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If you are cooking and baking various dishes, you need to understand how translating measurements into cups and ounces is simply essential. Otherwise, you’re bound to end up with some sort of incorrect dishes.
Here you will find how to measuring cup in ounces. Using charts, example formulas, and simple rules that everyone should memorize – like not mixing diametrically opposed items when they require conversion – you’ll be able to avoid some mistakes.
For example, converting 1 ounce cup generally uses 8 fluid ounces. (But this can depend on the original ingredient). Liquid, solid, and even different types of flours have different conversions. Because our guide is set up this way, you can easily understand how and why these conversions apply.
We’ll also answer frequently asked questions, such as the difference between liquid and dry ounces, and how to properly convert without a scale.
We hope our conversion tips, measurement tables, and explanations will make your cooking process more comfortable.
1 cup how many ounce?
Ingredient | 1 Cup (US) | 1/2 Cup (US) |
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Flour (all-purpose) | 4.4 oz | 2.2 oz |
Flour (bread) | 4.48 oz | 2.24 oz |
Butter | 8 oz | 4 oz |
Honey | 11.85 oz | 5.93 oz |
Margarine | 8.1 oz | 4.05 oz |
Milk | 8.64 oz | 4.32 oz |
Oats | 3.6 oz | 1.8 oz |
Sugar (granulated) | 7.1 oz | 3.55 oz |
Sugar (brown) | 7.05 oz | 3.53 oz |
Sugar (caster) | 6.68 oz | 3.34 oz |
Sugar (powdered) | 4.2 oz | 2.1 oz |
Cocoa powder | 4.16 oz | 2.08 oz |
Rice (uncooked) | 7.05 oz | 3.53 oz |
Almonds (whole) | 5.2 oz | 2.6 oz |
Chocolate chips | 6 oz | 3 oz |
Yogurt | 8.6 oz | 4.3 oz |
Peanut butter | 8.5 oz | 4.25 oz |
Cheese (shredded) | 4 oz | 2 oz |
Cornmeal | 4.8 oz | 2.4 oz |
Olive oil | 7.7 oz | 3.85 oz |
How many fluid ounces are in a cup?
- 1 US cup (236.6mL) = 8 US fluid ounces
- 1 UK cup (284.1mL) = 10 UK fluid ounces
- 1 metric cup (250mL) = 8.799 UK fluid ounces
Cups (US) | Ounces (fluid) | Tablespoons (US) |
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1 cup | 8 fl oz | 16 tbsp |
3/4 cup | 6 fl oz | 12 tbsp |
2/3 cup | 5.3 fl oz | 10.6 tbsp |
1/2 cup | 4 fl oz | 8 tbsp |
1/3 cup | 2.7 fl oz | 5.3 tbsp |
1/4 cup | 2 fl oz | 4 tbsp |
Ounces | Cups |
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64 | 8 |
32 | 4 |
12 | 1.5 |
0.3 | 0.0375 |
8 | 1 |
16 | 2 |