Convert Shredded coconut (desiccated): cups to oz
1 cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) = 3.28 oz
Amount of Shredded coconut (desiccated)
Density: 0.393 g/ml · Shredded coconut (desiccated)
Shredded coconut (desiccated): cups to oz at a glance
The amounts people ask for most, worked out for Shredded coconut (desiccated).
How much Shredded coconut (desiccated) weighs
Every figure below is one measured number — 93 g per US cup — scaled. That is why this table and the converter above it cannot disagree.
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Desiccated coconut, or flaked?
Desiccated — the fine dry kind — at 93 g per cup. King Arthur's flaked coconut, the coarse sort, is 53 g per cup: a little over half the weight for the same cup. If your recipe means flaked, this page is the wrong one, and the gap between the two is far too wide to ignore.
Source for Shredded coconut (desiccated): Desiccated; KAB's flaked coconut is 53 g per cup
Frequently asked questions
How many oz is 1 cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated)?
1 cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 3.28 oz, because one US cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) weighs 93 g. That single measured figure is the whole conversion — every other unit on this page is derived from it.
How many cups is 4 oz of Shredded coconut (desiccated)?
4 oz of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 1.22 cups. It is the same conversion read backwards, so this page and its reverse always agree.
Is that ounces by weight, or fluid ounces?
By weight. dishscale's ounce is the international avoirdupois ounce, 28.3495 g, so one cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 3.28 oz. A US fluid ounce is a volume and there are eight of them to the cup, so that same cup is 8 fl oz at the same time. The two readings coincide only for an ingredient that happens to weigh eight ounces to the cup.
Where does dishscale's figure for Shredded coconut (desiccated) come from?
One US cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 93 g. The dataset records that as: “Desiccated; KAB's flaked coconut is 53 g per cup”. Every ingredient on the site carries the reference its weight came from, so any number here can be checked — and corrected if the source disagrees.