Grams of sweetened condensed milk to millilitres runs on one number, 0.77316417 millilitres per gram. It is a measured property of this ingredient rather than a defined conversion, which is why a generic volume-to-weight tool cannot give you it.
Put next to water — 1 g per mL exactly — sweetened condensed milk measures 1.2934 g per mL. That ratio, 129.3%, is what separates this page from every other ingredient in the same units, and it is measured rather than defined.
Sweetened condensed milk has a density of 1.2934 g per mL, so 100 mL of it weighs 129.3 g and 250 mL weighs 323.3 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 129.3% 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 0.327% of a cup of sweetened condensed milk, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 1.634 cups, and a 1 kg pack 3.268.
What the number depends on: The added sugar makes it the densest dairy liquid in a normal kitchen, and sticky enough that scraping the cup out matters.
The formula
grams- The amount of sweetened condensed milk you are converting, in grams
0.773164171569- Millilitres per gram for sweetened condensed milk, from its density of 1.2934 g/mL
millilitres- The equivalent quantity in millilitres
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 0.773164171569, the millilitres-per-gram figure for sweetened condensed milk.
- 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 sweetened condensed milk in millilitres
50 g of sweetened condensed milk weighs out at 38.6582 millilitres. Divide 38.6582 by 0.77316417 and you get back to 50 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
150 g of sweetened condensed milk in millilitres
150 g of sweetened condensed milk weighs out at 115.975 millilitres. Divide 115.975 by 0.77316417 and you get back to 150 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
500 g of sweetened condensed milk in millilitres
500 g of sweetened condensed milk weighs out at 386.582 millilitres. Divide 386.582 by 0.77316417 and you get back to 500 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
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Frequently asked questions
How many millilitres are in 1 g of sweetened condensed milk?
One gram of sweetened condensed milk is 0.77316417 millilitres. Half that quantity is 0.386582 millilitres and double it is 1.54633 millilitres, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of sweetened condensed milk not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Sweetened condensed milk has a density of 1.2934 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 306 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 69.4 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?
Barely. Sweetened condensed milk does not compress, so a cup of it is 306 g however it is poured — within about 1%, which is inside the accuracy of a domestic scale. This is the group where measuring by volume is defensible.
Is a fluid ounce of sweetened condensed milk 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 sweetened condensed milk weighs 1.349 oz, so the two readings differ by 34.9%. 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 sweetened condensed milk would weigh 323.35 g instead of 306 g — 17.3 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 sweetened condensed milk is 1.293 g, and a scale reading to the nearest gram is working at 77.3% 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 sweetened condensed milk weigh?
15 mL of sweetened condensed milk comes to 19.401 g, or 19.401 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.
Sweetened condensed milk in grams and millilitres
| Grams | Millilitres | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 3.86582 mL | 3.865820858 |
| 10 g | 7.73164 mL | 7.731641716 |
| 25 g | 19.3291 mL | 19.32910429 |
| 50 g | 38.6582 mL | 38.65820858 |
| 100 g | 77.3164 mL | 77.31641716 |
| 125 g | 96.6455 mL | 96.64552145 |
| 150 g | 115.975 mL | 115.9746257 |
| 200 g | 154.633 mL | 154.6328343 |
| 250 g | 193.291 mL | 193.2910429 |
| 300 g | 231.949 mL | 231.9492515 |
| 500 g | 386.582 mL | 386.5820858 |
| 1000 g | 773.164 mL | 773.1641716 |
Based on 306 g per cup of sweetened condensed milk. One gram of sweetened condensed milk is 0.77316417 millilitres.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 306 g | 10.8 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 229.5 g | 8.1 oz | 177.4 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 204 g | 7.2 oz | 157.7 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 153 g | 5.4 oz | 118.3 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 102 g | 3.6 oz | 78.86 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 76.5 g | 2.7 oz | 59.15 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 19.12 g | 0.675 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 1 tsp | 6.375 g | 0.225 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange juice | 248 g | 8.748 oz | 1.048 |
| Evaporated milk | 252 g | 8.889 oz | 1.065 |
| Peanut butter | 258 g | 9.101 oz | 1.091 |
| Sweetened condensed milk (this page) | 306 g | 10.79 oz | 1.293 |
| Maple syrup | 322 g | 11.36 oz | 1.361 |
| Corn syrup | 328 g | 11.57 oz | 1.386 |
| Agave nectar | 331 g | 11.68 oz | 1.399 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.