Enter a volume in milliliters (mL) and instantly see the equivalent in US cups and Imperial cups. Choose your cup type (US Legal at 240 mL, or Imperial at 284 mL) and get a clean conversion for any cooking or baking measurement. Perfect for scaling international recipes that mix metric and imperial units.
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It depends on which cup you're using. A US customary cup equals 240 mL, a US legal cup (used in nutrition labeling) also equals 240 mL, an Imperial cup equals approximately 284.13 mL, and a metric cup (used in Australia and Canada) equals 250 mL. For most American recipes, use 240 mL as your standard.
To convert mL to US cups, divide the number of milliliters by 240. For example, 500 mL ÷ 240 = 2.0833 US cups. For Imperial cups, divide by 284.131. For metric cups, divide by 250. This converter does all the math for you automatically.
A US cup is defined as 240 mL (or 8 US fluid ounces), while an Imperial cup equals approximately 284.131 mL (10 Imperial fluid ounces). This means Imperial cups are about 18% larger than US cups. Using the wrong cup type can significantly affect baking results, so always check which standard your recipe uses.
200 mL divided by 240 equals approximately 0.833 US cups, which is close to 5/6 of a cup or roughly ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon. In Imperial cups, 200 mL equals about 0.703 cups. In metric cups (250 mL), it equals exactly 0.8 cups.
A milliliter (mL) is a unit of volume in the metric system equal to one-thousandth of a liter, or 1 cubic centimeter (cm³). It is widely used to measure liquids in cooking, medicine, and science. Milliliters appear frequently in recipes from countries that use the metric system.
A standard teaspoon holds approximately 5 mL, and a tablespoon holds about 15 mL. So 60 mL equals 4 tablespoons (or ¼ cup). Many syringes, medicine droppers, and kitchen scales with a liquid density reference can also be used to measure mL accurately if you don't have a graduated measuring cup.
A US cup contains 16 tablespoons. Since 1 tablespoon equals approximately 14.787 mL, you can also convert milliliters to tablespoons by dividing by 14.787. This converter shows tablespoon equivalents alongside cup results for easy reference.
Different countries adopted different volume standards historically. The US uses the 240 mL cup, Australia and Canada use the 250 mL metric cup, and the UK historically used the 284 mL Imperial cup. Most modern UK recipes now use metric measurements (mL and grams), so always check the recipe's country of origin to use the right cup standard.