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Pounds to Kilograms

Instant lb to kg conversion for home cooks.

1 lb = 0.454 kg

Why cooks convert these units

Many recipes list lb while your scale or measuring spoons use kg. This converter uses standard US cooking equivalents.

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Volume and weight conversions use standard US cooking equivalents. For ingredient-specific cup weights, use our ingredient converter pages.

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