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Fruit Yield Calculator
How many apples for an apple pie? About 6 cups of slices, which is roughly 4 medium apples plus one extra.
Turn a recipe's cups into apples, pounds or pints to buy, or find out how much juice you'll get from the lemons you have.
How to use it
- Pick the fruit.
- Choose whether you know what the recipe needs or what you have.
- Enter the amount in cups, pieces, pints or weight.
How it works
Weights are USDA FoodData Central portions, such as a medium apple at 182 g and a cup of apple slices at 109 g.
A lemon yields about 48 g of juice and a lime about 44 g (USDA).
Buy amounts add 10% for cores, pits and trimming.
Assumptions and limits
- Medium-size fruit.
- Fruit prepared the way the recipe says: sliced, whole or pitted.
- Weights vary with variety and season.
Sources reviewed October 23, 2026.
Tips
- Roll citrus on the counter before juicing.
- Zest before you juice.
- Buy one extra apple; some are bruised inside.
Recipes to try it with
Questions
How many apples for an apple pie?
About 6 cups of slices, which is roughly 4 medium apples plus one extra.
How much juice is in a lemon?
About 48 g, roughly 3 tablespoons.
How many cups in a pint of strawberries?
About 2 cups sliced.