Litres of orange juice to kilograms runs on one number, 1.0482347 kilograms per litre. 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 — orange juice measures 1.0482 g per mL. That ratio, 104.8%, is what separates this page from every other ingredient in the same units, and it is measured rather than defined.
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
litres- The amount of orange juice you are converting, in litres
1.04823470376- Kilograms per litre for orange juice, from its density of 1.0482 g/mL
kilograms- The equivalent quantity in kilograms
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in litres.
- It is multiplied by 1.04823470376, the kilograms-per-litre figure for orange juice.
- The result appears in kilograms, with a second reading in lb beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
1/2 L of orange juice in kilograms
A recipe calling for 1/2 L of orange juice needs 0.524117 kilograms on the scale. The arithmetic is 0.5 × 1.0482347 = 0.52411735, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 0.262059 kilograms.
1 L of orange juice in kilograms
1 L of orange juice weighs out at 1.04823 kilograms. Divide 1.04823 by 1.0482347 and you get back to 1 L, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
2 L of orange juice in kilograms
2 L of orange juice weighs out at 2.09647 kilograms. Divide 2.09647 by 1.0482347 and you get back to 2 L, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
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Frequently asked questions
How many kilograms are in 1 L of orange juice?
One litre of orange juice is 1.0482347 kilograms. Half that quantity is 0.524117 kilograms and double it is 2.09647 kilograms, 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 many litres of orange juice is 1 kg?
1 kg of orange juice is 0.95398 litres — 0.953985 litres to one kilogram, so 1 × 0.953985 = 0.95398. Going that way is a division by 1.04823, or a multiplication by 0.953985 if you prefer.
Orange juice in litres and kilograms
| Litres | Kilograms | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 0.1 L | 0.104823 kg | 0.1048234704 |
| 1/4 L | 0.262059 kg | 0.2620586759 |
| 1/2 L | 0.524117 kg | 0.5241173519 |
| 3/4 L | 0.786176 kg | 0.7861760278 |
| 1 L | 1.04823 kg | 1.048234704 |
| 1 1/2 L | 1.57235 kg | 1.572352056 |
| 2 L | 2.09647 kg | 2.096469408 |
| 3 L | 3.1447 kg | 3.144704111 |
Based on 248 g per cup of orange juice. One litre of orange juice is 1.0482347 kilograms.
| 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.