Cooking ingredient
Molasses Measurement Reference
Molasses is represented as a cooking ingredient in Conversion Encyclopedia and is grouped under Sugars & Sweeteners. Its measurement model uses a reference basis of 338 grams per US cup and supports 14 canonical mass-volume conversion tools.
- Entity type
- Cooking ingredient
- Dataset group
- Sugars & Sweeteners
Primary measurement reference
1 US cup of Molasses = 338 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
- 1.429 g/mL
- Canonical conversion tools
- 14
Derived properties
Measurement profile
Each value is derived from the same 338 g per US cup reference basis.
- Reference density
- 1.429 g/mL
- Per US tablespoon
- 21.13 g
- Per US teaspoon
- 7.042 g
- Per US fluid ounce
- 42.25 g
Evidence
Reference & provenance
- Reference source
- density ~1.43 g/mL × 236.588 mL
- Recorded basis
- Molasses — 1 US cup = 338 g
- Dataset confidence
- medium
Navigation
Molasses conversion tools
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Available to apps and AI agents
Molasses 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:molasses- Type
ingredient- Context
cooking- Slug
molasses- Dataset group
- Sugars & Sweeteners
- Canonical conversions
- 14
Dataset comparison
Molasses within Sugars & Sweeteners
17 ingredients in this dataset group have a grams-per-US-cup reference. Comparisons below use that reference only.
- Current entity
- Molasses 338 g/cup
- Nearest lower
- Corn Syrup (Dark) — 336 g/cup 2 g/cup lower
- Nearest higher
- Honey — 340 g/cup 2 g/cup higher
- Group range
- Stevia — 96 g/cup to Honey — 340 g/cup
Methodology
Method & scope
These measurements describe Conversion Encyclopedia’s reference mass-volume model for Molasses. Derived measurements use the reference basis shown above. They are measurement references, not nutritional or ingredient-substitution guidance.