Dehydrated milk solids, light and airy, used in baking and beverage mixes. One US cup weighs about 68g — about 1.8× lighter than a cup of all-purpose flour.
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The most commonly searched gram amounts, converted to cups automatically.
| Grams | Cups |
|---|---|
| 25g | 0.37 cups≈ ⅓ cup |
| 50g | 0.74 cups≈ ¾ cup |
| 75g | 1.10 cups |
| 100g | 1.47 cups≈ 1 ½ cups |
| 125g | 1.84 cups |
| 150g | 2.21 cups≈ 2 ¼ cups |
| 200g | 2.94 cups |
| 250g | 3.68 cups≈ 3 ⅔ cups |
| 300g | 4.41 cups≈ 4 ⅓ cups |
| 500g | 7.35 cups≈ 7 ⅓ cups |
| 1000g | 14.71 cups≈ 14 ⅔ cups |
Dehydrated milk solids, light and airy, used in baking and beverage mixes. It's also commonly labeled "dry milk", "powdered milk".
Milk powder belongs to the Dairy group on GramToCup, alongside other ingredients measured the same way in most kitchens. It shows up most often in bread baking, reconstituting into liquid milk, enriching doughs. Its density of 68g per US cup is what this calculator uses to convert between grams and cups automatically — no manual lookup required.
Milk powder is a dry, milled or ground ingredient full of countless tiny air pockets between the particles. That trapped air is why it weighs relatively little for its volume — the exact weight shifts with how finely it's milled and how much it has settled in the container.
A cup of milk powder is about 1.8× lighter than a cup of all-purpose flour (125g/cup), even though both fill the same 1-cup measuring cup.
Common mistake: Scooping the measuring cup directly into the bag, which packs the contents and can add 20g or more per cup.
Spoon milk powder into the measuring cup, then level off the top with a straight edge. Don't scoop directly from the bag — that packs it down and adds extra weight.
When a recipe needs to be exact, weigh it on a kitchen scale instead of using a measuring cup at all — it removes packing and settling from the equation entirely.
Store milk powder in a sealed container — humidity is the main reason the same cup can weigh differently from one day to the next.
100g of milk powder is approximately 1.47 cups, based on a density of 68g per US cup.
1 US cup of milk powder weighs about 68g. Use the calculator above to convert any other amount instantly.
Yes — "dry milk" is another common name for milk powder. The density and conversion values on this page apply either way.
Because cups measure volume and grams measure weight. A cup of milk powder is about 1.8× lighter than a cup of all-purpose flour (125g/cup) because the two ingredients have different densities — see the density explanation above for why.
Spoon milk powder into the measuring cup, then level off the top with a straight edge. Don't scoop directly from the bag — that packs it down and adds extra weight.
They're in the same category, but check the density first: Cocoa powder weighs 86g per cup versus 68g for milk powder. Substituting by weight (grams) keeps a recipe accurate; substituting cup-for-cup can change the result if the densities differ much.