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Cooking Conversion Table
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About Cooking Conversions
Cooking conversions are uniquely complex because they bridge volume and weight measurements through ingredient-specific densities. A cup of flour weighs approximately 120 grams, while a cup of sugar weighs about 200 grams and a cup of honey about 340 grams — using a single volume-to-weight ratio for all ingredients would produce unusable recipe results. Professional bakers overwhelmingly prefer weight-based measurements for consistency, but most home recipes (especially American ones) use volume measures. Our converter includes density data for 60 common ingredients sourced from USDA databases, ensuring accurate conversions between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, and grams for each specific ingredient.
| Unit Name | Symbol | Value | Formula |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cup | cup | 1 | base unit |
| Fluid Ounce | fl oz | 8 | divide by 8 |
| Gram | g | 236.588 | divide by 236.5882365 (water density) |
| Kilogram | kg | 0.236588 | multiply by 1000, divide by 236.5882365 |
| Milliliter | mL | 236.588 | divide by 236.5882365 |
| Ounce | oz | 8.3454 | multiply by 28.349523125, divide by 236.5882365 |
| Pound | lb | 0.521588 | multiply by 453.59237, divide by 236.5882365 |
| Tablespoon | tbsp | 16 | divide by 16 |
| Teaspoon | tsp | 48 | divide by 48 |