Cooking ingredient

Couscous Measurement Reference

Couscous is represented as a cooking ingredient in Conversion Encyclopedia and is grouped under Flours & Grains. Its measurement model uses a reference basis of 180 grams per US cup and supports 14 canonical mass-volume conversion tools.

Entity type
Cooking ingredient
Dataset group
Flours & Grains

Primary measurement reference

1 US cup of Couscous = 180 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
0.7608 g/mL
Canonical conversion tools
14

Derived properties

Measurement profile

Each value is derived from the same 180 g per US cup reference basis.

Reference density
0.7608 g/mL
Per US tablespoon
11.25 g
Per US teaspoon
3.75 g
Per US fluid ounce
22.5 g

Evidence

Reference & provenance

Reference source
Bob's Red Mill Golden Couscous nutrition facts (1/3 cup = 60g, derived)
Recorded basis
Couscous — 1 US cup = 180 g
Dataset confidence
medium

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Couscous conversion tools

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Available to apps and AI agents

Couscous 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:couscous
Type
ingredient
Context
cooking
Slug
couscous
Dataset group
Flours & Grains
Canonical conversions
14

Dataset comparison

Couscous within Flours & Grains

35 ingredients in this dataset group have a grams-per-US-cup reference. Comparisons below use that reference only.

Current entity
Couscous 180 g/cup
Nearest lower
Quinoa — 177 g/cup 3 g/cup lower
Nearest higher
Basmati Rice — 198 g/cup 18 g/cup higher
Group range
Panko Breadcrumbs — 80 g/cup to Pearl Barley — 213 g/cup

Methodology

Method & scope

These measurements describe Conversion Encyclopedia’s reference mass-volume model for Couscous. Derived measurements use the reference basis shown above. They are measurement references, not nutritional or ingredient-substitution guidance.