One millilitre of orange juice is 1.0482347 grams, so converting millilitres of orange juice to grams means multiplying by 1.0482347. 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. Orange juice comes in at 1.0482 g per mL, or 104.8% of water, which is why a cup of it is 248 g rather than 236.6 g. Volume and weight only line up for water, and only in metric.
Orange juice has a density of 1.0482 g per mL, so 100 mL of it weighs 104.8 g and 250 mL weighs 262.1 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 104.8% 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 0.403% of a cup of orange juice, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 2.016 cups, and a 1 kg pack 4.032.
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
millilitres- The amount of orange juice you are converting, in millilitres
1.04823470376- Grams per millilitre for orange juice, from its density of 1.0482 g/mL
grams- The equivalent quantity in grams
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in millilitres.
- It is multiplied by 1.04823470376, the grams-per-millilitre figure for orange juice.
- The result appears in grams, with a second reading in oz beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
15 mL of orange juice in grams
Take 15 mL of orange juice: 15 × 1.0482347 gives 15.7235 grams. Doubling the batch takes it to 31.447 grams, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
100 mL of orange juice in grams
100 mL of orange juice weighs out at 104.823 grams. Divide 104.823 by 1.0482347 and you get back to 100 mL, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
250 mL of orange juice in grams
A recipe calling for 250 mL of orange juice needs 262.059 grams on the scale. The arithmetic is 250 × 1.0482347 = 262.05868, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 131.029 grams.
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Frequently asked questions
How many grams are in 1 mL of orange juice?
One millilitre of orange juice is 1.0482347 grams. Half that quantity is 0.524117 grams and double it is 2.09647 grams, 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?
At this size the spoon wins. One millilitre of orange juice is 1.048 g, and a scale reading to the nearest gram is working at 95.4% 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 many millilitres of orange juice is 500 g?
500 g of orange juice is 476.99 millilitres — 0.953985 millilitres to one gram, so 500 × 0.953985 = 476.99. Going that way is a division by 1.04823, or a multiplication by 0.953985 if you prefer.
Orange juice in millilitres and grams
| Millilitres | Grams | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 mL | 5.24117 g | 5.241173519 |
| 10 mL | 10.4823 g | 10.48234704 |
| 15 mL | 15.7235 g | 15.72352056 |
| 30 mL | 31.447 g | 31.44704111 |
| 50 mL | 52.4117 g | 52.41173519 |
| 100 mL | 104.823 g | 104.8234704 |
| 125 mL | 131.029 g | 131.029338 |
| 150 mL | 157.235 g | 157.2352056 |
| 200 mL | 209.647 g | 209.6469408 |
| 250 mL | 262.059 g | 262.0586759 |
| 500 mL | 524.117 g | 524.1173519 |
Based on 248 g per cup of orange juice. One millilitre of orange juice is 1.0482347 grams.
| 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.