Ingredients

Olive oil conversion

Convert olive oil using its selected recipe measure or reported density without treating that value as a fallback for other liquids.

Editorially reviewed October 28, 2026
Measurement reference

Olive oil

Olive oil, reported density

Use the published g/mL entry for this state. No household cup measurement is implied.

Reference values describe the stated ingredient and measuring method. Your own ingredient may differ.

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Result

A source cup keeps the publisher’s meaning. It is not silently treated as a US or metric cup.

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Use a measurement from your own kitchen

Weigh a known volume of this ingredient in the same state. This reference stays in your local project and does not change the public data.

References for this ingredient
Ingredient stateSource measureReported weightVolume definitionSource
Olive oil, source recipe measure0.25 source cup50 gNot defined in this sourceKing Arthur · 1/4 source cup = 50 g
Olive oil, reported density0.918 g/mL0.918 gNot defined in this sourceFAO/INFOODS · 0.918 g/mL · TB

This entry keeps an olive-oil source recipe measure and a separate FAO/INFOODS density record. It does not use water or a generic cooking-oil value to fill a missing relationship.

Keep the olive-oil scope

The FAO/INFOODS entry reports olive-oil density with an underlying bibliography reference. The consulted record does not provide a measurement temperature, so that missing condition remains a limitation.

The King Arthur record uses a source-cup relationship without an established millilitre definition. It remains usable as that source’s own recipe measure.

Distinguish volume ounces from mass ounces

If the original recipe says fluid ounces, it describes volume. An ounce read as a mass unit on a scale describes a different quantity. Choose the appropriate unit before requesting a conversion.

A direct change between volume units needs a defined unit system. Moving from that volume to grams additionally needs the selected olive-oil reference.

Keep the recipe’s oil choice

Do not attach this reference to another oil solely because both ingredients are liquid. Keep the named oil and any product preference in the ingredient note.

When the recipe already gives grams, scale the weight directly. In a baker’s formula, oil remains a separate ingredient and does not add its entire mass to identified water.

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