To convert kilograms of orange juice into litres, multiply by 0.95398482: one kilogram comes to 0.95398482 litres. Every ingredient has its own figure here, because the units are measuring different things and only the density links them.
The density behind that figure is 1.0482 g per mL, against 1.00 for water. A cup of water weighs 236.6 g and a cup of orange juice weighs 248 g, so this ingredient is 104.8% as heavy as the same volume of water — the single fact the whole page rests on.
A litre of orange juice weighs 1.0482 kg, because its density is 1.0482 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 orange juice is 4.032 cups, and a 500 g pack is 2.016 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: 2.016 cups is a measurement you have to count out, 500 g is one you read off.
What the number depends on: The dissolved sugar puts it just above water, which is why a hydrometer can read juice strength at all.
The formula
kilograms- The amount of orange juice you are converting, in kilograms
0.953984824597- Litres per kilogram for orange juice, from its density of 1.0482 g/mL
litres- The equivalent quantity in litres
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in kilograms.
- It is multiplied by 0.953984824597, the litres-per-kilogram figure for orange juice.
- 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 orange juice in litres
A recipe calling for 1/2 kg of orange juice needs 0.476992 litres on the scale. The arithmetic is 0.5 × 0.95398482 = 0.47699241, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 0.238496 litres.
1 kg of orange juice in litres
Take 1 kg of orange juice: 1 × 0.95398482 gives 0.953985 litres. Doubling the batch takes it to 1.90797 litres, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
2 kg of orange juice in litres
2 kg of orange juice weighs out at 1.90797 litres. Divide 1.90797 by 0.95398482 and you get back to 2 kg, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
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Frequently asked questions
How many litres are in 1 kg of orange juice?
One kilogram of orange juice is 0.95398482 litres. Half that quantity is 0.476992 litres and double it is 1.90797 litres, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of orange juice not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Orange juice has a density of 1.0482 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 248 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 11.4 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. Orange juice does not compress, so a cup of it is 248 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 orange juice 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 orange juice weighs 1.093 oz, so the two readings differ by 9.35%. 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 orange juice would weigh 262.06 g instead of 248 g — 14.1 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 orange juice — roughly 2.48 g on a 248 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 orange juice weigh?
2 L of orange juice comes to 2096.5 g, or 2.0965 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.
Orange juice in kilograms and litres
| Kilograms | Litres | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 kg | 0.0953985 L | 0.09539848246 |
| 1/4 kg | 0.238496 L | 0.2384962061 |
| 1/2 kg | 0.476992 L | 0.4769924123 |
| 3/4 kg | 0.715489 L | 0.7154886184 |
| 1 kg | 0.953985 L | 0.9539848246 |
| 1 1/2 kg | 1.43098 L | 1.430977237 |
| 2 kg | 1.90797 L | 1.907969649 |
| 3 kg | 2.86195 L | 2.861954474 |
Based on 248 g per cup of orange juice. One kilogram of orange juice is 0.95398482 litres.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 248 g | 8.75 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 186 g | 6.56 oz | 177.4 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 165.3 g | 5.83 oz | 157.7 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 124 g | 4.37 oz | 118.3 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 82.67 g | 2.92 oz | 78.86 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 62 g | 2.19 oz | 59.15 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 15.5 g | 0.547 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 1 tsp | 5.167 g | 0.182 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk | 245 g | 8.642 oz | 1.036 |
| Plain yogurt | 245 g | 8.642 oz | 1.036 |
| Tomato sauce | 245 g | 8.642 oz | 1.036 |
| Orange juice (this page) | 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 | 306 g | 10.79 oz | 1.293 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.