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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.

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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.

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Quick answers to common questions

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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

½ cup flour · ½ cup sugar · ½ cup butter · 2 cups flour · 2 cups sugar · ¼ cup butter · ½ cup (any)

Grams to cups

100g flour · 200g flour · 250g flour · 300g flour · 500g flour · 100g sugar · 200g sugar · 250g sugar · 100g butter · 200g butter · 250g butter

Butter & ounces

1 stick butter · 2 sticks butter · 4 oz · 8 oz

See also: coconut oil · cream cheese · maple syrup · parmesan · peanut butter · yogurt · 200g butter · 250g butter · 425°F air fryer

Complete reference: every-ingredient chart

Cup fractions & multiples

¼ cup flour · ¼ cup sugar · ⅓ cup flour · ⅓ cup sugar · ⅓ cup any · ¾ cup flour · ¾ cup sugar · ¾ cup any · 2 cups any · 3 cups any · 3 cups flour · 3 cups sugar · 4 cups flour · 2 cups butter