mL to Grams Converter

1 mL of water weighs 1 g. 1 mL of whole milk weighs 1.03 g, of vegetable oil 0.92 g, of honey about 1.4 g, of granulated sugar 0.88 g and of all-purpose flour about 0.52 g. The grams in 1 mL is the density, so the number depends on the ingredient. Pick it in the converter to see 1 mL or any other amount.

Only for water. 250 mL of water weighs 250 grams. 250 mL of whole milk is 257.5 g, of vegetable oil 230 g, of honey 350 g, of granulated sugar 220 g and of all-purpose flour about 130 g. Milliliters measure space and grams measure weight, and the ratio between them is the density.

A liter of water is 1,000 g, which is 1 kg. A liter of whole milk is 1,030 g, of vegetable oil 920 g, of honey about 1,400 g and of all-purpose flour about 521 g. Choose "L" as the volume unit and your ingredient to get the number, which is 1,000 times the density in g/mL.

Multiply the liters by 1,000 to get mL, then multiply by the density of the ingredient in g/mL. 1.5 L of whole milk is 1,500 mL × 1.03 = 1,545 g. In the converter, choose "mL → g", set the unit to L and enter 1.5. For water the shortcut is 1 L = 1,000 g.

Multiply the volume in mL by the density in g/mL. 100 mL of vegetable oil at 0.92 g/mL is 92 g, and 15 mL of honey at 1.4 g/mL is 21 g. With water the number is the same, since 1 mL weighs 1 g. The converter does the multiplication and shows the steps for any of the built-in ingredients.

Divide the weight in grams by the density in g/mL. 100 g of all-purpose flour at 0.521 g/mL is about 192 mL, 100 g of honey at 1.4 g/mL is about 71 mL and 100 g of water is 100 mL. Choose "g → mL" in the converter, pick the ingredient and enter the grams.

It is the usual way to ask for a milliliter to gram conversion. Turning mL into g takes the density of what you are measuring: grams = milliliters × density. Without the ingredient you can only say that water is 1 g per mL. Choose the ingredient in the converter, enter the mL and it gives you the weight.

Use a digital kitchen scale. Put the empty bowl on it, press the tare button to reset it to zero, then add the ingredient until the display shows the grams you need. Weighing is more accurate than measuring by volume, especially for flour, sugar and other powders, whose volume changes with how they are packed.

A liter (L) is a metric unit of volume equal to 1,000 milliliters, one cubic decimeter, or about 33.8 US fluid ounces. The SI brochure lists it as 1 L = 1 dm³ = 10⁻³ m³. A liter of water weighs about 1 kilogram.

A gram (g) is a metric unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a kilogram, which is about 0.035 ounces, so one ounce of weight is about 28.35 g. The kilogram is the SI base unit of mass and is defined from the Planck constant.

Choose "Other" and enter its density in g/mL. If you do not know it, weigh exactly 100 mL of the ingredient on a scale and divide the grams by 100. You can also look it up in a food density table such as the FAO/INFOODS database. The result is then good for that ingredient in any amount.

Liquids are steady, but powders vary. The FAO database lists wheat flour between 0.48 and 0.67 g/mL and white sugar at 0.88 and 0.9 g/mL, depending on the sample and how it was packed. Use the results for powders as a guide, and weigh the ingredient when a recipe needs precision.

No. A dose in liquid medicine depends on the concentration printed on the label, such as milligrams per milliliter, and not on a kitchen density. Use the dosing syringe or cup that came with the medicine, follow the label or your pharmacist’s instructions, and ask a pharmacist when you are not sure.