Ground Cumin: why 107 g per cup is wrong
Chef's Resources spice conversion prose publishes 107 g per US cup of ground cumin. This site rejects that figure and publishes 96 g instead, from USDA Branded (Ground Cumin) (density 0.4058 g/mL, matching the composition of the substance). The reason:
CR internal self-contradiction: the same site publishes 95.8 g/cup in its oz-per-cup table and 107 g/cup in its tsp/g density-category prose. The table figure is the primary direct measurement; the prose figure derives from a rougher density-bucket approximation. Table value takes precedence, prose is excluded. Pattern established previously with ground-cinnamon.
The arithmetic
| Source | 1 cup | Density | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chef's Resources spice conversion prose | 107 g | 0.4523 g/mL | Rejected on physics |
| USDA Branded (Ground Cumin) | 96 g | 0.4058 g/mL | Published here |
The published figure and its sources
The full sourcing for ground cumin, including every accepted and rejected figure, the state or filling method behind each, and the physics or standards reasoning applied, is on the ingredient page.
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