How much does 1 litre of milk weigh?

Answer 1

1 quart milk weigh 976 g, 1 ounce weigh 28g, 1 cup weigh 244g.




As is typical these days, this questions was answered seemingly oblivious to the question asked. This person asked what a litre (maybe the British/French spelling confused answerer) of milk weighs. The beauty of the metric system is its relationship to water. A liter of water weighs 1 Kg (or 1000 g). Milk has a specific gravity of ~ 1.03 - ~1.05. This depends on temperature and fat content, among a few other variables. Full fat milk (3.6 - 4% milk fat) has a slightly lower SG than skim milk (which would be more obvious in non-homogenized milk, since the cream - i.e. fat - floats).


Bottom line answer: Whole Milk weighs ~ 1.03 Kg/l (1030 g/l) and Skim Milk weighs ~ 1.05 Kg/l (1050 g/l). (2% milk would be ~ midway between!)


Note: Since we have mixed and matched English and metric measurements throughout this answer, it may be noted that a liter of skim milk weighs almost 2 oz. more than a liter of water (where the 'ounce" refers to the unit of weight, not volume - another problem of the English system.) The old adage "a pint's a pound the world around" is simply not true - not only because it depends on a "pint of what," but also whether it's an Imperial or avoirdupois ounce/pint to which you refer.

Answer 2

4 liters of retail milk (2% or 3% fat) weighs about 4.14 kilograms.

Answer 3

Well 1 cup is 8 ounces....they use ounces to weigh things....so I would assume it weighs 8 ounces

Answer 4

1 liter of retail milk (2% or 3% milkfat) weighs about 1.035 kilograms.

(just slightly heavier than water, as milk is mostly water)

Answer 5

Roughly 1 liter of milk weighs about 2.2 pounds or 1 kilogram.

Answer 6

900 gms