1/3 Cup to Grams

⅓ cup is 42 g of all-purpose flour, 67 g of granulated sugar or 76 g of butter. In spoons, ⅓ cup is 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon.

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Ingredient
⅓ cup of all-purpose flour is 42 g 1.5 oz · 5.3 tbsp · 79 ml · 125 g per cup
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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

⅓ US cup (79 ml) weighs 42 g for all-purpose flour, 67 g for granulated sugar, 73 g for packed brown sugar, 76 g for butter and 81 g for milk. Multiply 0.333 by the ingredient's grams per cup for anything else.

Tablespoons5.33
Teaspoons16
Milliliters79 ml
Fluid ounces2.67 fl oz

⅓ cup in grams for every ingredient

⅓ US cup to grams and ounces
IngredientGramsOunces
All-purpose flour42 g1.5 oz
Granulated sugar67 g2.4 oz
Butter76 g2.7 oz
Brown sugar (packed)73 g2.6 oz
Powdered sugar40 g1.4 oz
Milk81 g2.9 oz
White rice (uncooked)62 g2.2 oz
Honey113 g4 oz
Water79 g2.8 oz
Rolled oats30 g1 oz
Bread flour40 g1.4 oz
Cake flour40 g1.4 oz
Whole wheat flour40 g1.4 oz
Almond flour32 g1.1 oz
Coconut flour43 g1.5 oz
Cocoa powder (unsweetened)29 g1 oz
Peanut butter85 g3 oz
Chocolate chips57 g2 oz
Cream cheese76 g2.7 oz
Plain yogurt76 g2.7 oz

How to measure ⅓ cup without a ⅓ cup measure

Use 5 level tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon. That is exact, because 1 cup is 16 tablespoons and a third of 16 is 5 ⅓.

⅓ cup for dry and liquid ingredients

For flour, sugar and other dry ingredients, use a dry measuring cup and level the top with a knife. For water, milk and oil, use a clear liquid measuring cup and fill to the ⅓ cup line. Both hold the same volume, 79 ml, but a dry cup is easier to level and a liquid cup is easier to pour from.

US vs metric cup

This page uses the US cup (236.6 ml). If your recipe is from Australia, Canada, New Zealand or the UK, it probably uses the 250 ml metric cup, so ⅓ cup there is 83.3 ml and holds about 6% more. Switch the converter to Metric 250 ml for those recipes.

Questions

How many grams is ⅓ cup of flour?

⅓ cup of all-purpose flour weighs 42 g when spooned and leveled. Bread and cake flour are about 40 g.

How many grams is ⅓ cup of sugar?

⅓ cup of granulated sugar weighs 67 g. Packed brown sugar is 73 g and powdered sugar is 40 g.

How many grams is ⅓ cup of butter?

⅓ cup of butter weighs 76 g, which is ¾ stick.

How many tablespoons is ⅓ cup?

⅓ cup is 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon, or 16 teaspoons.

How many ml is ⅓ cup?

⅓ US cup is 79 ml (2.67 fl oz). ⅓ metric cup is 83.3 ml.

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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