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A US cup is not a metric cup

The American measure holds about 237 millilitres against 250 in Australia The US customary cup equals about 236.6 millilitres, while the metric cup used in Australia, New Zealand and Canada is exactly 250 millilitres. An Australian tablespoon is 20 millilitres, larger than the 15 millilitre US and UK spoon. Following a recipe from another country without converting can shift a bake by a few percent. It sits in Mondo's food collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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National Institute of Standards and Technology

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The American measure holds about 237 millilitres against 250 in Australia. The figure is taken from National Institute of Standards and Technology, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a food fact?: Yes. It sits on the Food shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.