Milliliters to grams
100 mL of all-purpose flour weighs about 53 grams, and 100 mL of granulated sugar about 85 grams. Water is the easy one: USDA weighs a US cup (236.6 mL) of it at 237 g, so a milliliter weighs about a gram.
100 mL of all-purpose flour
About 53 grams
100 mL is about 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp in US measures. 53 g is 1.86 ounces by weight.
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? Grams to milliliters →
Common amounts
Level US measures; each answer is rounded and the cup weight behind it is USDA’s.
15 mL to grams
- Water: about 15 grams
- Whole milk: about 15 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 7.9 grams
- Granulated sugar: about 13 grams
- Honey: about 21 grams
- Olive oil: about 14 grams
50 mL to grams
- Water: about 50 grams
- Whole milk: about 52 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 26 grams
- Granulated sugar: about 42 grams
- Honey: about 72 grams
- Olive oil: about 46 grams
100 mL to grams
- Water: about 100 grams
- Whole milk: about 103 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 53 grams
- Granulated sugar: about 85 grams
- Honey: about 143 grams
- Olive oil: about 91 grams
250 mL to grams
- Water: about 250 grams
- Whole milk: about 258 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 132 grams
- Granulated sugar: about 211 grams
- Honey: about 358 grams
- Olive oil: about 228 grams
500 mL to grams
- Water: about 501 grams
- Whole milk: about 516 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 264 grams
- Granulated sugar: about 423 grams
- Honey: about 716 grams
- Olive oil: about 456 grams
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.
35 of 35 rows
| Ingredient | 1 mL weighs | 100 mL in grams | 250 mL in grams | 500 mL in grams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 0.53 g | 53 | 132 | 264 |
| Bread flour | 0.58 g | 58 | 145 | 290 |
| Whole-wheat flour | 0.51 g | 51 | 127 | 254 |
| Self-rising flour | 0.53 g | 53 | 132 | 264 |
| Granulated sugar | 0.85 g | 85 | 211 | 423 |
| Brown sugar, packed | 0.93 g | 93 | 232 | 465 |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 0.51 g | 51 | 127 | 254 |
| Butter, unsalted | 0.96 g | 96 | 240 | 480 |
| Butter, salted | 0.96 g | 96 | 240 | 480 |
| Water | 1 g | 100 | 250 | 501 |
| Whole milk | 1 g | 103 | 258 | 516 |
| Heavy cream, unwhipped | 1 g | 101 | 251 | 503 |
| Plain whole-milk yogurt | 1 g | 104 | 259 | 518 |
| Coconut milk, canned | 0.96 g | 96 | 239 | 478 |
| Honey | 1.4 g | 143 | 358 | 716 |
| Molasses | 1.4 g | 142 | 356 | 712 |
| Olive oil | 0.91 g | 91 | 228 | 456 |
| Canola oil | 0.92 g | 92 | 230 | 461 |
| Table salt | 1.2 g | 123 | 309 | 617 |
| Cocoa powder, unsweetened | 0.36 g | 36 | 91 | 182 |
| Cornstarch | 0.54 g | 54 | 135 | 271 |
| Rolled or quick oats, dry | 0.34 g | 34 | 86 | 171 |
| Long-grain white rice, raw | 0.78 g | 78 | 195 | 391 |
| Almonds, ground | 0.4 g | 40 | 100 | 201 |
| Chickpea flour | 0.39 g | 39 | 97 | 194 |
| White rice flour | 0.67 g | 67 | 167 | 334 |
| Brown rice flour | 0.67 g | 67 | 167 | 334 |
| Semolina, enriched | 0.71 g | 71 | 176 | 353 |
| Yellow cornmeal, degermed enriched | 0.66 g | 66 | 166 | 332 |
| Sesame kernels, dried, hulled | 0.63 g | 63 | 159 | 317 |
| Flaxseed, whole | 0.71 g | 71 | 178 | 355 |
| Peanut butter, smooth, unsalted | 1.1 g | 109 | 273 | 545 |
| Ricotta, whole milk | 1 g | 104 | 260 | 520 |
| Pumpkin, canned, unsalted | 1 g | 104 | 259 | 518 |
| Semisweet chocolate chips, mini | 0.73 g | 73 | 183 | 366 |
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.