Weight Converter: Grams, Ounces, Pounds & Kilograms
Switch recipe weights between grams, ounces, pounds and kilograms. It’s the tool to use when a recipe is written in metric and your scale or packaging is in ounces, or the other way round.
Weight converter
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How to use it
- Enter the weight from your recipe or package.
- Pick the unit it’s in (From) and the unit you need (To).
- Press ⇄ to reverse the conversion.
- Over a pound, the line under the result also shows pounds and ounces, the way US packages are labeled.
Ounces here are weight ounces. Fluid ounces are a volume unit — use the volume converter for those.
Quick reference
Calculated with the same math as the converter above.
Grams to ounces
| Metric | Ounces | Pounds |
|---|---|---|
| 10 g | 0.35 oz | — |
| 25 g | 0.88 oz | — |
| 50 g | 1.76 oz | — |
| 100 g | 3.53 oz | — |
| 125 g | 4.41 oz | — |
| 200 g | 7.05 oz | — |
| 250 g | 8.82 oz | — |
| 500 g | 17.64 oz | 1.10 lb |
| 1 kg | 35.27 oz | 2.20 lb |
Ounces and pounds to grams
| US weight | Grams | Kilograms |
|---|---|---|
| ½ oz | 14.2 g | 0.014 kg |
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | 0.028 kg |
| 2 oz | 56.7 g | 0.057 kg |
| 4 oz (¼ lb) | 113 g | 0.113 kg |
| 8 oz (½ lb) | 227 g | 0.227 kg |
| 12 oz (¾ lb) | 340 g | 0.34 kg |
| 16 oz (1 lb) | 454 g | 0.454 kg |
| 2 lb | 907 g | 0.907 kg |
| 5 lb | 2,268 g | 2.268 kg |
Frequently asked questions
How many grams are in an ounce?
One ounce is 28.35 grams. A handy rough figure is 28 g, or 30 g for quick mental math.
How many grams are in a pound?
One pound is 453.6 grams and 16 ounces. A kilogram is about 2.2 pounds.
Is 8 ounces always 1 cup?
Only for water-like liquids, and only roughly. 8 fluid ounces is 1 cup by volume, but a cup of flour weighs about half as much as a cup of water. Use the cups to grams converter for ingredients. Open the cups to grams converter →
Why do many recipes use grams?
Weight doesn’t change with how tightly an ingredient is packed, so the same recipe comes out more consistently, especially with flour.