To convert millilitres of ground cloves into grams, multiply by 0.42690204: one millilitre comes to 0.42690204 grams. Every ingredient has its own figure here, because the units are measuring different things and only the density links them.
Water is the yardstick: 1 mL of it weighs 1 g. Ground cloves comes in at 0.4269 g per mL, or 42.69% of water, which is why a cup of it is 101 g rather than 236.6 g. Volume and weight only line up for water, and only in metric.
Ground cloves has a density of 0.4269 g per mL, so 100 mL of it weighs 42.69 g and 250 mL weighs 106.7 g. That single figure is what every other number on this page is built from — water is 1.00 g per mL, so this ingredient is 42.69% as heavy as the same volume of water.
Grams are the unit this conversion is really for. A domestic scale resolves to a gram, which is 0.99% of a cup of ground cloves, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 4.95 cups, and a 1 kg pack 9.901.
What the number depends on: Strong enough that a gram either way is noticeable in the finished dish.
The formula
millilitres- The amount of ground cloves you are converting, in millilitres
0.426902036611- Grams per millilitre for ground cloves, from its density of 0.4269 g/mL
grams- The equivalent quantity in grams
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in millilitres.
- It is multiplied by 0.426902036611, the grams-per-millilitre figure for ground cloves.
- The result appears in grams, with a second reading in oz beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
15 mL of ground cloves in grams
15 mL of ground cloves weighs out at 6.40353 grams. Divide 6.40353 by 0.42690204 and you get back to 15 mL, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
100 mL of ground cloves in grams
100 mL of ground cloves weighs out at 42.6902 grams. Divide 42.6902 by 0.42690204 and you get back to 100 mL, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
250 mL of ground cloves in grams
A recipe calling for 250 mL of ground cloves needs 106.726 grams on the scale. The arithmetic is 250 × 0.42690204 = 106.72551, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 53.3628 grams.
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Frequently asked questions
How many grams are in 1 mL of ground cloves?
One millilitre of ground cloves is 0.42690204 grams. Half that quantity is 0.213451 grams and double it is 0.853804 grams, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of ground cloves not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Ground cloves has a density of 0.4269 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 101 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 135.6 g per cup, and it is the reason a single volume-to-weight factor cannot be applied to every ingredient.
Does how I measure it change the weight?
Yes, and by more than most people expect. Handling changes the weight of a cup of ground cloves by roughly 20% — about 10.1 g either side of 101 g — because strong enough that a gram either way is noticeable in the finished dish. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of ground cloves the same as an ounce?
No. A fluid ounce is a volume — one eighth of a US cup, 29.57 mL — and an ounce is a weight. One fluid ounce of ground cloves weighs 0.4453 oz, so the two readings differ by 55.5%. They coincide only for something with the density of water, and then only roughly.
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
US customary: 236.59 mL, which is the cup every US recipe means. A metric cup is 250 mL, so the same cup of ground cloves would weigh 106.73 g instead of 101 g — 5.73 g more, or 5.67%. Australian and some European recipes use the metric cup, and the difference is large enough to matter in baking.
Do I need a scale for this, or will measuring cups do?
At this size the spoon wins. One millilitre of ground cloves is 0.4269 g, and a scale reading to the nearest gram is working at 234% resolution on that — a measuring spoon is the more accurate instrument below about 5 g, which is why spice quantities are still written in spoons.
How many millilitres of ground cloves is 500 g?
500 g of ground cloves is 1171.2 millilitres — 2.34246 millilitres to one gram, so 500 × 2.34246 = 1171.2. Going that way is a division by 0.426902, or a multiplication by 2.34246 if you prefer.
Ground cloves in millilitres and grams
| Millilitres | Grams | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 mL | 2.13451 g | 2.134510183 |
| 10 mL | 4.26902 g | 4.269020366 |
| 15 mL | 6.40353 g | 6.403530549 |
| 30 mL | 12.8071 g | 12.8070611 |
| 50 mL | 21.3451 g | 21.34510183 |
| 100 mL | 42.6902 g | 42.69020366 |
| 125 mL | 53.3628 g | 53.36275458 |
| 150 mL | 64.0353 g | 64.03530549 |
| 200 mL | 85.3804 g | 85.38040732 |
| 250 mL | 106.726 g | 106.7255092 |
| 500 mL | 213.451 g | 213.4510183 |
Based on 101 g per cup of ground cloves. One millilitre of ground cloves is 0.42690204 grams.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 101 g | 3.56 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 6.312 g | 0.223 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 2 tsp | 4.208 g | 0.148 oz | 9.858 mL |
| 1 tsp | 2.104 g | 0.0742 oz | 4.929 mL |
| 3/4 tsp | 1.578 g | 0.0557 oz | 3.697 mL |
| 1/2 tsp | 1.052 g | 0.0371 oz | 2.464 mL |
| 1/4 tsp | 0.526 g | 0.0186 oz | 1.232 mL |
| 1/8 tsp | 0.263 g | 0.00928 oz | 0.6161 mL |
US customary measures: 1 cup = 236.59 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | Ounces per cup | Density (g/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ground ginger | 86 g | 3.034 oz | 0.3635 |
| Ground cardamom | 96 g | 3.386 oz | 0.4058 |
| Ground cumin | 101 g | 3.563 oz | 0.4269 |
| Ground cloves (this page) | 101 g | 3.563 oz | 0.4269 |
| Ground nutmeg | 106 g | 3.739 oz | 0.448 |
| Ground black pepper | 110 g | 3.88 oz | 0.4649 |
| Paprika | 110 g | 3.88 oz | 0.4649 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.