Why cooking conversions need an ingredient
A cup of flour and a cup of honey do not weigh the same — density varies a lot by ingredient, so a generic "1 cup = X grams" answer is wrong for most things you'd actually measure. This tool uses per-ingredient density so the gram or ounce figure reflects what you're actually converting, not a generic volume-to-weight guess.
Common reference conversions
| Ingredient | 1 cup ≈ |
|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 120 g |
| Granulated sugar | 200 g |
| Brown sugar, packed | 220 g |
| Butter | 227 g |
| Water | 240 g |
| Honey | 340 g |
| Rolled oats | 90 g |
| Cocoa powder | 84 g |
A note on precision
These figures are standard baking references, not lab measurements — scooping technique (spooned and leveled vs. packed) can shift the real weight by 10-15%. For baking where precision matters, weighing ingredients directly on a kitchen scale is more reliable than any cup-to-gram conversion, including this one.