How many grams in a cup of brown sugar?
1 cup of brown sugar weighs 220 g.1 tablespoon: 14 g1 teaspoon: 4.6 g
Weights are for brown sugar (packed), in US customary cups.
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Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 28 g |
| ¼ cup | 55 g |
| ⅓ cup | 73 g |
| ½ cup | 110 g |
| ⅔ cup | 147 g |
| ¾ cup | 165 g |
| 1 cup | 220 g |
| 1 ½ cups | 330 g |
| 2 cups | 440 g |
| 3 cups | 660 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | US measure |
|---|---|
| 25 g | 1 tbsp + 2 ½ tsp |
| 50 g | 3 tbsp + 2 tsp |
| 100 g | ≈ ¼ cup + 3 tbsp |
| 150 g | ½ cup + 3 tbsp |
| 200 g | ≈ ¾ cup + 3 tbsp |
| 250 g | ≈ 1 ⅛ cups |
| 500 g | ≈ 2 ¼ cups |
| 1,000 g | 4 ½ cups + 1 tbsp |
Rounded to amounts you can measure; ≈ marks a rounded answer.
Measuring brown sugar
Recipes mean packed unless they say otherwise. Loosely filled, a cup weighs about 145 g.
These weights are for brown sugar (packed). A different form, or a cup filled another way, weighs differently, so weigh it if the recipe gives grams.
The King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart gives 213 g per cup. We use the USDA figure throughout.
Source
USDA FoodData Central, food 168833: “Sugars, brown”, 1 cup, packed = 220 g (USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy, April 2018). Other amounts are calculated with 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons. Data version 2026-10-17.1, reviewed 16 October 2026.
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