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.