Grams to cups converter

A cup of flour and a cup of sugar don’t weigh the same, so a single “grams to cups” number is wrong for most ingredients. Pick the ingredient first — every weight here comes from the USDA FoodData Central database.

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Flours & starches

Ingredient1 cup1 tbsp
All-purpose flour (UK: plain flour)125 g7.8 g
Bread flour (UK: strong white bread flour)137 g8.6 g
Cake flour137 g8.6 g
Whole wheat flour (UK: wholemeal flour)120 g7.5 g
Self-rising flour (UK: self-raising flour)125 g7.8 g
Rye flour (medium)102 g6.4 g
Semolina167 g10.4 g
Cornmeal122 g7.6 g
Almond flour (ground almonds)95 g5.9 g
Oat flour104 g6.5 g
White rice flour158 g9.9 g
Buckwheat flour120 g7.5 g
Cornstarch (UK: cornflour)128 g8 g

Sugars

Ingredient1 cup1 tbsp
Granulated sugar200 g12.5 g
Brown sugar (packed)220 g13.8 g
Powdered sugar (UK: icing sugar)120 g7.5 g

Butter & oils

Ingredient1 cup1 tbsp
Butter227 g14.2 g
Olive oil216 g13.5 g
Vegetable oil (canola)218 g13.6 g
Peanut butter258 g16.1 g

Liquids & syrups

Ingredient1 cup1 tbsp
Honey339 g21.2 g
Maple syrup315 g19.7 g
Water237 g14.8 g
Milk244 g15.3 g
Heavy cream (UK: double or whipping cream)238 g14.9 g

Dairy

Ingredient1 cup1 tbsp
Sour cream230 g14.4 g
Plain yogurt245 g15.3 g
Cream cheese232 g14.5 g
Grated parmesan100 g6.3 g
Shredded mozzarella112 g7 g

Everything else

Ingredient1 cup1 tbsp
Cocoa powder86 g5.4 g
Rolled oats81 g5.1 g
White rice (uncooked)185 g11.6 g
Chocolate chips168 g10.5 g
Chopped walnuts117 g7.3 g
Raisins145 g9.1 g
Shredded coconut93 g5.8 g
Table salt292 g18.3 g

Grams to cups by amount

Why weights differ

A US cup is a volume (about 237 ml). How much an ingredient weighs in that volume depends on its density and on how it’s packed: fluffy cocoa powder is 86 g per cup, packed brown sugar is 220 g, honey is 339 g. Flour is the trickiest — scooped straight from the bag it can weigh 20% more than spooned and leveled. That’s why bakers prefer grams. Recipes from Australia, New Zealand and Canada use a 250 ml metric cup (the UK has no official cup; British recipes that give cups usually mean 250 ml), which holds about 6% more.