One gram of dry breadcrumbs is 2.1906318 millilitres, so converting grams of dry breadcrumbs to millilitres means multiplying by 2.1906318. That factor is specific to this ingredient — it comes from its density, not from any relationship between the two units.
Water is the yardstick: 1 mL of it weighs 1 g. Dry breadcrumbs comes in at 0.45649 g per mL, or 45.65% of water, which is why a cup of it is 108 g rather than 236.6 g. Volume and weight only line up for water, and only in metric.
Dry breadcrumbs has a density of 0.45649 g per mL, so 100 mL of it weighs 45.65 g and 250 mL weighs 114.1 g. That single figure is what every other number on this page is built from — water is 1.00 g per mL, so this ingredient is 45.65% as heavy as the same volume of water.
Grams are the unit this conversion is really for. A domestic scale resolves to a gram, which is 0.926% of a cup of dry breadcrumbs, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 4.63 cups, and a 1 kg pack 9.259.
The condition this weight assumes: Fine, dry and unseasoned. Fresh breadcrumbs weigh about half as much per cup because the crumb has not collapsed.
The formula
grams- The amount of dry breadcrumbs you are converting, in grams
2.19063181944- Millilitres per gram for dry breadcrumbs, from its density of 0.45649 g/mL
millilitres- The equivalent quantity in millilitres
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 2.19063181944, the millilitres-per-gram figure for dry breadcrumbs.
- The result appears in millilitres, with a second reading in tsp beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
50 g of dry breadcrumbs in millilitres
50 g of dry breadcrumbs weighs out at 109.532 millilitres. Divide 109.532 by 2.1906318 and you get back to 50 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
150 g of dry breadcrumbs in millilitres
A recipe calling for 150 g of dry breadcrumbs needs 328.595 millilitres on the scale. The arithmetic is 150 × 2.1906318 = 328.59477, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 164.297 millilitres.
500 g of dry breadcrumbs in millilitres
A recipe calling for 500 g of dry breadcrumbs needs 1095.32 millilitres on the scale. The arithmetic is 500 × 2.1906318 = 1095.3159, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 547.658 millilitres.
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Frequently asked questions
How many millilitres are in 1 g of dry breadcrumbs?
One gram of dry breadcrumbs is 2.1906318 millilitres. Half that quantity is 1.09532 millilitres and double it is 4.38126 millilitres, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of dry breadcrumbs not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Dry breadcrumbs has a density of 0.45649 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 108 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 128.6 g per cup, and it is the reason a single volume-to-weight factor cannot be applied to every ingredient.
Does how I measure it change the weight?
Yes, and by more than most people expect. Handling changes the weight of a cup of dry breadcrumbs by roughly 20% — about 10.8 g either side of 108 g — because fine, dry and unseasoned. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of dry breadcrumbs the same as an ounce?
No. A fluid ounce is a volume — one eighth of a US cup, 29.57 mL — and an ounce is a weight. One fluid ounce of dry breadcrumbs weighs 0.4762 oz, so the two readings differ by 52.4%. They coincide only for something with the density of water, and then only roughly.
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
US customary: 236.59 mL, which is the cup every US recipe means. A metric cup is 250 mL, so the same cup of dry breadcrumbs would weigh 114.12 g instead of 108 g — 6.12 g more, or 5.67%. Australian and some European recipes use the metric cup, and the difference is large enough to matter in baking.
Do I need a scale for this, or will measuring cups do?
At this size the spoon wins. One millilitre of dry breadcrumbs is 0.4565 g, and a scale reading to the nearest gram is working at 219% resolution on that — a measuring spoon is the more accurate instrument below about 5 g, which is why spice quantities are still written in spoons.
How much does 15 mL of dry breadcrumbs weigh?
15 mL of dry breadcrumbs comes to 6.8473 g, or 6.8473 grams. This page runs that calculation in reverse — enter a weight and it returns the volume — and the ml-to-grams page does it in the direction the question is usually asked.
Dry breadcrumbs in grams and millilitres
| Grams | Millilitres | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 10.9532 mL | 10.9531591 |
| 10 g | 21.9063 mL | 21.90631819 |
| 25 g | 54.7658 mL | 54.76579549 |
| 50 g | 109.532 mL | 109.531591 |
| 100 g | 219.063 mL | 219.0631819 |
| 125 g | 273.829 mL | 273.8289774 |
| 150 g | 328.595 mL | 328.5947729 |
| 200 g | 438.126 mL | 438.1263639 |
| 250 g | 547.658 mL | 547.6579549 |
| 300 g | 657.19 mL | 657.1895458 |
| 500 g | 1095.32 mL | 1095.31591 |
| 1000 g | 2190.63 mL | 2190.631819 |
Based on 108 g per cup of dry breadcrumbs. One gram of dry breadcrumbs is 2.1906318 millilitres.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 108 g | 3.81 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 81 g | 2.86 oz | 177.4 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 72 g | 2.54 oz | 157.7 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 54 g | 1.9 oz | 118.3 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 36 g | 1.27 oz | 78.86 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 27 g | 0.952 oz | 59.15 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 6.75 g | 0.238 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 1 tsp | 2.25 g | 0.0794 oz | 4.929 mL |
US customary measures: 1 cup = 236.59 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | Ounces per cup | Density (g/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat flour | 92 g | 3.245 oz | 0.3889 |
| Almond flour | 96 g | 3.386 oz | 0.4058 |
| Rye flour | 102 g | 3.598 oz | 0.4311 |
| Dry breadcrumbs (this page) | 108 g | 3.81 oz | 0.4565 |
| Coconut flour | 112 g | 3.951 oz | 0.4734 |
| Cake flour | 114 g | 4.021 oz | 0.4818 |
| Whole wheat flour | 120 g | 4.233 oz | 0.5072 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.