How many grams in a cup of dry breadcrumbs?
1 cup of dry breadcrumbs weighs 108 g. 1 tablespoon: 6.8 g 1 teaspoon: 2.3 g Weights are for dry breadcrumbs (dry, plain), in US customary cups.
Convert any amount
= 108 g
Fractions work too, like 1/2 or 1 1/2.
Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 14 g |
| ¼ cup | 27 g |
| ⅓ cup | 36 g |
| ½ cup | 54 g |
| ⅔ cup | 72 g |
| ¾ cup | 81 g |
| 1 cup | 108 g |
| 1 ½ cups | 162 g |
| 2 cups | 216 g |
| 3 cups | 324 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | US measure |
|---|---|
| 25 g | 3 tbsp + 2 tsp |
| 50 g | ≈ ¼ cup + 3 tbsp |
| 100 g | ≈ ¾ cup + 3 tbsp |
| 150 g | ≈ 1 ⅜ cups |
| 200 g | ≈ 1 ⅞ cups |
| 250 g | 2 ¼ cups + 1 tbsp |
| 500 g | 4 ⅝ cups |
| 1,000 g | 9 ¼ cups |
Rounded to amounts you can measure; ≈ marks a rounded answer.
Measuring dry breadcrumbs
Dry crumbs from a packet. Panko and fresh breadcrumbs are lighter.
These weights are for dry breadcrumbs (dry, plain). A different form, or a cup filled another way, weighs differently, so weigh it if the recipe gives grams.
Source
USDA FoodData Central, food 174928: “Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, plain”, 1 cup = 108 g (USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy, April 2018). Other amounts are calculated with 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons. Data version 2026-11-06.1, reviewed 6 November 2026.
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