User’s Guide

User's GUide — 9
Note: The calculator’s built-in Adjustment Factor is based on the density of water, which is
often used as a standard to derive the weight of a volume specification. One cup of water
weighs 236.6 grams (about 8 ounces).
USDA
Weight
(grams) Volume USDA Item Name
Adjst.
Factor
110.0 Cup Apples, raw, without skin, slices 2.151
150.0 Cup Bananas, raw, sliced 1.577
153.0 Cup
Beans, snap, green, canned, no
salt added, drained solids
1.546
148.0 Cup Blueberries, raw 1.599
45.0 Cup
Bread crumbs, white,
commercially prepared
5.258
227.0 Cup Butter, salted 1.042
101.0 Cup Celery, chopped 2.343
232.0 Cup Cheese, cream 1.020
339.0 Cup Honey 0.698
12.0 TBSP
Leavening agents, yeast, baker’s,
active dry
1.233
4.0 TSP
Leavening agents, yeast, baker’s,
active dry
1.225
15.0 TBSP
Leavening agents, baking powder,
low-sodium
0.987
5.0 TSP
Leavening agents, baking powder,
low-sodium
0.980
240.0 Cup
Leavening agents, baking powder,
low-sodium
0.986
4.6 TSP Leavening agents, baking soda 1.065
(cont’d)
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