What is oz on a measuring cup

A measuring cup is a useful invention that helps you maintain precise proportions of ingredients. Initially created for measuring liquids, these containers have evolved over time into something more advanced, allowing not only to calculate the volume of liquid substances, but also to “weigh” bulk products. But such useful kitchen equipment does not come without its drawbacks.

Features of measuring cups

This cookware can be made of food-grade plastic, glass or stainless steel. The first option is the most common, since glass is a fragile and relatively expensive material, and easily appearing dents on stainless steel lead to a loss of measurement accuracy.

The second feature of the measuring cup is the scale. Usually it allows you to measure volume in milliliters or weight in grams, but sometimes manufacturers can focus not only on international standards, but also on local ones. In this case, the measuring cup either pleases with numerous scales, in which it is difficult not to get lost, or with just one, but with mysterious ounces and pints. These are the ones that need additional explanation.

What do oz, fl oz, pt and pts mean?

Ounces and pints are traditional English and American measures of volume and weight. Luckily for us, the UK has switched to the metric system of weights and measures, so you won’t have to guess whose standards the scale is based on - only US ounces and pints come into our area.

Reference: an English pint is equal to 568 ml, and a fluid ounce corresponding to 1/20 of an English pint is 28.4 ml.After the introduction of the metric system in the UK, this measure is used only in the retail sale of beer, cider and milk.

American pint, which can be found on large dishes (from 0.5 l), can be denoted by the abbreviations pt or pts. She approximately equal to 0.47 l.

Ounces are a little more complicated because they come in liquid and dry forms. US fluid ounce is 1/16 of an American pint, that is holds approximately 29.5 ml. It's on the measuring cup abbreviated fl oz.

But if there is a mark above the scale consisting of only two letters - oz - That we are talking about dry (averdupois) ounces. This is already a measure of weights for bulk ingredients, which is approximately equal to 28.4 g. It is also sometimes marked with the abbreviation oz at to avoid accidental confusion.

But the only guarantee of the absence of confusion can only be considered the presence of two glasses with a scale. The first one is for measuring the volume of liquids, and the second one has corresponding marks for the most popular bulk products.