Cups to Grams / Ingredients
Grams per cup for 28 baking ingredients
A cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 g, while a cup of granulated sugar weighs 200 g, butter 227 g and whole milk 244 g, according to USDA FoodData Central. Every ingredient below has its own page with a chart from 1/8 cup to 3 cups.
Tablespoon and teaspoon columns are the cup weight ÷ 16 and ÷ 48 (USDA ARS measure equivalents). Weights are rounded to 0.1 g under 100 g and to whole grams above.
Flour
Sugar
| Ingredient | 1 cup | 1 tbsp | 1 tsp |
|---|
| Granulated sugar | 200 g | 12.5 g | 4.2 g |
| Brown sugar, packed | 220 g | 13.8 g | 4.6 g |
| Brown sugar, loose (unpacked) | 145 g | 9.1 g | 3 g |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 120 g | 7.5 g | 2.5 g |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 100 g | 6.3 g | 2.1 g |
Dairy and liquids
Fats and oils
Honey and syrups
Grains and starches
Chocolate and nuts
| Ingredient | 1 cup | 1 tbsp | 1 tsp |
|---|
| Cocoa powder, unsweetened | 86 g | 5.4 g | 1.8 g |
| Chocolate chips (semisweet), regular chips | 168 g | 10.5 g | 3.5 g |
| Chocolate chips (semisweet), mini chips | 173 g | 10.8 g | 3.6 g |
| Chocolate chips (semisweet), large chips | 182 g | 11.4 g | 3.8 g |
| Walnuts, chopped | 117 g | 7.3 g | 2.4 g |
| Walnuts, halves | 100 g | 6.3 g | 2.1 g |
| Walnuts, pieces | 120 g | 7.5 g | 2.5 g |
| Walnuts, ground | 80 g | 5 g | 1.7 g |
Salt
| Ingredient | 1 cup | 1 tbsp | 1 tsp |
|---|
| Table salt | 292 g | 18.3 g | 6.1 g |
Why some ingredients are missing
This site only uses weights USDA actually lists for a cup or tablespoon. For baking soda (FDC 175040) and baking powder (FDC 172803), FoodData Central lists only teaspoon portions (1 tsp = 4.6 g for each), so they have no cup page here.
Source: USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy household measures, retrieved through the FoodData Central API). Each ingredient page links to its exact FDC record.
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