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Cups to grams
"One cup of flour" weighs a different amount than one cup of sugar — volume isn't weight. Pick the ingredient and get the gram answer. Cup used: 240 ml.
Averages for the scoop-and-level method; flour packed into the cup can weigh 20% more. For baking precision, a scale always wins.
Quick table
| Ingredient | 1 cup | ½ cup | ⅓ cup | ¼ cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 120 g | 60 g | 40 g | 30 g |
| Granulated sugar | 200 g | 100 g | 67 g | 50 g |
| Brown sugar (packed) | 220 g | 110 g | 73 g | 55 g |
| Powdered sugar | 120 g | 60 g | 40 g | 30 g |
| Butter | 227 g | 114 g | 76 g | 57 g |
| Honey / syrup | 340 g | 170 g | 113 g | 85 g |
| Milk | 240 g | 120 g | 80 g | 60 g |
| Water | 240 g | 120 g | 80 g | 60 g |
| Rice (uncooked) | 185 g | 93 g | 62 g | 46 g |
| Rolled oats | 90 g | 45 g | 30 g | 23 g |
| Cocoa powder | 100 g | 50 g | 33 g | 25 g |
| Chocolate chips | 170 g | 85 g | 57 g | 43 g |
The butter decoder
| US recipe says | Grams | Tablespoons | Cups |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 stick | 113 g | 8 tbsp | ½ cup |
| ½ stick | 57 g | 4 tbsp | ¼ cup |
| 2 sticks | 227 g | 16 tbsp | 1 cup |
| 1 tbsp butter | 14 g | — | 1/16 cup |
This page uses the 240 ml cup (the convention on food labels and most modern recipes). The precise US customary cup is 236.59 ml — a 1.4% difference that never matters in a kitchen, but we'd rather tell you than hide it.
Quick answers
Cup of all-purpose flourCup of granulated sugarCup of brown sugar (packed)Cup of powdered sugarCup of butterCup of honeyCup of milkCup of waterCup of rice (uncooked)Cup of rolled oatsCup of cocoa powderCup of chocolate chipsCup of cornstarchCup of creamCup of maple syrupCup of peanut butterCup of grated parmesanCup of cream cheese
Volume & spoon conversions
Quick answers to common questions
Frequently asked
How many grams is one cup of flour?
About 120 g for all-purpose flour, scooped and levelled. Packed flour can weigh 20% more — for baking, a scale always wins.
How much is a stick of butter?
One US stick is 113 g, which is 8 tablespoons or half a cup. Two sticks make 227 g — one cup.
Why does one cup weigh differently per ingredient?
A cup measures volume, not weight, and ingredients have different densities: a cup of honey weighs nearly three times a cup of oats.
Cup fractions in grams
Grams to cups
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