Weights for Recipes

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Most recipes are about ratios and the amount you can eat, e.g. twice as many potatoes as carrots and anyone cooking regularly will know how much to buy. However, most recipes specify 2 lb of potatoes and 1 lb of carrots. Just to make life complicated, there are two systems of measurement, metric and imperial. The tables below give accurate and approximate conversions, which you use depends on your style of cooking.

Imperial to Metric

Imperial	Metric	Approx. Metric
1 oz.	28.4 gm	25 gm
2 oz.	56.8 gm	50 gm
4 oz. (1/4 lb)	113.5 gm	100 gm
8 oz. (1/2 lb)	227.0 gm	225 gm
16 oz. (1 lb)	454.0 gm	450 gm
2 lb	908.0 gm	1000 gm (1 kg)

Metric to Imperial

Metric	Imperial	Approx. Imperial
25 gm	0.9 oz.	1 oz.
50 gm	1.8 oz.	2 oz.
100 gm	3.5 oz.	4 oz.
125 gm	4.4 oz.	4 1/2 oz.
200 gm	7.0 oz.	7.0 oz.
225 gm	7.9 oz.	8.0 oz.
250 gm	8.8 oz.	9.0 oz.
450 gm	16 oz.	16.0 oz.
500 gm	17.6 oz.	18 oz.
1000 gm (1 kg)	35.2 oz	35 oz.