Cooking Measurement Converter
Convert between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, milliliters, grams, and ounces by ingredient density.
Cooking Measurement Converter tool
Example
Input: 1 cup of all-purpose flour to grams
Result: 125.0 grams
The converter uses a density of 125 g per US cup for all-purpose flour, so 1 x 125 = 125.0 g; a cup of granulated sugar would be 200 g.
Grams per Cup, Tablespoon and Teaspoon
| Ingredient | 1 cup | 1 tbsp | 1 tsp |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 125 g | 7.8 g | 2.6 g |
| Sugar (granulated) | 200 g | 12.5 g | 4.2 g |
| Brown sugar (packed) | 220 g | 13.8 g | 4.6 g |
| Butter | 227 g | 14.2 g | 4.7 g |
| Milk | 244 g | 15.3 g | 5.1 g |
| Water | 236.6 g | 14.8 g | 4.9 g |
| Rice (uncooked) | 185 g | 11.6 g | 3.9 g |
| Oats (rolled) | 90 g | 5.6 g | 1.9 g |
| Honey | 340 g | 21.3 g | 7.1 g |
| Vegetable oil | 218 g | 13.6 g | 4.5 g |
| Cocoa powder | 86 g | 5.4 g | 1.8 g |
| Salt (table) | 288 g | 18.0 g | 6.0 g |
US cup (about 237 mL), using the densities built into the converter.
- Select the ingredient you are converting from the built-in list of common cooking ingredients.
- Enter the amount you have in the source unit, such as cups, tablespoons, or grams.
- Choose the target unit you want to convert to from the available measurement options.
- Review the density-adjusted conversion result that accounts for the specific ingredient weight.
- Copy the converted measurement or switch ingredients to convert additional items for your recipe.
Cups to Grams: Converting by Ingredient
How many grams are in a cup depends on what is in the cup. This converter uses a separate weight for each ingredient: 1 US cup of all-purpose flour is 125 g, sugar is 200 g, butter is 227 g and honey is 340 g.
Cups, tablespoons and milliliters measure volume, while grams, ounces and pounds measure weight. Converting between the two needs the ingredient's density, meaning how heavy a set volume of it is. Flour is light and airy. Honey is dense. So a single "cups to grams" number cannot work for everything. Pick one of 12 common ingredients, enter an amount and choose the units to convert from and to. The tool also lists grams per cup, tablespoon and teaspoon, and ounces per cup, for the chosen ingredient.
Volume to volume, such as tablespoons to cups, and weight to weight, such as ounces to grams, work the same for any ingredient. There are 16 tablespoons in a cup and 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon. The cup here is the US cup of about 237 mL. Some countries use a 250 mL metric cup, and the Australian tablespoon is 20 mL, so check where a recipe comes from.
Weights from a scale are more reliable than cups for baking. How you fill a cup of flour changes its weight a lot. Scooping straight from the bag packs it down and can add 20% or more compared with spooning it in and leveling it. The 125 g figure is close to flour that is spooned in and leveled. For butter sticks, egg sizes and oven temperatures, use the Baking Conversion Calculator. To resize a whole recipe, try the Recipe Scaler.
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