How many grams in a cup of granulated sugar?
1 cup of granulated sugar weighs 200 g.1 tablespoon: 13 g1 teaspoon: 4.2 g
Weights are for granulated sugar, in US customary cups.
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Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 25 g |
| ¼ cup | 50 g |
| ⅓ cup | 67 g |
| ½ cup | 100 g |
| ⅔ cup | 133 g |
| ¾ cup | 150 g |
| 1 cup | 200 g |
| 1 ½ cups | 300 g |
| 2 cups | 400 g |
| 3 cups | 600 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | US measure |
|---|---|
| 25 g | 2 tbsp |
| 50 g | ¼ cup |
| 100 g | ½ cup |
| 150 g | ¾ cup |
| 200 g | 1 cup |
| 250 g | 1 ¼ cups |
| 500 g | 2 ½ cups |
| 1,000 g | 5 cups |
Rounded to amounts you can measure; ≈ marks a rounded answer.
Measuring granulated sugar
These weights are for granulated sugar. 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 198 g per cup. We use the USDA figure throughout.
Source
USDA FoodData Central, food 169655: “Sugars, granulated”, 1 cup = 200 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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