How many grams is 1 pound?

One pound equals exactly 453.59237 grams. Recipes often round this to 454 g for simplicity.

How many grams is 0.5 pounds?

0.5 pounds equals approximately 226.8 grams — roughly half a pound of butter or a standard block used in many baking recipes.

How many grams is 1 lb 4 oz?

1 pound 4 ounces equals 1.25 pounds, which is approximately 567 grams (453.59 g + 4 × 28.35 g).

Why do some recipes use grams instead of pounds?

Grams are more precise for baking — a difference of 10 g matters more than an imprecise cup measure. European and professional recipes use grams; US home recipes use pounds and ounces.

Is 1 cup of flour about 0.28 lb?

A spooned and leveled cup of all-purpose flour is typically 120–130 g, which is about 0.265–0.287 lb. This converter lets you enter any pound amount and get the exact gram reading.

How precise is this converter?

It uses the exact international avoirdupois conversion: 1 lb = 453.59237 g. Results are shown to 1 decimal gram, which is more than enough for any cooking or baking application.

Pounds to Grams Converter (Cooking)

Enter a pound (and optional ounce) weight and get the exact gram equivalent for kitchen and baking use.

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Quick Reference: Common Cooking Weights

Pounds	Grams	Kilograms
0.25 lb (4 oz)	113.4 g	0.1134 kg
0.5 lb (8 oz)	226.8 g	0.2268 kg
0.75 lb (12 oz)	340.2 g	0.3402 kg
1 lb	453.6 g	0.4536 kg
1.25 lb	567.0 g	0.5670 kg
1.5 lb	680.4 g	0.6804 kg
2 lb	907.2 g	0.9072 kg
2.5 lb	1,134.0 g	1.1340 kg
3 lb	1,360.8 g	1.3608 kg
5 lb	2,268.0 g	2.2680 kg
10 lb	4,535.9 g	4.5359 kg

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Summary

Enter a pound (and optional ounce) weight and get the exact gram equivalent for kitchen and baking use.

How it works

Enter a pound value in the input field, or click a common ingredient preset.
Optionally enter additional ounces in the second field for a mixed lb + oz input.
The converter multiplies by 453.59237 g/lb and adds any ounces converted at 28.34952 g/oz.
Results update instantly as you type.
Click the copy icon next to any result to copy the value to your clipboard.

Use cases

Convert a US baking recipe that lists butter or flour in pounds to metric grams.
Scale bulk ingredient purchases from pounds to grams for storage labels.
Check that a kitchen scale reading in grams matches the pound quantity in a recipe.
Convert meat, produce, or seafood weights when cooking from an international recipe.
Find the gram equivalent of a fractional pound measure like 0.75 lb or 1.5 lb.
Convert nutritional serving sizes listed in pounds to grams for diet tracking.

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Last updated: 2026-09-19 · Reviewed by Nham Vu