About This Grams to Ounces Converter
The gram (g) is the standard small-mass unit in the metric system — one thousandth of a kilogram — used for food ingredients, medicine doses, and product weights worldwide. The ounce (oz) is the avoirdupois imperial unit equal to exactly 28.3495 grams, used in the United States and United Kingdom for food packaging, postal weights, and cooking recipes. Note: weight ounces (oz) are distinct from fluid ounces (fl oz), which measure volume.
This converter handles six weight units — grams, ounces, kilograms, pounds, milligrams, and troy ounces. Home cooks adapting American recipes that list ounces when their kitchen scales read grams, bakers calculating precise ingredient weights, nutritionists computing portion sizes, and jewelers working with precious metals in troy ounces all use this converter regularly.
How to Use This Converter
- Enter your weight value in the Value field.
- Select the unit you are converting from (e.g., Gram) in the From selector.
- Select the unit you want in the To selector (e.g., Ounce).
- The result and formula appear instantly below the inputs.
- Use Swap to reverse the direction, or Reset to clear all fields.
Units Covered
| Unit | Symbol | Common Use |
|---|---|---|
| Gram | g | Cooking ingredients, nutrition labels, postal weights |
| Ounce | oz | US/UK food packaging, recipes, small product weights (28.35 g) |
| Kilogram | kg | Body weight, larger food quantities, shipping weight |
| Pound | lb | Body weight, groceries, US/UK freight (453.59 g) |
| Milligram | mg | Medicine doses, lab samples, trace nutrients |
| Troy Ounce | t oz | Gold, silver, and precious metals (31.10 g — heavier than avoirdupois oz) |
Grams to Ounces Conversion Table
| Grams [g] | Ounces [oz] |
|---|---|
| 10 g | 0.3527 oz |
| 25 g | 0.8818 oz |
| 50 g | 1.7637 oz |
| 100 g | 3.5274 oz |
| 200 g | 7.0548 oz |
| 250 g | 8.8185 oz |
| 500 g | 17.637 oz |
| 750 g | 26.455 oz |
| 1000 g | 35.274 oz |
| 2000 g | 70.548 oz |
How to Convert Grams to Ounces
To convert grams to ounces, divide by 28.3495:
Example: Convert 200 g to ounces:
To convert ounces back to grams, multiply by 28.3495:
Example: Convert 6 oz to grams:
When You Need to Convert Grams to Ounces
Cooking and baking across borders is the most common trigger. American recipes routinely list dry ingredients in ounces — 4 oz of butter, 6 oz of chocolate. Most kitchen scales outside the US read in grams. A baker following a US recipe needs to know that 4 oz is 113.4 g and 6 oz is 170.1 g. Rounding to 113 g or 170 g is usually fine for casual cooking but matters in precision baking where ratios affect texture.
Food packaging labeling requires both units in certain markets. Products sold in the US must show net weight in both ounces and grams on the label. A manufacturer packing 250 g of product needs to state 8.818 oz (typically rounded to 8.82 oz). Nutritionists calculating daily food intake often see grams in database entries but clients who shop in the US may think in ounces.
The troy ounce distinction is worth noting for jewelers and precious-metal traders. A troy ounce (31.10 g) is about 10% heavier than an avoirdupois ounce (28.35 g). Gold and silver prices are always quoted in troy ounces — buying "1 oz of gold" means 31.10 g, not 28.35 g. This converter includes troy ounces separately so you can correctly convert precious-metal weights without confusing the two systems.