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Cornmeal
A kind of corn · also called corn meal, maize meal
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Cornmeal is coarse flour ground from dried corn that weighs about 5.7 ounces (161 grams) per cup.
Cornmeal has a typical bulk density of about 42.5 pounds per cubic foot (0.68 grams per milliliter). Because dried corn is ground into medium to coarse grains rather than a fine powder, the particles pack closely together with less trapped air than wheat flour. A standard 5-pound (2.3-kilogram) bag takes up roughly 14 US cups (3.3 liters) of storage space. It is denser than most grain flours, though still slightly lighter than granulated table sugar.
From Wikipedia
Cornmeal is a meal ground from dried maize. It is a common staple food and is ground to coarse, medium, and fine consistencies, but it is not as fine as wheat flour can be.
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Questions people ask
- How much does a cup of cornmeal weigh?
- One US cup of cornmeal weighs about 5.7 ounces (161 grams). That makes it noticeably heavier than a cup of all-purpose wheat flour, which weighs around 4.2 ounces (120 grams).
One cup weighs
5.67 oz (161 g)
- One tablespoon
- 0.355 oz (10.1 g)
- One teaspoon
- 0.118 oz (3.35 g)
- Density
- 0.68 g/mL
Quick answer
One US cup of cornmeal weighs about 5.7 ounces (161 grams). That makes it noticeably heavier than a cup of all-purpose wheat flour, which weighs around 4.2 ounces (120 grams).
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