Cooking Measurement Converter
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Metric Units of Food, Kitchen & Cooking Measures
Most of the countries use metric system of units like litres(l), millilitres(ml), kilograms(kg), etc.. for recipes and food measurements. Using metric units for measurement in kitchen will need special equipments. Metric units also included volume measurement in kitchen using utensils like cup, teaspoon, tablespoon etc. Below is the list of commonly used metric units of food measures. This includes generic metric units for volume and metric utensil units.
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USA Customary Units Of Food Measures
USA follows the old British Imperial system of measurement with minor variations. It's called as USA Customary Units for volume measurements and Avoirdupois for weight measurements. But the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) department uses different measures for volume like cup, teaspoon and tablespoon especially for nutritional labeling. These measurements are specified with the prefix US FDA.
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British Imperial Units Of Kitchen Measures
Imperial units or British Imperial Units were the standard measuring unit followed by British and most other parts of the world from 1824 to 1960 when the International System (SI) units came into existence.
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United Kingdom(UK) Units Of Cooking Measurement
United Kingdom follows the metric unit for measurement. However few of the units are still in the old British Imperial system.
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Canadian(CA) Units Of Recipe Measurement
Like United Kingdom, Canada also follows the metric utensil units. However, the Canadian cup size is different from UK cup size. Canadian cup size is measured at 250 ml compared to the UK cup size of 284.10 ml.
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Australian Units Of Food & Cooking Measurement
Australia has been following the metric utensil measuring units since 1970. The only utensil unit which is different from metric and other countries’ units is Australian Tablespoon. Australian tablespoon is measured as 20 ml whereas the metric tablespoon is 15 ml.
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Indian Units Of Culinary Measurement
In India, metric unit system is followed for all the measurements except few. The Indian standard cup size is derived from the commonly used teacup which is 180 ml. The teaspoon, tablespoon measurements are based on the metric system. Millilitres, litres, grams and kilograms are other common metric units used in recipes.
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Japanese Units Of Food Measurement
Un-Official Units Of Cooking Measures
Reference
- Wikipedia: Cooking weights and measures.
- Wiki Books: kitchen units of measurement.
- Food database from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Page Last Modified On: May 24, 2017
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