diff --git a/cookbook/helper/ingredient_parser.py b/cookbook/helper/ingredient_parser.py
index 1f1b510a9..299e4718f 100644
--- a/cookbook/helper/ingredient_parser.py
+++ b/cookbook/helper/ingredient_parser.py
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ def parse_ingredient(tokens):
     ingredient = ''
     note = ''
     if tokens[-1].endswith(')'):
+        # Check if the matching opening bracket is in the same token
+        if ((not tokens[-1].startswith('(')) and ('(' in tokens[-1])):
+            return parse_ingredient_with_comma(tokens)
         # last argument ends with closing bracket -> look for opening bracket
         start = len(tokens) - 1
         while not tokens[start].startswith('(') and not start == 0:
@@ -126,6 +129,9 @@ def parse(x):
                 # only two arguments, first one is the amount which means this is the ingredient
                 ingredient = tokens[1]
         except ValueError:
-            # can't parse first argument as amount -> no unit -> parse everything as ingredient
-            ingredient, note = parse_ingredient(tokens)
+            try:
+                # can't parse first argument as amount -> no unit -> parse everything as ingredient
+                ingredient, note = parse_ingredient(tokens)
+            except ValueError:
+                ingredient = ' '.join(tokens[1:])
     return amount, unit.strip(), ingredient.strip(), note.strip()
diff --git a/cookbook/tests/other/test_edits_recipe.py b/cookbook/tests/other/test_edits_recipe.py
index 6831cef14..0456eb6e9 100644
--- a/cookbook/tests/other/test_edits_recipe.py
+++ b/cookbook/tests/other/test_edits_recipe.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import json
 
-from cookbook.helper.ingredient_parser import parse_ingredient
+from cookbook.helper.ingredient_parser import parse
 from cookbook.helper.recipe_url_import import get_from_html
 from cookbook.tests.test_setup import TestBase
 
@@ -74,7 +74,8 @@ class TestEditsRecipe(TestBase):
             "ägg": (0, "", "ägg", ""),
             "50 g smör eller margarin": (50, "g", "smör eller margarin", ""),
             "3,5 l Wasser": (3.5, "l", "Wasser", ""),
-            "3.5 l Wasser": (3.5, "l", "Wasser", "")
+            "3.5 l Wasser": (3.5, "l", "Wasser", ""),
+            "400 g Karotte(n)": (400, "g", "Karotte(n)", "")
         }
         # for German you could say that if an ingredient does not have an amount and it starts with a lowercase letter, then that is a unit ("etwas", "evtl.")
         # does not apply to English tho
@@ -83,5 +84,5 @@ class TestEditsRecipe(TestBase):
         count = 0
         for key, val in expectations.items():
             count += 1
-            parsed = parse_ingredient(key)
-            self.assertNotEqual(val, parsed)
+            parsed = parse(key)
+            self.assertEqual(val, parsed)