Cooking Measurement Converter
Convert cups, tablespoons, ml, and grams for any ingredient — with density adjustments for flour, sugar, butter, and more.
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Cooking Measurement Converter
Generated on April 25, 2026
Selected: All-purpose flour (sifted) (density 0.529 g/ml). 1 cup of flour ≠ 1 cup of sugar by weight — picking the wrong ingredient gives wrong grams.
?What is the Cooking Measurement Converter?
The Cooking Measurement Converter handles every kitchen unit you'll encounter — cups (US 240 ml and metric 250 ml), tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, millilitres, litres, grams, kilograms, ounces, and pounds — and crucially, it adjusts for ingredient density when converting between volume (cups, ml) and mass (grams). One cup of all-purpose flour weighs ~125 g, but one cup of granulated sugar weighs ~200 g and one cup of honey weighs ~340 g. Picking the wrong ingredient gives wrong grams, which is why every serious recipe converter asks for the ingredient. Includes 24 common ingredients with research-backed density values: flour (sifted, bread, whole-wheat), sugars (white, brown, powdered), fats (butter, oil, ghee), liquids (milk, cream, honey, yoghurt), grains (rice, oats, lentils, semolina), and South Asian staples (besan / chickpea flour, sooji).
The Formula
Every volume unit has a fixed conversion to ml: 1 US cup = 240 ml, 1 US tablespoon = 14.787 ml, 1 fl oz = 29.574 ml, 1 metric cup = 250 ml. Every mass unit has a fixed conversion to grams: 1 oz = 28.35 g, 1 lb = 453.6 g, 1 kg = 1000 g. The conversion is straightforward. The complication is volume ↔ mass: a cup is a measure of space, a gram is a measure of stuff, and the relationship depends on what's in the cup. Density values come from the USDA SR-28 nutrient database and standard culinary references. Note: for flour, the density depends heavily on whether it's sifted, spooned-and-leveled, or scooped — we use the spooned-and-leveled standard (~125 g/cup for AP flour).
Common Cooking Conversions — Volume ↔ Mass for Popular Ingredients
The most-used recipe conversions. Mass values are per 1 US cup (240 ml).
| Ingredient | 1 cup = | 1 tbsp = | Density (g/ml) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Water / milk / thin liquid | 240 g (8.5 oz) | 15 g | 1.00 |
| All-purpose flour | 125 g (4.4 oz) | 8 g | 0.529 |
| Whole-wheat flour | 144 g (5.1 oz) | 9 g | 0.60 |
| Granulated sugar | 200 g (7.1 oz) | 13 g | 0.85 |
| Brown sugar (packed) | 220 g (7.8 oz) | 14 g | 0.93 |
| Powdered sugar | 120 g (4.2 oz) | 8 g | 0.56 |
| Butter | 227 g (8 oz) | 14 g | 0.911 |
| Honey | 340 g (12 oz) | 21 g | 1.42 |
| Olive / vegetable oil | 218 g (7.7 oz) | 14 g | 0.92 |
| Cocoa powder | 129 g (4.5 oz) | 8 g | 0.54 |
| Rolled oats | 98 g (3.5 oz) | 6 g | 0.41 |
| Salt (table) | 288 g (10.2 oz) | 18 g | 1.20 |
| Salt (kosher / coarse) | 165 g (5.8 oz) | 10 g | 0.69 |
| Uncooked rice (basmati) | 200 g (7.1 oz) | 13 g | 0.85 |
| Besan (chickpea flour) | 142 g (5.0 oz) | 9 g | 0.59 |
Put It in Perspective
A standard recipe yield discrepancy: weighing flour vs. measuring by cup can vary by 15-20% — which is why precision baking (macarons, sourdough) always uses grams.
European recipes default to grams; US/UK recipes default to cups. Converting cookbooks across systems is the #1 use case for this tool.
Pakistani / Indian recipes commonly use 'tola' (~12 g) and 'pao' (250 g) — both convert cleanly through the metric units in this calculator.
Restaurant kitchens use grams universally — a chef weighs flour to 1 g precision because consistency = repeatability.
Practical Examples
1 cup all-purpose flour = 125 g (or 4.4 oz). The classic recipe-conversion need.
1 cup granulated sugar = 200 g — significantly heavier than flour at the same volume.
1 cup brown sugar (packed) = 220 g — packing makes a measurable difference.
1 stick of butter (US) = ½ cup = 113 g (4 oz).
1 tbsp olive oil = 13.5 g (0.92 g/ml × 14.787 ml). Useful for tracking calories.
1 cup uncooked basmati rice = 200 g (cooks to ~3 cups).
1 cup besan (chickpea flour) = 90 g — much lighter than wheat flour.
Frequently Asked Questions
Popular Conversions
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