diff --git a/cookbook/helper/ingredient_parser.py b/cookbook/helper/ingredient_parser.py
index 8a4fc30ac..468f1128f 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/ingredient_parser.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/ingredient_parser.py
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ class IngredientParser:
 
         # some people/languages put amount and unit at the end of the ingredient string
         # if something like this is detected move it to the beginning so the parser can handle it
-        if len(ingredient) < 1000 and re.search(r'^([A-z])+(.)*[1-9](\d)*\s([A-z])+', ingredient):
-            match = re.search(r'[1-9](\d)*\s([A-z])+', ingredient)
+        if len(ingredient) < 1000 and re.search(r'^([^\W\d_])+(.)*[1-9](\d)*\s*([^\W\d_])+', ingredient):
+            match = re.search(r'[1-9](\d)*\s*([^\W\d_])+', ingredient)
             print(f'reording from {ingredient} to {ingredient[match.start():match.end()] + " " + ingredient.replace(ingredient[match.start():match.end()], "")}')
             ingredient = ingredient[match.start():match.end()] + ' ' + ingredient.replace(ingredient[match.start():match.end()], '')
 
diff --git a/cookbook/tests/other/test_ingredient_parser.py b/cookbook/tests/other/test_ingredient_parser.py
index 90d5f0b79..d61cbc693 100644
--- a/cookbook/tests/other/test_ingredient_parser.py
+++ b/cookbook/tests/other/test_ingredient_parser.py
@@ -66,7 +66,9 @@ def test_ingredient_parser():
             1.0, 'Lorem', 'ipsum', 'dolor sit amet consetetur sadipscing elitr sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut l Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consetetur sadipscing elitr sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut l'),
         "1 LoremipsumdolorsitametconsetetursadipscingelitrseddiamnonumyeirmodtemporinviduntutlLoremipsumdolorsitametconsetetursadipscingelitrseddiamnonumyeirmodtemporinviduntutl": (
             1.0, None, 'LoremipsumdolorsitametconsetetursadipscingelitrseddiamnonumyeirmodtemporinviduntutlLoremipsumdolorsitametconsetetursadipscingeli',
-            'LoremipsumdolorsitametconsetetursadipscingelitrseddiamnonumyeirmodtemporinviduntutlLoremipsumdolorsitametconsetetursadipscingelitrseddiamnonumyeirmodtemporinviduntutl')
+            'LoremipsumdolorsitametconsetetursadipscingelitrseddiamnonumyeirmodtemporinviduntutlLoremipsumdolorsitametconsetetursadipscingelitrseddiamnonumyeirmodtemporinviduntutl'),
+        "砂糖 50g": (50, "g", "砂糖", ""),
+        "卵 4個": (4, "個", "卵", "")
 
     }
     # for German you could say that if an ingredient does not have