", 6)
+
+
+class TestRanges:
+    """Live data: 'Provencalsk kycklinggryta' stores '1-1,5 msk koncentrerad kycklingfond'."""
+
+    def test_both_ends_of_a_range_are_scaled(self):
+        assert scale_line("1-1,5 msk koncentrerad kycklingfond", Decimal("1.5")) == (
+            "1,5-2,3 msk koncentrerad kycklingfond",
+            True,
+        )
+
+    def test_integer_range_stays_readable(self):
+        assert scale_line("2-3 dl vatten", Decimal("2")) == ("4-6 dl vatten", True)
+
+    def test_en_dash_range_is_handled(self):
+        assert scale_line("1–2 st lök", Decimal("2")) == ("2-4 st lök", True)
+
+
+class TestMixedFractions:
+    """Live data: 'tortillakebab-pa-grillen' stores '1 1/2 msk tomatpuré'."""
+
+    def test_mixed_number_scales_as_one_value(self):
+        # Naively scaling the leading "1" would yield "2 1/2 msk" instead of "3".
+        assert scale_line("1 1/2 msk tomatpuré", Decimal("2")) == ("3 msk tomatpuré", True)
+
+    def test_bare_fraction_scales(self):
+        assert scale_line("1/2 tsk salt", Decimal("3")) == ("1,5 tsk salt", True)
+
+    def test_mixed_number_is_readable_not_mangled(self):
+        from mealie_mcp.normalize import looks_mangled
+
+        assert not looks_mangled("1 1/2 msk tomatpuré")
+
+    def test_duplicated_unit_is_still_mangled(self):
+        from mealie_mcp.normalize import looks_mangled
+
+        assert looks_mangled("2 dl dl grädde")