3 cups of vegetable oil in grams
3 cups of vegetable oil weighs about 654 grams.
| Grams | 654 g |
|---|---|
| Ounces | 23.1 oz |
| Tablespoons | 48 tbsp |
| Teaspoons | 144 tsp |
| Milliliters (volume) | 710 ml |
This is based on 1 cup of vegetable oil = 218 g, so 3 cups of vegetable oil is 3 × 218 ≈ 654 g.
Searching for “3 cups oil” or “3 cups olive oil” or “3 cups canola oil” or “3 cups veg oil”? The answer is about the same: 654 g.
How to measure 3 cups of vegetable oil
By weight (most accurate): set your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add 654 g of vegetable oil.
By volume: Use a 1-cup measure three times, leveling each one. For this much, weighing is quicker and more accurate.
Oil is lighter than water, so a cup weighs less than 237 g. Olive oil (about 216 g per cup) and canola oil (about 218 g) weigh within a couple of grams of vegetable oil, so the figures here work for any of them.
Why vegetable oil weighs what it does
Vegetable oil is about 8% lighter than the same volume of water, which weighs about 237 g per cup. That is why you can't convert cups to grams without knowing the ingredient.
3 cups of other ingredients
The same 3 cups holds a very different weight depending on the ingredient:
| Ingredient | 3 cups in grams |
|---|---|
| Vegetable oil | 654 g |
| Water | 711 g |
| All-purpose flour | 360 g |
| Granulated sugar | 600 g |
| Butter | 681 g |
| Milk | 735 g |
Other amounts of vegetable oil
Full vegetable oil conversion chart → · Vegetable oil by the tablespoon →