1/3 cup of milk in grams

1/3 cup of milk weighs about 82 grams.

Grams82 g
Ounces2.88 oz
Tablespoons5.33 tbsp
Teaspoons16 tsp
Milliliters (volume)79 ml

This is based on 1 cup of milk = 245 g, so 1/3 cup of milk is 1/3 × 245 ≈ 82 g.

How to measure 1/3 cup of milk

By weight (most accurate): set your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add 82 g of milk.

By volume: Use a 1/3-cup measure, or 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon.

Milk is slightly denser than water. Whole, 2% and skim milk weigh almost the same per cup.

Why milk weighs what it does

Milk weighs about the same as water by volume: a cup of water is about 237 g.

1/3 cup of other ingredients

The same 1/3 cup holds a very different weight depending on the ingredient:

Ingredient1/3 cup in grams
Milk82 g
Butter76 g
Heavy cream79 g
Greek yogurt82 g
Sour cream80 g
All-purpose flour40 g
Granulated sugar67 g
Water79 g

Other amounts of milk

Full milk conversion chart → · Milk by the tablespoon →

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