Ingredient Conversion Calculator

Convert common cooking and baking ingredients between grams, cups, ounces, pounds, tablespoons, teaspoons, milliliters, and liters.

Calculate Ingredient Conversion

Ingredient Conversion = Convert input amount to cups, then convert cups to the selected output unit.
Your result will appear here.

How the ingredient conversion calculator works

Choose an ingredient:
Select the ingredient so the calculator can use the correct approximate weight per cup.

Select units:
Choose the unit you are converting from and the unit you want to convert to.

Adjust recipe size:
Use the recipe multiplier to halve, double, triple, or scale ingredient amounts.

Why ingredient conversion matters

An ingredient conversion calculator helps convert recipe measurements between weight and volume.

This is useful for baking, cooking, meal prep, nutrition tracking, international recipes, recipe scaling, and converting between metric and U.S. measurements.

What your result means

Your result shows the converted ingredient amount based on the selected ingredient, starting unit, ending unit, and recipe multiplier. Since ingredients have different densities, a cup of one ingredient can weigh more or less than a cup of another ingredient.

Ingredient conversion calculator formulas

Common ingredient conversions

Frequently asked questions

How do you convert ingredients?

Choose the ingredient, enter the amount, select the starting unit, and select the unit you want. The calculator converts the amount using the ingredient’s estimated grams per cup.

Why do ingredient conversions vary?

Ingredient conversions vary because cups measure volume and grams measure weight. Different ingredients have different densities, so they do not all weigh the same per cup.

Can this calculator convert cups to grams?

Yes. Select cups as the starting unit and grams as the ending unit, then choose the ingredient.

Can this calculator convert grams to cups?

Yes. Select grams as the starting unit and cups as the ending unit, then choose the ingredient.