Cooking ingredient
Shortening Measurement Reference
Shortening is represented as a cooking ingredient in Conversion Encyclopedia and is grouped under Fats & Oils. Its measurement model uses a reference basis of 191 grams per US cup and supports 14 canonical mass-volume conversion tools.
- Entity type
- Cooking ingredient
- Dataset group
- Fats & Oils
Primary measurement reference
1 US cup of Shortening = 191 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
- 0.8073 g/mL
- Canonical conversion tools
- 14
Derived properties
Measurement profile
Each value is derived from the same 191 g per US cup reference basis.
- Reference density
- 0.8073 g/mL
- Per US tablespoon
- 11.94 g
- Per US teaspoon
- 3.979 g
- Per US fluid ounce
- 23.88 g
Evidence
Reference & provenance
- Reference source
- typical kitchen chart (1 cup ≈ 191g)
- Recorded basis
- Shortening — 1 US cup = 191 g
- Dataset confidence
- medium
Navigation
Shortening conversion tools
Open an existing verified conversion page for this ingredient.
Available to apps and AI agents
Shortening 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:shortening- Type
ingredient- Context
cooking- Slug
shortening- Dataset group
- Fats & Oils
- Canonical conversions
- 14
Dataset comparison
Shortening within Fats & Oils
14 ingredients in this dataset group have a grams-per-US-cup reference. Comparisons below use that reference only.
- Current entity
- Shortening 191 g/cup
- Nearest higher
- Lard — 205 g/cup 14 g/cup higher
- Group range
- Shortening — 191 g/cup to Margarine — 227 g/cup
Methodology
Method & scope
These measurements describe Conversion Encyclopedia’s reference mass-volume model for Shortening. Derived measurements use the reference basis shown above. They are measurement references, not nutritional or ingredient-substitution guidance.