Free Cooking Measurement Converter

Your All-in-One Kitchen Unit Converter

The Cooking Measurement Converter is designed as a versatile kitchen unit converter that lets you adapt any recipe’s quantities into your preferred units—whether you need a grams to cups converter for flour, a cups to grams converter for sugar, or a more specialized baking measurement converter for liquids and solids. Unlike simple scale-to-scale converters, this cooking conversion calculator can move fluidly between weight and volume systems, thanks to its built-in ingredient density data. Because density varies by ingredient (a cup of flour doesn’t weigh the same as a cup of honey), the calculator uses average density values for each item; the result is a reliable approximation, not a laboratory-grade measurement.

Weight Conversions Made Simple

When you’re converting between weight units alone—ounces to pounds, grams to ounces, or grams to pounds—the ingredient type doesn’t matter; only the units themselves come into play. This recipe unit converter supports the most common weight units found in everyday cooking and baking:

• Gram (g)
• Decagram (dag) – 10 g
• Kilogram (kg) – 1,000 g
• Pound (lb) – standard US weight unit
• Ounce (oz) – 1/16 of a pound
• Stick of butter (included for US butter packages)

The conversion factors between these units are summarized below:

From \ To	g	dag	kg	lb	oz
1 g	1	0.1	0.001	0.0022046	0.035274
1 dag	10	1	0.01	0.022046	0.35274
1 kg	1000	100	1	2.20462	35.27396
1 lb	453.59237	45.359237	0.45359	1	16
1 oz	28.34952	2.834952	0.02835	0.0625	1

For any specific conversion, just multiply or divide by the appropriate factor. For instance, to switch between grams and ounces:

$$m_{\text{oz}} = \frac{m_{\text{g}}}{28.34952} \qquad m_{\text{g}} = m_{\text{oz}} \times 28.34952$$

And between grams and pounds:

$$m_{\text{lb}} = \frac{m_{\text{g}}}{453.59237} \qquad m_{\text{g}} = m_{\text{lb}} \times 453.59237$$

Volume Conversions: US and UK Systems

Recipes from the United States frequently use volume measures such as cups, tablespoons (tbsp), and fluid ounces, while many international recipes rely on milliliters (mL) and liters (L). The converter accommodates both US customary and Imperial (UK) volume units, along with metric equivalents. Below are the core equivalencies:

Volume unit	Equivalent in mL
1 US cup	236.6
1 UK cup (metric)	250
1 US tablespoon	14.8
1 tablespoon (metric)	15
1 US teaspoon	4.93
1 teaspoon (metric)	5
1 US fluid ounce	29.6
1 UK fluid ounce	28.4
1 US pint	473.2
1 UK pint	568.3

A few handy relationships that hold within each system:

• 16 US tablespoons = 1 US cup
• 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon (regardless of system)
• 8 US fluid ounces = 1 US cup
• 2 cups = 1 US pint

To convert milliliters to US cups:

$$V_{\text{cups}} = \frac{V_{\text{mL}}}{236.588}$$

To go back the other way:

$$V_{\text{mL}} = V_{\text{cups}} \times 236.588$$

The differences between US and UK volume units are small; for most home cooking and baking, you can use either without drastically altering a recipe.

The Core: Grams‑to‑Cups, Cups‑to‑Grams, and Other Weight‑Volume Switches

The most powerful feature of this cooking measurement converter is its ability to cross between weight and volume—converting grams to cups, cups to grams, grams to tablespoons, and similar pairs. The bridge between the two worlds is density:

$$\text{density} = \frac{\text{weight}}{\text{volume}}$$

Because the density of each ingredient is different, the calculator includes a preset library of 17 common cooking and baking ingredients:

• Water
• Milk
• Flours: buckwheat, barley, corn, rye, all-purpose (wheat), soy, corn starch, potato starch
• Sugars: granulated, powdered, brown
• Salt
• Honey
• Butter
• Oils: cooking, olive, sunflower, vegetable
• Nuts & seeds: ground almonds, walnuts/hazelnuts (ground), sesame, sunflower, shelled peanuts
• Cacao
• Rice (raw)
• Oats
• Jam / Nutella / Maple syrup
• Cream (38% and 18% fat)

If the ingredient you need isn’t listed, you can select the “Custom” option and enter its density manually. With that density, the converter handles the weight-volume calculation in a single step.

Putting the Converter to Work: A Practical Example

Imagine you find a shortcake recipe that lists all ingredients by weight:

• 125 g butter
• 55 g powdered sugar
• 180 g all-purpose flour

You want to measure by volume (cups, sticks, or spoons) because you lack a scale or simply prefer that method. Here’s how the converter helps:

1. Pick the ingredient from the list. Start with butter.
2. Type in the weight: 125 g.
3. Read the result: the tool shows that 125 g of butter equals about 1.1 sticks or 0.55 US cups.

Repeat for the other ingredients:

• 55 g powdered sugar → roughly 2 oz or a little over ¼ US cup.
• 180 g all-purpose flour → approximately 1.4 US cups (depending on the flour’s density).

Now you have volume-based measures ready to go. Just mix, shape, and bake at 190°C — or use the built-in temperature converter to switch to Fahrenheit if needed.

This example shows how a kitchen unit converter can save the day when a recipe’s units are unfamiliar. Whether you’re baking a delicate cake or scaling a hearty stew, the calculator adapts to your preferred measurement style.