Cooking Measurement Converter
Convert between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, milliliters, and grams with our free cooking measurement converter. Supports US customary, metric, and UK cooking measures. Convert volume to grams for 30+ common ingredients — flour, sugar, butter, oil, honey, and more — using USDA-referenced density values. No signup required, all conversions run locally in your browser.
Convert between US and metric cooking volumes, or convert volume to grams for 30+ common ingredients. Select a mode, enter your value, and click Convert. All conversions run instantly in your browser.
Why Use Our Cooking Measurement Converter?
Volume + Grams for 30+ Ingredients
Our cooking measurement converter does more than volume conversion — it converts cups, tablespoons, and teaspoons to grams for 30+ common ingredients including flour, sugar, butter, oil, honey, and more. 1 cup of flour is not the same weight as 1 cup of sugar.
Instant Cooking Measurement Conversion
Convert cooking measurements instantly in your browser with zero wait time. Our cooking measurement converter supports US customary (cups, tbsp, tsp, fl oz), metric (mL, cL, dL, L), and UK measures — with a full conversion table across all units.
Secure Cooking Measurement Converter Online
All cooking measurement conversions happen locally in your browser. Your values are never sent to any server, ensuring 100% privacy every time you use our cooking measurement converter online.
Cooking Measurement Converter - No Installation
Use our cooking measurement converter directly in any browser with no downloads, apps, or accounts required. Convert cups to mL, tablespoons to grams, and all other cooking measurements from any device, anywhere, completely free.
Common Use Cases for Cooking Measurement Converter
Scaling Recipes Up or Down
Home cooks and professional chefs use our cooking measurement converter to scale recipes. Convert 1½ cups to milliliters when doubling a recipe, or convert tablespoons to teaspoons when halving a batch.
Converting International Recipes
US recipes use cups and tablespoons while European recipes use grams and milliliters. Our cooking measurement converter bridges both systems — convert 1 cup of flour to grams for a UK recipe, or 250 mL to cups for a US recipe.
Baking with a Kitchen Scale
Bakers who weigh ingredients for precision use our cooking measurement converter to convert cup measurements to grams. 1 cup of all-purpose flour is approximately 125 g — but 1 cup of almond flour is only 96 g.
Liquid Ingredient Measurement
Our cooking measurement converter converts between fluid ounces, cups, milliliters, and liters for liquid ingredients. Convert 3 tablespoons of olive oil to milliliters, or 500 mL of milk to cups.
Nutrition & Calorie Tracking
Nutrition-conscious cooks use our cooking measurement converter to convert recipe volumes to grams for accurate calorie and macro tracking. Convert 2 tablespoons of peanut butter or honey to grams for food logging apps.
Professional Kitchen & Catering
Catering teams and food service professionals use our cooking measurement converter to scale recipes from home quantities to commercial batch sizes, converting cups and tablespoons to liters and kilograms.
Understanding Cooking Measurements
What is a Cooking Measurement Converter?
A cooking measurement converter transforms recipe measurements between different units — converting cups to milliliters, tablespoons to fluid ounces, or volume measurements to grams for specific ingredients. Our cooking measurement converter supports three modes: volume-to-volume conversion (e.g. cups to mL), volume-to-grams (e.g. 1 cup of flour to grams), and grams-to-volume (e.g. 200 g of sugar to cups). The gram conversion uses ingredient-specific density values from USDA references, covering 30+ common cooking ingredients including flours, sugars, fats, liquids, and baking staples.
How Our Cooking Measurement Converter Works
- 1. Choose Your Conversion Mode: Select Volume ↔ Volume for unit conversion (e.g. cups to mL), Volume → Grams to convert a measured volume to weight for a specific ingredient, or Grams → Volume to convert a weight back to a volume measurement.
- 2. Select Units and Ingredient: Choose your source and target volume units. For gram conversions, select the ingredient from the list of 30+ common cooking ingredients — each has its own density so the gram conversion is accurate for that specific ingredient.
- 3. Enter Your Value and Convert: Type the amount you want to convert and click Convert. For volume-to-volume conversions, a full table showing all equivalent volumes is displayed. For gram conversions, the exact weight for the selected ingredient is shown.
Why Ingredient Matters for Gram Conversion
Volume measurements like cups and tablespoons measure space, not weight. Different ingredients have different densities, so the same volume weighs different amounts. 1 cup of water weighs 236.6 g, but 1 cup of all-purpose flour weighs only about 125 g (spooned and levelled), and 1 cup of honey weighs about 336 g. Our cooking measurement converter uses USDA-referenced density values for each ingredient.
US vs. UK Cooking Measurements
US and UK cooking measurements use the same names but different values. A US tablespoon is 14.79 mL while a UK tablespoon is 17.76 mL. A US cup is 236.6 mL while a UK/metric cup is 250 mL. Our cooking measurement converter supports both systems with clearly labelled units.
Common Cooking Measurement Conversions
- 1 cup (US) = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz = 236.6 mL
- 1 tbsp (US) = 3 tsp = ½ fl oz = 14.79 mL
- 1 tsp (US) = ⅓ tbsp = 4.93 mL
- 1 fl oz (US) = 2 tbsp = 6 tsp = 29.57 mL
- 1 cup flour = ≈ 125 g (all-purpose, spooned & levelled)
- 1 cup sugar = ≈ 200 g (granulated white)
- 1 cup butter = ≈ 227 g (2 US sticks)
- 1 tbsp butter = ≈ 14.2 g
- 1 cup honey = ≈ 336 g
- 1 cup olive oil = ≈ 215 g
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Frequently Asked Questions About Cooking Measurement Converter
A cooking measurement converter transforms recipe measurements between different units. Our cooking measurement converter supports three modes: volume-to-volume (cups to mL), volume-to-grams (1 cup flour to grams), and grams-to-volume (200 g sugar to cups). It covers 13 volume units and 30+ common ingredients with USDA-referenced density values.
One US cup equals exactly 236.588 mL (approximately 237 mL). One UK/metric cup equals 250 mL. Our cooking measurement converter supports both US and UK cup measurements with clearly labelled units.
There are 16 US tablespoons in 1 US cup. One tablespoon equals 3 teaspoons or approximately 14.79 mL. So 1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz = 236.6 mL.
Cups measure volume, not weight. Different ingredients have different densities. All-purpose flour is much less dense than sugar — 1 cup of flour weighs about 125 g while 1 cup of granulated sugar weighs about 200 g. Our cooking measurement converter uses ingredient-specific density values for accurate gram conversions.
One cup of all-purpose flour weighs approximately 125 g when spooned and levelled (the standard method). Scooping directly from the bag can pack the flour and add 20–30% more weight. Our cooking measurement converter uses the spooned-and-levelled standard for flour measurements.
A US tablespoon is 14.79 mL while a UK tablespoon is 17.76 mL — about 20% larger. Similarly, a US cup is 236.6 mL while a UK/metric cup is 250 mL. Our cooking measurement converter supports both systems with clearly labelled units.
Select "Volume → Grams" mode, choose the ingredient from the list, select "Cup (US)" as the volume unit, enter the number of cups, and click Convert. The result shows the exact gram weight for that ingredient. Repeat for each ingredient in the recipe.
Yes! Our cooking measurement converter is 100% free with no signup, no ads, and no usage limits. Convert between cups, tablespoons, milliliters, grams, and all other cooking measurements as many times as you need — completely free, forever.
Absolutely. All cooking measurement conversions happen locally in your browser using JavaScript. Your values are never sent to any server, ensuring complete privacy every time you use our cooking measurement converter online.