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  2. Baker percentage - Wikipedia

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    1 kilogram (kg) = 1,000 grams (g) = 2.20462262 lb 1 lb = 453.59237 g = 0.45359237 kg 1 oz = 28.3495231 g. In four different English-language countries of recipe and measuring-utensil markets, approximate cup volumes range from 236.59 to 284.1 milliliters (mL). Adaptation of volumetric recipes can be made with density approximations:

  3. Norwegian units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    As in the case of the Danes, the Norwegians' earliest standards of measure can be derived from their ship burials.The 60-Norwegian-feet-long Kvalsund ship (18.8 m; 61.8 ft) was built ca. 700 AD and differs from the Danish boats less than it does from the Oseberg, Gokstad and Tune ships which all date from ca. 800 AD.

  4. Butterfat - Wikipedia

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    Reduced-fat milk is 2% fat; Whole milk contains at least 3.25% fat; Cheeses. Dry curd and nonfat cottage cheese contain less than 0.5% fat; Lowfat cottage cheese contains 0.5–2% fat; Cottage cheese contains at least 4% fat; Swiss cheese contains at least 43% fat relative to the total solids; Cheddar cheese contains at least 50% fat relative ...

  5. Feed conversion ratio - Wikipedia

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    [36] [37] When looking at meat only, ruminants consume an average of 2.8 kg of human edible feed per kg of meat produced, while monogastrics need 3.2 kg. [36] [37] Finally, when accounting for the protein content of the feed, ruminant need an average of 0.6 kg of edible plant protein to produce 1 kg of animal protein while monogastric need 2 kg.

  6. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup commonly being rounded up to 240 millilitres (legal cup), but 250 ml is also used depending on the ...

  7. Baking powder - Wikipedia

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    14 nahco 3 + 5 ca(h 2 po 4) 2 → 14 co 2 + ca 5 (po 4) 3 oh + 7 na 2 hpo 4 + 13 h 2 o Monocalcium phosphate ("MCP") is a common acid component in domestic baking powders. A typical formulation (by weight) could call for 30% sodium bicarbonate, 5–12% monocalcium phosphate , and 21–26% sodium aluminium sulfate .

  8. Imperial units - Wikipedia

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    The former Weights and Measures office in Seven Sisters, London (590 Seven Sisters Road). The imperial system of units, imperial system or imperial units (also known as British Imperial [1] or Exchequer Standards of 1826) is the system of units first defined in the British Weights and Measures Act 1824 and continued to be developed through a series of Weights and Measures Acts and amendments.

  9. United States customary units - Wikipedia

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    The teaspoon, tablespoon, and cup are defined in terms of a fluid ounce as 1 ⁄ 6, 1 ⁄ 2, and 8 fluid ounces respectively. The fluid ounce derives its name originally from being the volume of one ounce avoirdupois of water, [21] but in the US it is defined as 1 ⁄ 128 of a US gallon. Consequently, a fluid ounce of water weighs about 1.041 ...