Cups to Grams Converter

Turn any cup amount into grams. Type a number or a fraction like 1 1/2 or 2/3, then pick the ingredient.

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Your answer appears here Type the cups Choose an ingredient, then enter an amount. All-purpose flour: 125 g per US cup.

Tip: Spoon flour into the cup and level it with a knife. Scooping straight from the bag packs in up to 30 g extra.

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Quick answer

To convert cups to grams, multiply the number of cups by the ingredient's weight per cup. One US cup is about 125 g of all-purpose flour, 200 g of granulated sugar, 220 g of packed brown sugar, 227 g of butter and 244 g of milk. So 1 ½ cups of sugar is 1.5 × 200 = 300 g.

Cups to grams chart

US cups to grams for 20 ingredients
Ingredient¼ cup⅓ cup½ cup⅔ cup¾ cup1 cup
All-purpose flour31 g42 g63 g83 g94 g125 g
Granulated sugar50 g67 g100 g133 g150 g200 g
Butter57 g76 g113 g151 g170 g227 g
Brown sugar (packed)55 g73 g110 g147 g165 g220 g
Powdered sugar30 g40 g60 g80 g90 g120 g
Milk61 g81 g122 g163 g183 g244 g
White rice (uncooked)46 g62 g93 g123 g139 g185 g
Honey85 g113 g170 g226 g254 g339 g
Water59 g79 g119 g158 g178 g237 g
Rolled oats22 g30 g45 g59 g67 g89 g
Bread flour30 g40 g60 g80 g90 g120 g
Cake flour30 g40 g60 g80 g90 g120 g
Whole wheat flour30 g40 g60 g80 g90 g120 g
Almond flour24 g32 g48 g64 g72 g96 g
Coconut flour32 g43 g64 g85 g96 g128 g
Cocoa powder (unsweetened)22 g29 g43 g57 g65 g86 g
Peanut butter64 g85 g128 g171 g192 g256 g
Chocolate chips43 g57 g85 g113 g128 g170 g
Cream cheese57 g76 g114 g151 g170 g227 g
Plain yogurt57 g76 g114 g151 g170 g227 g

How to convert cups to grams

grams = cups × grams per cup

Every ingredient has its own weight per cup, because a cup measures volume and some ingredients are denser or more tightly packed than others. Multiply by the right number and you get the weight. The chart below has the results for the cup sizes in a standard US measuring set.

Converting a whole recipe

  1. Go through the ingredient list and convert each cup amount with the converter or the chart.
  2. Write the grams next to each ingredient.
  3. Next time, put your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add each ingredient by weight. It’s faster and there are fewer cups to wash.

Spoon amounts under ¼ cup, like baking powder or salt, are usually easier to keep in teaspoons and tablespoons. For those, see grams to tablespoons.

Cup sizes

Cup Milliliters Tablespoons
¼ cup 59 ml 4
⅓ cup 79 ml 5 ⅓
½ cup 118 ml 8
⅔ cup 158 ml 10 ⅔
¾ cup 177 ml 12
1 cup 237 ml 16

Pages for each size: ¼ cup, ⅓ cup, ½ cup, ⅔ cup, ¾ cup, 1 cup and 1 ½ cups.

Questions

How do I convert cups to grams?

Multiply the cups by the ingredient's grams per cup. For example, 2 cups of all-purpose flour × 125 g = 250 g.

How many grams is 1 cup?

It depends on the ingredient. 1 cup is about 125 g of flour, 200 g of sugar, 227 g of butter and 237 g of water. See 1 cup to grams for all 20 ingredients.

How many grams is ¼ cup?

About 31 g of flour, 50 g of sugar or 57 g of butter. See ¼ cup to grams.

Can I type fractions?

Yes. The converter understands 1/2, 2/3, 1 1/2 and decimals like 1.5. On a phone, the fraction buttons under the box are the quickest way.

Written and checked by Food technologist · Diploma in Food Engineering (2020–2023)

Muhammad builds and maintains the converters on gramstoocup.com. He checks every weight-per-cup figure against USDA FoodData Central and King Arthur Baking's ingredient weight chart before it goes live.

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