This free online recipe converter automatically converts the whole US standard (American) recipe to UK (British) measures with just one click.
It converts US measures to UK Imperial measures:
US pints to UK pints, US fl oz to UK fl oz, US quarts to UK quarts, US gallons to UK gallons and Fahrenheits to gas marks and Celsius.
US cups are converted to UK cups. Common US food terms are automatically replaced with their UK counterparts.
US to UK conversion factors used:
1 US pint to UK pints: 473.176473/568.261485
1 US fl oz to UK fl oz: 29.5735296/(1/0.035196)
1 US quart to UK quarts: 0.946352946/1.13652297
1 US gallon to UK gallon: 3.78541178/4.54609188
1 US cup to UK cup: 236.588237/250
Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion equation where
C = number in Celsius and
F = number in Fahrenheits:
C=(F-32)/1.8
Fahrenheits are converted to gas marks by rounding to the nearest gas mark according to the following table:
| Gas mark |
Fahrenheit |
| 1⁄4 |
225° |
| 1⁄2 |
250° |
| 1 |
275° |
| 2 |
300° |
| 3 |
325° |
| 4 |
350° |
| 5 |
375° |
| 6 |
400° |
| 7 |
425° |
| 8 |
450° |
| 9 |
475° |
| 10 |
520° |
US food terms to UK
US words are replaced with their UK counterparts according to the following table:
| US |
UK |
| skim milk |
skimmed milk |
| fat free milk |
skimmed milk |
| nonfat milk |
skimmed milk |
| 2% milk |
semi-skimmed milk |
| large egg |
medium egg |
| ground meat |
minced meat |
| green onion |
spring onion |
| scallion |
spring onion |
| cilantro |
coriander |
| zucchini |
courgette |
| eggplant |
aubergine |
| garbanzo |
chickpea |
| navy beans |
haricot beans |
| bell peppers |
peppers |
| chili peppers |
chillis |
| hot peppers |
chillis |
| chiles |
chillis |
| pickle |
gherkin |
| bouillon cube |
stock cube |
| potato chips |
crisps |
| chips |
crisps |
| French fries |
chips |
| steak fries |
chips |
| fries |
chips |
| apple crisp |
apple crumble |
| catsup |
tomato ketchup |
| bread flour |
strong flour |
| self-rising flour |
self-raising flour |
| cornstarch |
corn flour |
| corn starch |
corn flour |
| golden raisins |
sultanas |
| powdered sugar |
icing sugar |
| confectioner's sugar |
icing sugar |
| superfine sugar |
caster sugar |
| bread pudding |
Bread and butter pudding |
| Steamed sponge pudding |
Sponge pudding |
| hard cider |
cider |
| jello |
jelly |
| biscuit |
scone |
| cookie |
biscuit |
| skillet |
frying pan |
| liter |
litre |
| meter |
metre |
| favorite |
favourite |
| colour |
color |
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