Cup to Grams Converter
Converts cups of common ingredients (flour, sugar, milk, butter) to grams.
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Converting cups to grams
A US cup holds 240 mL, but what that turns into on the scale depends on the ingredient's density. Here are the numbers worth memorizing. One cup of all-purpose flour runs about 120 g, a cup of granulated sugar about 200 g, a cup of butter roughly 227 g (half a US pound stick), and a cup of milk or water lands near 240 g. So if a recipe asks for 2 cups of flour and 1 cup of sugar, you're looking at 240 g of flour plus 200 g of sugar. The thing people miss is how much volume hides differences in mass. A cup of sugar weighs nearly double a cup of flour even though both are dry. That's why weighing in grams beats measuring by volume for baking: depending on how you scoop, flour can pack 10–25% denser. Professional bakeries work by weight, full stop.
Applications and context
This comes in handy when you're adapting American or international recipes (Pinterest, NYT Cooking, King Arthur) to a Brazilian kitchen that runs on a scale. It also matters for baking precision in cakes, breads and laminated doughs, where a small slip throws off the structure. And it helps with nutrition tracking when the label gives you grams but the recipe is written in cups.
FAQ
Is the Brazilian "xícara de chá" the same as the US cup? Close enough. Both hover around 240 mL, though older Brazilian recipes sometimes mean 200 mL. When you're not sure, go by grams.
Why does flour vary so much? Sifting, scooping and spooning each pack it differently. The standard 120 g/cup reference assumes you spooned the flour in and leveled it off.
Should I weigh liquids too? With water and milk, 1 mL ≈ 1 g, so measuring by volume is fine. Thick liquids like honey or condensed milk are a lot denser, so there weighing pays off.
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