Cups to grams: ingredient weight chart
How much a cup, tablespoon and teaspoon of 35 common ingredients weigh, from USDA FoodData Central and King Arthur Baking. Flour is spooned and leveled; brown sugar is packed.
Weight of 1 cup, by ingredient
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| 1 tbsp | 1 tsp | 1 cup (oz) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active dry yeast | 192 g | 12 g | 4 g | 6.77 oz |
| All-purpose flour | 120 g | 7.5 g | 2.5 g | 4.23 oz |
| Almond flour | 96 g | 6 g | 2 g | 3.39 oz |
| Baking powder | 221 g | 14 g | 4.6 g | 7.8 oz |
| Baking soda | 221 g | 14 g | 4.6 g | 7.8 oz |
| Bread flour | 120 g | 7.5 g | 2.5 g | 4.23 oz |
| Brown sugar (packed) | 220 g | 14 g | 4.6 g | 7.76 oz |
| Butter | 227 g | 14 g | 4.7 g | 8.01 oz |
| Cake flour | 120 g | 7.5 g | 2.5 g | 4.23 oz |
| Chocolate chips (semisweet) | 168 g | 10 g | 3.5 g | 5.93 oz |
| Chopped walnuts | 117 g | 7.3 g | 2.4 g | 4.13 oz |
| Cocoa powder (unsweetened) | 86 g | 5.4 g | 1.8 g | 3.03 oz |
| Cornmeal | 157 g | 9.8 g | 3.3 g | 5.54 oz |
| Cornstarch | 128 g | 8 g | 2.7 g | 4.52 oz |
| Granulated sugar | 200 g | 12 g | 4.2 g | 7.05 oz |
| Grated Parmesan | 100 g | 6.2 g | 2.1 g | 3.53 oz |
| Heavy cream | 238 g | 15 g | 5 g | 8.4 oz |
| Honey | 339 g | 21 g | 7.1 g | 12 oz |
| Kosher salt | 128 g | 8 g | 2.7 g | 4.52 oz |
| Maple syrup | 315 g | 20 g | 6.6 g | 11.1 oz |
| Milk | 244 g | 15 g | 5.1 g | 8.61 oz |
| Molasses | 337 g | 21 g | 7 g | 11.9 oz |
| Olive oil | 216 g | 14 g | 4.5 g | 7.62 oz |
| Peanut butter | 258 g | 16 g | 5.4 g | 9.1 oz |
| Powdered sugar (unsifted) | 120 g | 7.5 g | 2.5 g | 4.23 oz |
| Raisins | 145 g | 9.1 g | 3 g | 5.11 oz |
| Rolled oats | 81 g | 5.1 g | 1.7 g | 2.86 oz |
| Shredded cheddar cheese | 113 g | 7.1 g | 2.4 g | 3.99 oz |
| Sour cream | 230 g | 14 g | 4.8 g | 8.11 oz |
| Table salt | 292 g | 18 g | 6.1 g | 10.3 oz |
| Vegetable oil | 218 g | 14 g | 4.5 g | 7.69 oz |
| Water | 237 g | 15 g | 4.9 g | 8.35 oz |
| White rice (uncooked, long grain) | 185 g | 12 g | 3.9 g | 6.53 oz |
| Whole wheat flour | 113 g | 7.1 g | 2.4 g | 3.99 oz |
| Yogurt (plain) | 245 g | 15 g | 5.1 g | 8.64 oz |
Why weigh?
A cup of flour scooped straight from the bag can weigh 15–25% more than one spooned in and leveled. That's the difference between a tender cake and a dry one. A scale removes the guesswork, and every number here works with one.
More: grams in a cup, grams in a tablespoon, grams in a teaspoon, cups in a pound.