One kilogram of maple syrup is 0.73474608 litres, so converting kilograms of maple syrup to litres means multiplying by 0.73474608. 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. Maple syrup comes in at 1.361 g per mL, or 136.1% of water, which is why a cup of it is 322 g rather than 236.6 g. Volume and weight only line up for water, and only in metric.
A litre of maple syrup weighs 1.361 kg, because its density is 1.361 kg per litre. Litres and kilograms are the units this ingredient is actually bought in at any scale beyond a single recipe, which is what makes this the useful conversion for batch cooking and for costing.
A kilogram of maple syrup is 3.106 cups, and a 500 g pack is 1.553 cups. Metric pack sizes are round numbers in weight and awkward ones in volume, which is the practical argument for scaling a recipe by weight: 1.553 cups is a measurement you have to count out, 500 g is one you read off.
How the figure is arrived at: Graded by colour rather than density; every grade is close to 66% sugar by weight.
The formula
kilograms- The amount of maple syrup you are converting, in kilograms
0.734746076087- Litres per kilogram for maple syrup, from its density of 1.361 g/mL
litres- The equivalent quantity in litres
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in kilograms.
- It is multiplied by 0.734746076087, the litres-per-kilogram figure for maple syrup.
- The result appears in litres, with a second reading in cups beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
1/2 kg of maple syrup in litres
1/2 kg of maple syrup weighs out at 0.367373 litres. Divide 0.367373 by 0.73474608 and you get back to 1/2 kg, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
1 kg of maple syrup in litres
A recipe calling for 1 kg of maple syrup needs 0.734746 litres on the scale. The arithmetic is 1 × 0.73474608 = 0.73474608, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 0.367373 litres.
2 kg of maple syrup in litres
A recipe calling for 2 kg of maple syrup needs 1.46949 litres on the scale. The arithmetic is 2 × 0.73474608 = 1.4694922, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 0.734746 litres.
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Frequently asked questions
How many litres are in 1 kg of maple syrup?
One kilogram of maple syrup is 0.73474608 litres. Half that quantity is 0.367373 litres and double it is 1.46949 litres, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of maple syrup not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Maple syrup has a density of 1.361 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 322 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 85.4 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. Maple syrup does not compress, so a cup of it is 322 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 maple syrup 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 maple syrup weighs 1.42 oz, so the two readings differ by 42%. 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 maple syrup would weigh 340.25 g instead of 322 g — 18.3 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?
A scale, if the result matters. Volume measuring carries a spread of about 1% for maple syrup — roughly 3.22 g on a 322 g cup — while a domestic scale is accurate to a gram or two. For anything where the ratio of ingredients drives the outcome, bread and pastry above all, weigh it.
How much does 2 L of maple syrup weigh?
2 L of maple syrup comes to 2722 g, or 2.722 kilograms. This page runs that calculation in reverse — enter a weight and it returns the volume — and the liters-to-kg page does it in the direction the question is usually asked.
Maple syrup in kilograms and litres
| Kilograms | Litres | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 kg | 0.0734746 L | 0.07347460761 |
| 1/4 kg | 0.183687 L | 0.183686519 |
| 1/2 kg | 0.367373 L | 0.367373038 |
| 3/4 kg | 0.55106 L | 0.5510595571 |
| 1 kg | 0.734746 L | 0.7347460761 |
| 1 1/2 kg | 1.10212 L | 1.102119114 |
| 2 kg | 1.46949 L | 1.469492152 |
| 3 kg | 2.20424 L | 2.204238228 |
Based on 322 g per cup of maple syrup. One kilogram of maple syrup is 0.73474608 litres.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 322 g | 11.4 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 241.5 g | 8.52 oz | 177.4 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 214.7 g | 7.57 oz | 157.7 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 161 g | 5.68 oz | 118.3 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 107.3 g | 3.79 oz | 78.86 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 80.5 g | 2.84 oz | 59.15 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 20.12 g | 0.71 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 1 tsp | 6.708 g | 0.237 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaporated milk | 252 g | 8.889 oz | 1.065 |
| Peanut butter | 258 g | 9.101 oz | 1.091 |
| Sweetened condensed milk | 306 g | 10.79 oz | 1.293 |
| Maple syrup (this page) | 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 |
| Molasses | 337 g | 11.89 oz | 1.424 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.