Cups to Grams & Grams to Cups Converter
By ingredient — flour, sugar, etc.
By ingredient — flour, sugar, etc.
How to use Cups to Grams & Grams to Cups Converter
- Pick your ingredient like flour, sugar, butter, or cocoa
- Enter the amount in cups, tablespoons, grams, or ounces
- Read the accurate weight for that specific ingredient
About Cups to Grams & Grams to Cups Converter
This converter turns cups into grams and grams back into cups, one ingredient at a time. Pick flour, sugar, butter, cocoa or another common baking ingredient, then enter your amount in cups, tablespoons, grams or ounces, and it handles the math in either direction. That means you can go from a US-cup recipe to a kitchen scale, or work backwards from a weight you already have on the counter.
Doing it by ingredient is the whole point, because a cup of one thing weighs nothing like a cup of another. A cup of all-purpose flour is about 120 g while a cup of granulated sugar is roughly 200 g, so the same 100 grams lands at very different cup amounts depending on what you're measuring. Whether you need 1 cup of flour in grams, 1 cup of sugar in grams, or how many cups a given number of grams makes, choosing the ingredient first is what gets you an accurate figure instead of a rough guess.
All amounts use US cups (236.6 mL); a UK or Australian metric cup holds about 6% more, so weighing in grams is the safest route when a recipe mixes systems. The converter is completely free with no sign-up, and it runs entirely in your browser, so nothing you type is ever uploaded.
It converts both directions — cups to grams, or grams back to cups — for everyday baking ingredients.
Frequently asked questions
- How do I convert grams to cups?
- Choose your ingredient, switch the input to grams and type the weight — the tool gives you the equivalent in cups. Because it works both ways, the same converter handles grams to cups and cups to grams without any extra steps.
- How many cups is 100 grams?
- It depends entirely on the ingredient. 100 g of all-purpose flour is about 0.83 cup, 100 g of granulated sugar is about half a cup, and 100 g of a lighter ingredient fills even more. Pick the ingredient in the tool and it does the exact figure for you.
- How many grams is 1 cup?
- There's no single answer without an ingredient, since a cup measures volume, not weight. As a guide, 1 cup of all-purpose flour is about 120 g and 1 cup of granulated sugar is about 200 g. Select what you're measuring to get the precise number.
- How many grams is 1 cup of flour?
- About 120 g for all-purpose flour measured by the spoon-and-level method. If you scoop straight from the bag you'll pack in more — up to about 150 g — so a scale is the most reliable way.
- How many grams is 1 cup of sugar?
- Granulated sugar is about 200 g per cup, packed brown sugar about 220 g, and powdered/icing sugar about 120 g. Pick the exact sugar in the tool to get the right figure.
- Can I convert both cups to grams and grams to cups?
- Yes. The converter runs in both directions, so you can change cups to grams for a recipe or turn a gram weight back into cups. Enter whichever value you have and read off the other.
- What units can I enter besides cups?
- As well as cups you can enter tablespoons, grams or ounces, and the tool converts between any of them for the ingredient you've chosen. That makes it easy to move between a volume recipe and a scale, or between metric and imperial weights.
- Why can't I use a normal cups-to-grams converter?
- Cups measure volume and grams measure weight, and the relationship depends entirely on the ingredient's density. Without knowing whether it's flour, sugar or honey, a generic converter simply can't give the right weight — which is why this tool asks for the ingredient first.
- Are these US or metric cups?
- US cups (236.6 mL). A UK/Australian metric cup is 250 mL, so it holds about 6% more — if a recipe uses metric cups, weigh in grams to be safe.
- Why do my flour measurements keep varying?
- Flour compresses, so how you fill the cup changes the weight a lot. Spooning it in lightly and levelling gives ~120 g/cup; scooping packs it to ~150 g. For consistent baking, weigh in grams.
- Is this cups to grams converter free?
- Completely free with no sign-up or limits. It runs entirely in your browser, so every conversion happens on your own device and nothing you type is uploaded.