To convert grams of packed brown sugar into millilitres, multiply by 1.0754011: one gram comes to 1.0754011 millilitres. Every ingredient has its own figure here, because the units are measuring different things and only the density links them.
Put next to water — 1 g per mL exactly — packed brown sugar measures 0.92989 g per mL. That ratio, 92.99%, is what separates this page from every other ingredient in the same units, and it is measured rather than defined.
Packed brown sugar has a density of 0.92989 g per mL, so 100 mL of it weighs 92.99 g and 250 mL weighs 232.5 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 92.99% 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 0.455% of a cup of packed brown sugar, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 2.273 cups, and a 1 kg pack 4.545.
How the figure is arrived at: Firmly packed, which is the US recipe convention. Spooned in loosely it is closer to 145 g per cup.
The formula
grams- The amount of packed brown sugar you are converting, in grams
1.075401075- Millilitres per gram for packed brown sugar, from its density of 0.92989 g/mL
millilitres- The equivalent quantity in millilitres
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 1.075401075, the millilitres-per-gram figure for packed brown sugar.
- 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 packed brown sugar in millilitres
50 g of packed brown sugar weighs out at 53.7701 millilitres. Divide 53.7701 by 1.0754011 and you get back to 50 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
150 g of packed brown sugar in millilitres
A recipe calling for 150 g of packed brown sugar needs 161.31 millilitres on the scale. The arithmetic is 150 × 1.0754011 = 161.31016, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 80.6551 millilitres.
500 g of packed brown sugar in millilitres
Take 500 g of packed brown sugar: 500 × 1.0754011 gives 537.701 millilitres. Doubling the batch takes it to 1075.4 millilitres, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
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Frequently asked questions
How many millilitres are in 1 g of packed brown sugar?
One gram of packed brown sugar is 1.0754011 millilitres. Half that quantity is 0.537701 millilitres and double it is 2.1508 millilitres, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of packed brown sugar not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Packed brown sugar has a density of 0.92989 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 220 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 16.6 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 packed brown sugar by roughly 20% — about 22 g either side of 220 g — because firmly packed, which is the US recipe convention. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of packed brown sugar 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 packed brown sugar weighs 0.97 oz, so the two readings differ by 3%. 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 packed brown sugar would weigh 232.47 g instead of 220 g — 12.5 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 packed brown sugar is 0.9299 g, and a scale reading to the nearest gram is working at 108% 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 packed brown sugar weigh?
15 mL of packed brown sugar comes to 13.948 g, or 13.948 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.
Packed brown sugar in grams and millilitres
| Grams | Millilitres | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 5.37701 mL | 5.377005375 |
| 10 g | 10.754 mL | 10.75401075 |
| 25 g | 26.885 mL | 26.88502688 |
| 50 g | 53.7701 mL | 53.77005375 |
| 100 g | 107.54 mL | 107.5401075 |
| 125 g | 134.425 mL | 134.4251344 |
| 150 g | 161.31 mL | 161.3101612 |
| 200 g | 215.08 mL | 215.080215 |
| 250 g | 268.85 mL | 268.8502687 |
| 300 g | 322.62 mL | 322.6203225 |
| 500 g | 537.701 mL | 537.7005375 |
| 1000 g | 1075.4 mL | 1075.401075 |
Based on 220 g per cup of packed brown sugar. One gram of packed brown sugar is 1.0754011 millilitres.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 220 g | 7.76 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 165 g | 5.82 oz | 177.4 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 146.7 g | 5.17 oz | 157.7 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 110 g | 3.88 oz | 118.3 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 73.33 g | 2.59 oz | 78.86 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 55 g | 1.94 oz | 59.15 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 13.75 g | 0.485 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 1 tsp | 4.583 g | 0.162 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uncooked white rice | 185 g | 6.526 oz | 0.7819 |
| Uncooked brown rice | 190 g | 6.702 oz | 0.8031 |
| Dried lentils | 192 g | 6.773 oz | 0.8115 |
| Granulated sugar | 200 g | 7.055 oz | 0.8454 |
| Arborio rice | 200 g | 7.055 oz | 0.8454 |
| Dried chickpeas | 200 g | 7.055 oz | 0.8454 |
| Packed brown sugar (this page) | 220 g | 7.76 oz | 0.9299 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.