How many grams in a cup of quinoa?
1 cup of quinoa weighs 170 g.1 tablespoon: 11 g1 teaspoon: 3.5 g
Weights are for quinoa (uncooked), in US customary cups.
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Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 21 g |
| ¼ cup | 43 g |
| ⅓ cup | 57 g |
| ½ cup | 85 g |
| ⅔ cup | 113 g |
| ¾ cup | 128 g |
| 1 cup | 170 g |
| 1 ½ cups | 255 g |
| 2 cups | 340 g |
| 3 cups | 510 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | US measure |
|---|---|
| 25 g | 2 tbsp + 1 tsp |
| 50 g | ≈ ¼ cup + 1 tbsp |
| 100 g | ≈ ½ cup + 1 tbsp |
| 150 g | ⅞ cup |
| 200 g | 1 cup + 3 tbsp |
| 250 g | ≈ 1 ½ cups |
| 500 g | 2 ¾ cups + 3 tbsp |
| 1,000 g | 5 ⅞ cups |
Rounded to amounts you can measure; ≈ marks a rounded answer.
Measuring quinoa
These weights are for quinoa (uncooked). 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 177 g per cup. We use the USDA figure throughout.
Source
USDA FoodData Central, food 168874: “Quinoa, uncooked”, 1 cup = 170 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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