diff --git a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/base_editor.rb b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/base_editor.rb
index 074d579c7e..158917f0c0 100644
--- a/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/base_editor.rb
+++ b/app/components/alchemy/ingredients/base_editor.rb
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def presence_validation?
       end
 
       def form_field_counter
-        element.definition.ingredients.index { |i| i.role == role }
+        ingredient.id
       end
 
       # Renders the translated role of ingredient.
diff --git a/app/decorators/alchemy/ingredient_editor.rb b/app/decorators/alchemy/ingredient_editor.rb
index 55af8c76c3..5d59d09977 100644
--- a/app/decorators/alchemy/ingredient_editor.rb
+++ b/app/decorators/alchemy/ingredient_editor.rb
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def presence_validation?
     private
 
     def form_field_counter
-      element.ingredient_definitions.index { _1.role == role }
+      id
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/components/alchemy/ingredients/base_editor_spec.rb b/spec/components/alchemy/ingredients/base_editor_spec.rb
index 52d6e855dd..5279a2f239 100644
--- a/spec/components/alchemy/ingredients/base_editor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/alchemy/ingredients/base_editor_spec.rb
@@ -88,12 +88,12 @@
 
   describe "#form_field_name" do
     it "returns a name for form fields with value as default" do
-      expect(ingredient_editor.form_field_name).to eq("element[ingredients_attributes][1][value]")
+      expect(ingredient_editor.form_field_name).to eq("element[ingredients_attributes][#{ingredient.id}][value]")
     end
 
     context "with a value given" do
       it "returns a name for form fields for that column" do
-        expect(ingredient_editor.form_field_name(:link_title)).to eq("element[ingredients_attributes][1][link_title]")
+        expect(ingredient_editor.form_field_name(:link_title)).to eq("element[ingredients_attributes][#{ingredient.id}][link_title]")
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/spec/decorators/alchemy/ingredient_editor_spec.rb b/spec/decorators/alchemy/ingredient_editor_spec.rb
index 08c8fe9925..17cba85609 100644
--- a/spec/decorators/alchemy/ingredient_editor_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/decorators/alchemy/ingredient_editor_spec.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 RSpec.describe Alchemy::IngredientEditor, :silence_deprecations do
   let(:element) { build(:alchemy_element, name: "article") }
-  let(:ingredient) { Alchemy::Ingredients::Text.new(role: "headline", element: element) }
+  let(:ingredient) { Alchemy::Ingredients::Text.new(id: 123, role: "headline", element: element) }
   let(:ingredient_editor) { described_class.new(ingredient) }
 
   describe "#ingredient" do
@@ -99,12 +99,12 @@
 
   describe "#form_field_name" do
     it "returns a name for form fields with value as default" do
-      expect(ingredient_editor.form_field_name).to eq("element[ingredients_attributes][1][value]")
+      expect(ingredient_editor.form_field_name).to eq("element[ingredients_attributes][123][value]")
     end
 
     context "with a value given" do
       it "returns a name for form fields for that column" do
-        expect(ingredient_editor.form_field_name(:link_title)).to eq("element[ingredients_attributes][1][link_title]")
+        expect(ingredient_editor.form_field_name(:link_title)).to eq("element[ingredients_attributes][123][link_title]")
       end
     end
   end