For those of you looking at a US recipe and requiring a conversion from cups to mL, our simple and effective cups to mL convertor is the perfect tool. You can convert US cups into mL, and vice versa, along with UK and metric cup sizes too.
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A cup is a unit of volume. There are slightly different sizes to cups, with a US cup different to a UK cup. For these purposes we’ll talk about the US cup, which is a unit of volume that equates to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces. The cup in this instance should not be confused with a metric cup or a teacup, as these are different volumes. One cup is just under 236.6 milliliters (mL), but this is labelled as 240mL on packaging for nutrition purposes.
The millilter is an SI unit of volume within the metric system. It is often referred to with the abbreviation mL or ml, and with the spelling millilitre. A milliliter is a unit of volume that is equal to 1 cubic centimeter, 1/1,000 of a liter, or around 0.061 cubic inches.
In the US the standard cup is measured as 236.6mL (although on labelling this will appear as 240mL). In Canada, the UK, and other Commonwealth countries the metric cup is used with a measurement of 250mL as standard. In some cases, you might be looking at a recipe book that pre-dates the change in focus in British recipes, when the cup was no longer used as a standard measurement. In these instances, it could be that the cup is an imperial cup size of 284mL.
Our tool is incredibly easy to use. The drop down menu gives you a few options for different cup sizes and mL and allows you to convert what you need.
If you need to know the mL but all you’ve got is the measurement in cups on your recipe, our converter is the perfect tool for you. There are 236.6mL in one US cup. To convert a cup into mL all you need to do is multiply it by 236.6.
For greater reference, please see our conversion chart below on how to convert ml to cups and vice versa.
It is simple to use our converter tool to work out the measurements the other way too. A US cup measures in at 236.6mL to be completely accurate. To convert mL to cups, divide your mL figure by 236.6.
There is no need to be confused by the different cup sizes that you might see. We realise it might be a little daunting at first, but that’s why we have created our efficient and accurate converters to help it make sense to you. There is a slight difference between the cup size in the US (most US recipes will show ingredients in cup measurements), as opposed to UK cup size (although most UK recipes don’t use cups as a standard measurement. US cups are 240mL as standard, whilst a UK cup is 250mL
If you have a need to convert different cooking items from a range of recipes and ingredients, you are in luck. We have a wide variety of calculators and converters to help you work out the correct measurements for many different cooking ingredients – from converting cups to grams, cups to ounces, and grams to tablespoons.
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