If you prefer metric measurements then UK copies of Nigella's books are published by Chatto & Windus. Unfortunately it sounds as if you have the US versions of Nigella's books which are converted from metric into US measurements of ounces, cups and tablespoons. I don't understand any of it and don't know how to convert it. I've wanted the Domestic Goddess book for years and have finally treated myself to it, but I've ended up with a book using strange measurements (to me) and confectioner's sugar etc. Could you tell me please, where I can find the conversion table of Nigellas' recepies? Thank you so much in advance! Anna Vyazovska (from Milan). Online there are many tables of conversions but they are all different. Milligram measurements converted to cups for commonly used cooking and baking ingredients.Hello, I've bought 3 of Nigella's books in Italy (English version), but it's so confusing and difficult to convert 'cups and tablespoons' into grams. For example, 1 cup can be written as 1 c or 1 C. Cups can be abbreviated as c, and are also sometimes abbreviated as C. The cup is a US customary unit of volume. To further confuse things, a metric cup is equal to 250 mL, while in Japan, a cup is equivalent to only 200 mL. One standard cup is equal to 236.588 milliliters, but for nutrition labeling, one cup is defined as 240 milliliters. The cup should not be confused with the metric cup or the teacup, which are different units of volume. The cup is a unit of volume equal to 16 tablespoons or 8 fluid ounces. While technically, a milligram is a measure of mass, and weight is actually a measure of force, the two are equivalent as long as we are performing our calculations on Earth.įor example, an object with a mass of 1 milligram weighs 1 milligram on Earth, but only weighs one-sixth of that on the moon, yet still has the same mass. Milligrams can be abbreviated as mg for example, 1 milligram can be written as 1 mg.Ī milligram is frequently referred to as a unit of weight. In the metric system, 'milli' is the prefix for thousandths, or 10 -3. The milligram, or milligramme, is an SI unit of mass in the metric system. The milligram is a unit of mass equal to 1/1,000 of a gram, or 0.0154 grains. Keep reading to learn more about each unit of measure. It is common to mix powdered chemicals with liquid, or aqueous, chemicals, and this is where it becomes very useful to convert between weights and volumes. When performing chemical reactions by combining separate chemicals to produce a new chemical, one must know the exact amount of each chemical to add in order to maximize the yield of the reaction.

When a scale is not available, a calculator like the one above is a good way to estimate the weight to volume conversion.Īnother useful application of weight and volume conversions is chemistry. The best way to ensure an accurate conversion is to use a scale. The density of dry ingredients can vary for a variety of reasons, such as compaction and clumping. Milligrams and cups are both commonly used to measure cooking ingredients.įor cooking applications, most chefs suggest measuring dry ingredients by weight rather than volume to improve accuracy in the measurements. Thus, the volume in cups is equal to the weight in milligrams divided by 236,588.236 times the density (in g/mL) of the ingredient, substance, or material.Ĭups = 500,000 mg / 236,588.236 × 0.7 g/mL = 3.0191 c When to Convert Milligrams to Cups If the density is given in grams per milliliter (g/mL), then first multiply the density by 236,588.236 to convert to mg/c.įor a density given in g/mL, you can use this simple formula to convert:Ĭups = milligrams / 236,588.236 × density Note that in order for this to work, the density must be in milligrams per cup (mg/c). To convert a measurement in milligrams to cups, divide the weight by the density of the ingredient or material. Therefore, to convert between milligrams and cups of an ingredient or substance, we must either multiply or divide by its density, depending on which direction we are performing the conversion.

In this case, we need to account for the density of the substance whenever we do a conversion.

Since milligrams are a unit of mass and cups are a unit of volume, which are different physical quantities, we need to know one more physical quantity of the ingredient or substance to convert between them.

Milligrams to Cups Conversion Calculator.

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