How many grams is 2 oz?

2 ounces is 56.70 grams using the standard avoirdupois (food) ounce. If you are weighing gold or another precious metal, 2 troy ounces is 62.21 grams instead. For cooking, recipes and postage, use the 56.70 g figure.

Is 2 oz to grams the same for every ingredient?

Yes. An ounce is a unit of weight, so 2 oz is 56.70 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 2 oz a weight or a volume?

It is a weight — 2 oz means 56.70 grams. Do not confuse it with 2 fluid ounces (fl oz), which is a volume of about 59.15 ml. Ounces (oz) weigh things; fluid ounces (fl oz) fill things. They are only equal for water, and only approximately.

How many pounds is 2 oz?

2 ounces is 0.125 pounds, since one pound is 16 ounces (453.59 g). In grams that is 56.70 g. Ounces are the everyday sub-unit of the pound in the US and UK weight system.

How do you convert 2 oz to grams?

Multiply by 28.3495, the grams in one avoirdupois ounce: 2 × 28.3495 = 56.70 g. For a troy ounce (precious metals), multiply by 31.1035 instead, giving 62.21 g.

Does 2 oz of flour weigh the same as 2 oz of sugar?

Yes. Both weigh 56.70 grams, because an ounce is a unit of weight and 2 oz is 56.70 g for any ingredient. Only their volume differs — 2 oz of flour takes up far more space than 2 oz of sugar, which is why volume measures like cups are less reliable than a scale.

2 oz in Grams

2 oz in grams is 56.70 grams. For food, cooking and postage the ounce means the avoirdupois ounce, so 2 ounces weighs 56.70 g. Two ounces is 56.70 grams — about a slice of deli meat or a small handful of pasta. Ounces-to-grams is a pure weight conversion — it is the same for flour, sugar, meat or an…

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2 avoirdupois oz =

56.7

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AVOIRDUPOIS (FOOD)

56.70

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TROY (PRECIOUS)

62.21

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WEIGHT ON A 0–500 g SCALE

100 g

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A troy ounce (used for gold and silver) is heavier than a food avoirdupois ounce — here by 5.51 g. For cooking, always use the avoirdupois value on the left.

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2 OZ IN GRAMS

2 OUNCES → GRAMS

2 ounces (avoirdupois — food, standard)	56.70 g	× 28.3495
2 ounces (troy — gold, silver)	62.21 g	× 31.1035

Two ounces is 56.70 grams — about a slice of deli meat or a small handful of pasta. 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.

2 OZ IN OTHER UNITS

GRAMS

56.70 g

KILOGRAMS

0.0567 kg

POUNDS

0.125 lb

OUNCES

2 oz

GRAINS

875 gr

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Enter the number of ounces — this page starts with 2.
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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

2 ounces is 56.70 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 (62.21 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.

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