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=== Assistant: Yep — if you dilute with water, the stock “cost per pot” drops a lot. ===
Yep — if you dilute with water, the stock “cost per pot” drops a lot.

Using No Name chicken broth $1.79 per 900 mL No Frills<ref>{{cite web|title=No Frills|url=https://www.nofrills.ca/en/chicken-broth/p/21189611_EA|publisher=No Frills|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref> (and Campbell’s $2.00 per 900 mL No Frills<ref>{{cite web|title=No Frills|url=https://www.nofrills.ca/chicken-broth/p/20322348002_EA|publisher=No Frills|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref>):

===== If your pot uses ~900 mL total liquid (≈ 1 cup dry lentils) =====

1:2 (300 mL stock + 600 mL water)
* No Name: ~$0.60 worth of stock
* Campbell’s: ~$0.67

1:1 (450 mL stock + 450 mL water)
* No Name: ~$0.90
* Campbell’s: $1.00

2:1 (600 mL stock + 300 mL water)
* No Name: ~$1.19
* Campbell’s: ~$1.33

===== Real-life checkout reality =====

You still buy the whole carton ($1.79 or $2.00), but:
* at 1:2, one carton covers ~3 pots
* at 1:1, one carton covers ~2 pots No Frills<ref>{{cite web|title=No Frills|url=https://www.nofrills.ca/en/chicken-broth/p/21189611_EA|publisher=No Frills|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref>

Also: Campbell’s is sometimes on sale for $1.69, which drops all those numbers proportionally. No Frills<ref>{{cite web|title=No Frills|url=https://www.nofrills.ca/30-less-sodium-chicken-broth/p/20322348001_EA|publisher=No Frills|access-date=2025-12-04}}</ref>