Grams to milliliters

100 grams of all-purpose flour fills about 189 mL, and 100 g of granulated sugar about 118 mL. Water is the easy one: USDA weighs a US cup (236.6 mL) of it at 237 g, so a gram is about a milliliter.

100 grams of all-purpose flour

About 189 mL

With US measures: about 2/3 cup + 2 tbsp.

USDA weighs a US cup of all-purpose flour at 125 g. A US cup is 236.6 mL, so 1 mL weighs about 0.53 g.

Use plain all-purpose flour. A cup changes with how you fill it; use the recipe's gram weight when it gives one.

Going the other way? Milliliters to grams →

Common amounts

Level US measures; each answer is rounded and the cup weight behind it is USDA’s.

50 grams to milliliters

Water: about 50 mL (3 tbsp + 1 1/4 tsp)
Whole milk: about 48 mL (3 tbsp + 1 tsp)
All-purpose flour: about 95 mL (1/3 cup + 1 tbsp)
Granulated sugar: about 59 mL (1/4 cup)
Honey: about 35 mL (2 tbsp + 1 1/4 tsp)
Olive oil: about 55 mL (3 tbsp + 2 1/4 tsp)

100 grams to milliliters

Water: about 100 mL (1/3 cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp)
Whole milk: about 97 mL (1/3 cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp)
All-purpose flour: about 189 mL (2/3 cup + 2 tbsp)
Granulated sugar: about 118 mL (1/2 cup)
Honey: about 70 mL (1/4 cup + 2 tsp)
Olive oil: about 110 mL (1/3 cup + 2 tbsp)

200 grams to milliliters

Water: about 200 mL (2/3 cup + 3 tbsp)
Whole milk: about 194 mL (3/4 cup + 1 tbsp)
All-purpose flour: about 379 mL (1 1/2 cups + 1 tbsp + 2 tsp)
Granulated sugar: about 237 mL (1 cup)
Honey: about 140 mL (1/2 cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp)
Olive oil: about 219 mL (3/4 cup + 3 tbsp)

250 grams to milliliters

Water: about 250 mL (1 cup + 1 tbsp)
Whole milk: about 242 mL (1 cup + 1 tsp)
All-purpose flour: about 473 mL (2 cups)
Granulated sugar: about 296 mL (1 1/4 cups)
Honey: about 174 mL (2/3 cup + 1 tbsp)
Olive oil: about 274 mL (1 cup + 2 tbsp + 2 tsp)

500 grams to milliliters

Water: about 499 mL (2 cups + 2 tbsp)
Whole milk: about 485 mL (2 cups + 1 tbsp)
All-purpose flour: about 946 mL (4 cups)
Granulated sugar: about 591 mL (2 1/2 cups)
Honey: about 349 mL (1 1/3 cups + 2 tbsp + 1 tsp)
Olive oil: about 548 mL (2 1/4 cups + 1 tbsp)

Grams in a milliliter, by ingredient

35 ingredients measured by the spoon or the jug. The converter above takes all 86, from nuts to chopped onion.

Find in this table

35 of 35 rows

Grams per mL, from USDA cup weights; other columns rounded
Ingredient	1 mL weighs	100 g in mL	250 g in mL	500 g in mL
All-purpose flour	0.53 g	189	473	946
Bread flour	0.58 g	173	432	863
Whole-wheat flour	0.51 g	197	493	986
Self-rising flour	0.53 g	189	473	946
Granulated sugar	0.85 g	118	296	591
Brown sugar, packed	0.93 g	108	269	538
Powdered sugar, unsifted	0.51 g	197	493	986
Butter, unsalted	0.96 g	104	261	521
Butter, salted	0.96 g	104	261	521
Water	1 g	100	250	499
Whole milk	1 g	97	242	485
Heavy cream, unwhipped	1 g	99	249	497
Plain whole-milk yogurt	1 g	97	241	483
Coconut milk, canned	0.96 g	105	262	523
Honey	1.4 g	70	174	349
Molasses	1.4 g	70	176	351
Olive oil	0.91 g	110	274	548
Canola oil	0.92 g	109	271	543
Table salt	1.2 g	81	203	405
Cocoa powder, unsweetened	0.36 g	275	688	1,376
Cornstarch	0.54 g	185	462	924
Rolled or quick oats, dry	0.34 g	292	730	1,460
Long-grain white rice, raw	0.78 g	128	320	639
Almonds, ground	0.4 g	249	623	1,245
Chickpea flour	0.39 g	257	643	1,286
White rice flour	0.67 g	150	374	749
Brown rice flour	0.67 g	150	374	749
Semolina, enriched	0.71 g	142	354	708
Yellow cornmeal, degermed enriched	0.66 g	151	377	753
Sesame kernels, dried, hulled	0.63 g	158	394	789
Flaxseed, whole	0.71 g	141	352	704
Peanut butter, smooth, unsalted	1.1 g	92	229	459
Ricotta, whole milk	1 g	96	240	481
Pumpkin, canned, unsalted	1 g	97	241	483
Semisweet chocolate chips, mini	0.73 g	137	342	684

Grams and milliliters

A milliliter measures space and a gram measures weight, so the ingredient decides how many grams fit in a milliliter. Water, milk and most thin liquids come close to one gram per mL. Oil is lighter, about 0.91 g per mL; honey is heavier, about 1.4 g. Flour and powdered sugar trap air, so a milliliter of them weighs half a gram or so.

A US cup is 236.6 mL, a US tablespoon 14.8 mL and a teaspoon 4.93 mL. Recipes from Australia, Canada and New Zealand often use a 250 mL metric cup; the grams-to-cups converter has a metric-cup switch for those.

The spoon and mL figures are worked out from USDA’s weight for a whole US cup of each ingredient, divided by the size of the cup in mL, so a cup, its spoons and its milliliters always agree. Salt is table salt; flaky and coarse salts pack differently, so weigh those. For yeast, go by the packet: how much yeast is in a packet.

Cup weights: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy release 2018-04. Cup, spoon and mL sizes: NIST Handbook 44. How the conversions work.