Cup (Imperial): is a unit of volume used in the imperial system, which was historically used in the United Kingdom and its former colonies. Though it has been largely replaced by the metric system in most of these countries, the imperial cup is still recognized and sometimes appears in older recipes and documents.
1 imperial cup = 284.131 milliliters (mL), which makes it larger than both the U.S. customary cup (236.588 mL) and the metric cup (250 mL). Cup (US Legal): in the U.S. legal system, the cup is defined as a unit of volume specifically for standardizing measurements in nutrition labeling and regulatory contexts. It differs slightly from the traditional U.S. customary cup used in everyday cooking and is equal to 240 milliliters.
The U.S. legal cup is often simply referred to as "cup" in nutrition labels, with no special abbreviation.
1 imperial cup = 284.131 milliliters (mL), which makes it larger than both the U.S. customary cup (236.588 mL) and the metric cup (250 mL). Cup (US Legal): in the U.S. legal system, the cup is defined as a unit of volume specifically for standardizing measurements in nutrition labeling and regulatory contexts. It differs slightly from the traditional U.S. customary cup used in everyday cooking and is equal to 240 milliliters.
The U.S. legal cup is often simply referred to as "cup" in nutrition labels, with no special abbreviation.
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