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Cups to grams converter
Flour, sugar, butter, rice and more: cups and spoons to grams by ingredient.
Cups to grams chart
Weights for a US cup (240 ml), spooned into the cup and levelled with a knife. Scooping straight from the bag packs flour down and can add 15–25% more.
| Ingredient | 1 cup | ½ cup | 1 tbsp |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour (maida) | 125 g | 63 g | 7.8 g |
| Whole-wheat flour (atta) | 120 g | 60 g | 7.5 g |
| Semolina (sooji) | 165 g | 83 g | 10.3 g |
| Cornflour / cornstarch | 120 g | 60 g | 7.5 g |
| Cocoa powder | 85 g | 43 g | 5.3 g |
| Granulated sugar | 200 g | 100 g | 12.5 g |
| Brown sugar (packed) | 213 g | 107 g | 13.3 g |
| Icing / powdered sugar | 120 g | 60 g | 7.5 g |
| Honey | 340 g | 170 g | 21.3 g |
| Butter | 227 g | 114 g | 14.2 g |
| Ghee | 215 g | 108 g | 13.4 g |
| Vegetable oil | 218 g | 109 g | 13.6 g |
| Milk | 245 g | 123 g | 15.3 g |
| Water | 240 g | 120 g | 15 g |
| Yogurt | 245 g | 123 g | 15.3 g |
| Basmati rice (uncooked) | 185 g | 93 g | 11.6 g |
| Red lentils (dry) | 190 g | 95 g | 11.9 g |
| Rolled oats | 90 g | 45 g | 5.6 g |
| Whole almonds | 140 g | 70 g | 8.8 g |
| Desiccated coconut | 85 g | 43 g | 5.3 g |
| Table salt | 288 g | 144 g | 18 g |
Why a cup of flour and a cup of sugar weigh different amounts
A cup measures space, not weight. Sugar crystals pack tightly, so a cup weighs about 200 g; flour is light and airy, so the same cup holds about 125 g. That’s why you can’t use one “cups to grams” number for everything, and why this converter asks for the ingredient.
Tips for accurate measuring
- Flour: stir it, spoon it into the cup, then sweep the top flat. Don’t tap or shake the cup.
- Brown sugar: recipes usually mean packed. Press it in until it holds the cup’s shape when turned out.
- Butter: one US stick is ½ cup, or 113 g.
- Honey and syrups: a light coat of oil in the cup helps them slide out, so you get the full amount.
- Rice and lentils: these are uncooked weights. Cooked basmati weighs roughly two and a half to three times as much.
These figures are averages, and brands and climates vary. For bread and cakes a digital scale is cheap and is always more consistent than cups.