Cooking ingredient
Cornstarch Measurement Reference
Cornstarch is represented as a cooking ingredient in Conversion Encyclopedia and is grouped under Starches. Its measurement model uses a reference basis of 112 grams per US cup and supports 14 canonical mass-volume conversion tools.
- Entity type
- Cooking ingredient
- Dataset group
- Starches
Primary measurement reference
1 US cup of Cornstarch = 112 g
This is the stored ingredient reference basis. The US cup measurement standard is 236.588 mL; it is not a second ingredient reference.
- Derived reference density
- 0.4734 g/mL
- Canonical conversion tools
- 14
Derived properties
Measurement profile
Each value is derived from the same 112 g per US cup reference basis.
- Reference density
- 0.4734 g/mL
- Per US tablespoon
- 7 g
- Per US teaspoon
- 2.333 g
- Per US fluid ounce
- 14 g
Evidence
Reference & provenance
- Reference source
- King Arthur weight chart (¼ cup=28g)
- Recorded basis
- Cornstarch — 1 US cup = 112 g
- Dataset confidence
- high
Navigation
Cornstarch conversion tools
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Available to apps and AI agents
Cornstarch has a stable machine-readable identity in Conversion Encyclopedia's cooking entity model. Its canonical ingredient slug is used when supported cooking conversions resolve a material.
Machine-readable entity identity
- Entity ID
ingredient:cooking:cornstarch- Type
ingredient- Context
cooking- Slug
cornstarch- Dataset group
- Starches
- Canonical conversions
- 14
Dataset comparison
Cornstarch within Starches
5 ingredients in this dataset group have a grams-per-US-cup reference. Comparisons below use that reference only.
- Current entity
- Cornstarch 112 g/cup
- Nearest higher
- Tapioca Starch — 113 g/cup 1 g/cup higher
- Group range
- Cornstarch — 112 g/cup to Rice Starch — 160 g/cup
Methodology
Method & scope
These measurements describe Conversion Encyclopedia’s reference mass-volume model for Cornstarch. Derived measurements use the reference basis shown above. They are measurement references, not nutritional or ingredient-substitution guidance.