Unfortunately there is no single measurement system that is used throughout the world; different countries practice seperate systems (such as Imperial, US Standard, and Metric), and it's worth nothing that there are also different ways of measuring ingredients. Dry ingredients in some countries (ie. U.K.) are measured by weight (e.g. ounces, pounds, grams, kilograms), and in others (ie. U.S.) by volume (e.g. tablespoons, cups, milliliters, liters).

Some of the measuring tools used in these countries even differ in size (1 cup has the following equivalents: U.S. = 237 milliliters, U.K. = 284 milliliters, and Australia = 250 milliliters.), so a few recipes can be even more confusing. Most of the recipes on FREEAMERICANRECIPES.COM specify more than one unit for each amount of an ingredient, which you can use as a comparison to make sure you have the right amount.

cup equivalents in grams (g)

Choose a food group (ie. almonds) to see a list of products (ie. almonds, chopped) with the cup equivalents in grams (g) for various cup amounts. The lists also include the equivalents in ounces (oz).

Almonds Apples Apricots Asparagus Aubergine Bacon Baking powder Bananas Beans Beef Beetroot/beets Bell peppers Bilberries Biscuit crumbs Blackcurrants Blueberries Bread Breakfast cereals Broccoli Brussels sprouts Bulgar wheat Butter Buttermilk Cabbage Candied fruit Candied peel Capers Capsicum Carrots Cashew nuts Cauliflower Celeriac Celery Cheese Cherries Chicken Chocolate

Citrus fruit Cocoa powder Coconut Cod Coriander Corn Corn syrup Cornflour Cornmeal Courgettes Crab meat Crackers Cranberries Cucumber Currants Dates Eggplant Eggs Fat Figs Flour Frozen vegetables Garlic Ginger Golden syrup Graham crackers Grapefruit Grapes Green peas Greens Haddock Ham Hazelnuts Honey Jam Lamb

Lentils Lettuce Macaroni Margarine Milk powder Mincemeat Mint Mixed fruit Molasses Mushrooms Nectarines Noodles Okra Onions Oranges Oysters Parsley Pasta Peaches Peanut butter Peanuts Pearl barley Pears Peas Pecan nuts Pimento Pineapple Pistachio nuts Plums Poppy seeds Pork Potatoes Prawns Prunes Pumpkin Quince

Raisins Raspberries Redcurrants Rhubarb Rice Rolled oats Salmon Sauerkraut Semolina Shallots Shortening Shrimps Spaghetti Spinach Squash Strawberries Suet Sugar Sultanas Swede Sweet pepper Sweet potatoes Tapioca Tomato paste, sauce Tomatoes Treacle Tuna Turkey Turnips Veal Vegetable shortening Venison Walnuts Yam Yogurt Zucchini

metric to imperial

metric	imperial/american		metric	imperial/american
8 g	1/4 oz		325 g	11 oz
15 g	1/2 oz		350 g	12 oz
20 g	3/4 oz		375 g	13 oz
25 g	1 oz		400 g	14 oz
30 g	1 oz		425 g	15 oz
45 g	1 1/2 oz		450 g	16 oz (1 lb)
50 g	1 3/4 oz		550 g	1 1/4 lb
55 g	2 oz		675 g	1 1/2 lb
75 g	2 1/2 oz		700 g	1 2/3 lb
85 g	3 oz		800 g	1 3/4 lb
100 g	3 1/2 oz		900 g	2 lb
115 g	4 oz		1 kg	2 1/4 lb
125 g	4 1/2 oz		1.35 kg	3 lb
140 g	5 oz		1.5 kg	3 1/2 lb
150 g	5 1/2 oz		1.8 kg	4 lb
170 g	6 oz		2 kg	4 1/2 lb
192 g	6 1/2 oz		2.3 kg	5 lb
200 g	7 oz		2.5 kg	5 1/2 lb
210 g	7 1/2 oz		2.7 kg	6 lb
225 g	8 oz		3 kg	6 1/2 lb
250 g	8 1/2 oz		3.2 kg	7 lb
255 g	9 oz		3.5 kg	8 lb
275 g	9 1/2 oz		4 kg	9 lb
285 g	10 oz		4.5 kg	10 lb
300 g	10 1/2 oz		5 kg	11 lb

american can sizes

	weight (g)	weight (oz)	cups	servings
1/4	115	4	1/2	1
3/8	170	6	3/4	1
1/2	225	8	1	2
1 picnic	300	10 1/2	1 1/4	2 - 3
211	340	12	1 1/2	3 - 4
300	380	13 1/2	1 3/4	3 - 4
303	440	15 1/2	2	4
2	570	20	2 1/2	5
2 1/2	810	28 1/2	3 1/2	7
3	950	33 1/2	4 1/4	8
3 cylinder	1300	46	5 3/4	10 - 12
5	1600	56	7	14
10	3000	103 1/2	13	25

butter measurements

	weight (g)	weight (oz)	weight (lb)	cups
1/2 stick	55	2	1/8	1/4
1 stick	110	4	1/4	1/2
2 sticks	225	8	1/2	1
4 sticks	450	16	1	2

Liquid units are somewhat less complicated than standard food units, but similar from the outset. Ounces and millilitres (the liquid equivalent of grams) are the most common, although cups can also be used.

Spoons are frequently used for small amounts; shots, jiggers, splashes, dashes, measures and the like are more noticeably used for the concoction of drinks and cocktails.

standard liquid units   ml ounces (oz) dash 0.9 1/32 teaspoon 3.7 1/8 tablespoon 11.1 3/8 pony 29.5 1 shot 29.5 1 splash 3.7 1/8 measure (msr) 26.5 0.9 mickey 384 13 jigger 44.5 1 1/2 wine glass 119 4 split 177 6 cup 257 8 miniature (nip) 59.2 2 half pint (US) 257 8 half pint (UK) 284 9.6 tenth 378.88 12.8 pint (US) 472 16 pint (UK) 568 19.3 fifth 755.2 25.6 quart 944 32 Imperial quart 1137 38.4 half gallon (US) 1894 64 gallon (US) 3789 128

wine and champagne units   litres ounces (oz) split (1/4 btl) 0.177 6 "pint" (1/2 btl) 0.3752 12 "Quart" (1 btl) 0.739 25 magnum (2 btls) 1.478 52 jeroboam (4 btls) 2.956 104 tappit-hen 3.788 128 rehoboam (6 btls) 4.434   methuselah (8 btls) 5.912   salmanazar (12 btls) 8.868   balthazar (16 btls) 11.824   nebuchadnezzar (20 btls) 14.780   demijohn (4.9 gallons) 18.66   metric measurements metric system is based on tens, thus:   ml cl dl ml 1 0.1 0.01 cl 10 1 0.1 dl 100 10 1 ml = millilitre, cl = centilitre, dl = decilitre