Grams to cups

Use the Quick conversions, Grams to Cups Calculator or the Detailed Conversion Tables. The calculator and conversion tables also provide amounts in ounces. See Assumptions for more background information.

Quick conversions

Some of the most frequently used conversions used in baking are listed below. If what you want isn't try the calculator or detailed conversion tables.

175 grams to cups

• All purpose flour: 1 cup and 6 tbsp and 1 tsp
• Plain flour: 1 cup and 6 tbsp and 1 tsp
• Bread flour: 1 cup and 6 tbsp

• Brown sugar: 14 tbsp
• Caster (granulated) sugar: 12 tbsp and 2 tsp
• Icing (confectioner's sugar): 1 cup and 7 tbsp and 1 tsp

215 grams to cups

• All purpose flour: 1 cup and 11 tbsp and 1 tsp
• Plain flour: 1 cup and 11 tbsp and 1 tsp
• Bread flour: 1 cup and 11 tbsp

• Brown sugar: 1 cup and 1 tbsp
• Caster (granulated) sugar: 15 tbsp and 2 tsp
• Icing (confectioner's sugar): 12 tbsp and 1 tsp

500 grams to cups

• All purpose flour: 4 cups
• Plain flour: 4 cups
• Bread flour: 3 cups and 15 tbsp

• Brown sugar: is 2.5 cups
• Caster (granulated) sugar: 2 cups and 4 tbsp
• Icing (confectioner's sugar): 4 cups and 2 tbsp and 2 tsp

Grams to Cups Calculator

Use the calculator to quickly convert between grams, ounces and cups for baking and cooking ingredients.

How many grams in a cup?

The answer is it varies by ingredient. For example, a cup of honey is 340g whereas a cup of cornflakes is only 30g

Detailed Conversion Tables

The values in the conversion tables below are the same as those used by the calculator. Use the buttons to switch between grams and ounces.

FLOUR

The amount of flour in a cup will vary depending on type and how much it is packed. To improve accuracy a weight in grams per cup is used. There is big variation between types, for example a cup of rye flour weighs in at 102g and semolina at 167g.

CEREAL, GRAINS AND PASTA

PULSES

DAIRY

Conversions for butter and other dairy. In the case of butter sticks are also used as a measurement in the USA.

1 stick of butter is equal to 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons or 113g.

RICE

SUGAR

How dense is sugar? Not all sugars are created equally! Confectioner's sugar (also known as powdered sugar in the USA and icing sugar in the UK) has just over half the density of granulated sugar.

Granulated sugar weighs in at approximately 1.59g per cubic centimeter compared to 0.801g per cubic centimeter for powdered.

Use the table or calculator to convert between cups, grams and ounces for widely used varieties of sugar.

FRUIT

NUTS AND SEEDS

COCOA AND CHOCOLATE

FATS

CHEESE

HONEY AND SYRUPS

Assumptions

A cup is assumed to have 240ml volume

A tablespoon (tbsp) is assumed to have 15ml volume

A teaspoon (tsp) is assumed to have 5ml volume

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