How many grams is 0.5 oz?

0.5 ounces is 14.17 grams using the standard avoirdupois (food) ounce. If you are weighing gold or another precious metal, 0.5 troy ounces is 15.55 grams instead. For cooking, recipes and postage, use the 14.17 g figure.

Is 0.5 oz to grams the same for every ingredient?

Yes. An ounce is a unit of weight, so 0.5 oz is 14.17 grams whether you are weighing flour, sugar, butter or meat. This is different from cups and fluid ounces, which measure volume and do change with the ingredient. If you have a kitchen scale, ounce-to-gram is always exact.

Is 0.5 oz a weight or a volume?

It is a weight — 0.5 oz means 14.17 grams. Do not confuse it with 0.5 fluid ounces (fl oz), which is a volume of about 14.79 ml. Ounces (oz) weigh things; fluid ounces (fl oz) fill things. They are only equal for water, and only approximately.

How many pounds is 0.5 oz?

0.5 ounces is 0.03125 pounds, since one pound is 16 ounces (453.59 g). In grams that is 14.17 g. Ounces are the everyday sub-unit of the pound in the US and UK weight system.

How do you convert 0.5 oz to grams?

Multiply by 28.3495, the grams in one avoirdupois ounce: 0.5 × 28.3495 = 14.17 g. For a troy ounce (precious metals), multiply by 31.1035 instead, giving 15.55 g.

Does 0.5 oz of flour weigh the same as 0.5 oz of sugar?

Yes. Both weigh 14.17 grams, because an ounce is a unit of weight and 0.5 oz is 14.17 g for any ingredient. Only their volume differs — 0.5 oz of flour takes up far more space than 0.5 oz of sugar, which is why volume measures like cups are less reliable than a scale.

0.5 oz in Grams

0.5 oz in grams is 14.17 grams. For food, cooking and postage the ounce means the avoirdupois ounce, so 0.5 ounces weighs 14.17 g. Half an ounce is 14.17 grams — roughly a tablespoon of butter. Ounces-to-grams is a pure weight conversion — it is the same for flour, sugar, meat or anything else — so …

OUNCE CONVERTER

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0.5 avoirdupois oz =

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LIVE DIAGRAM

AVOIRDUPOIS (FOOD)

14.17

grams

TROY (PRECIOUS)

15.55

grams

WEIGHT ON A 0–500 g SCALE

100 g

butter stick

½ lb

¾ lb

1 lb

A troy ounce (used for gold and silver) is heavier than a food avoirdupois ounce — here by 1.38 g. For cooking, always use the avoirdupois value on the left.

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0.5 OZ IN GRAMS

0.5 OUNCES → GRAMS

0.5 ounces (avoirdupois — food, standard)	14.17 g	× 28.3495
0.5 ounces (troy — gold, silver)	15.55 g	× 31.1035

Half an ounce is 14.17 grams — roughly a tablespoon of butter. For food, recipes and postage, the ounce means the avoirdupois ounce (28.35 g). The troy ounce (31.10 g) is only used for precious metals.

0.5 OZ IN OTHER UNITS

GRAMS

14.17 g

KILOGRAMS

0.0142 kg

POUNDS

0.0313 lb

OUNCES

0.5 oz

GRAINS

218.75 gr

HOW TO USE

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Enter the number of ounces — this page starts with 0.5.
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Leave the type on Avoirdupois for food; switch to Troy only for gold, silver or other precious metals.
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Choose a target unit — grams, kilograms, pounds, milligrams or troy ounces — and read the result instantly.

GOOD TO KNOW

0.5 ounces is 14.17 grams. Ounce-to-gram is a pure weight conversion, so it is identical for every ingredient — unlike cups or fluid ounces, which depend on what you are measuring. For precious metals, use the troy ounce instead (15.55 g).

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Last updated: July 28, 2026 · 1 avoirdupois ounce = 28.349523125 g, 1 troy ounce = 31.1034768 g · Verified by the EagleCalculator team · Eagle-eyed accuracy for every calculation.