How many grams in a cup of vegetable shortening?
1 cup of vegetable shortening weighs 205 g.1 tablespoon: 13 g1 teaspoon: 4.3 g
Weights are for vegetable shortening (solid), in US customary cups.
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Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 26 g |
| ¼ cup | 51 g |
| ⅓ cup | 68 g |
| ½ cup | 103 g |
| ⅔ cup | 137 g |
| ¾ cup | 154 g |
| 1 cup | 205 g |
| 1 ½ cups | 308 g |
| 2 cups | 410 g |
| 3 cups | 615 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | US measure |
|---|---|
| 25 g | ≈ 2 tbsp |
| 50 g | ≈ 3 tbsp + 2 ½ tsp |
| 100 g | ≈ ½ cup |
| 150 g | ≈ ¾ cup |
| 200 g | ≈ 1 cup |
| 250 g | ≈ 1 ¼ cups |
| 500 g | 2 ¼ cups + 3 tbsp |
| 1,000 g | 4 ⅞ cups |
Rounded to amounts you can measure; ≈ marks a rounded answer.
Measuring vegetable shortening
These weights are for vegetable shortening (solid). 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 184 g per cup. Depends on how firmly the cup is packed. We use the USDA figure throughout.
Source
USDA FoodData Central, food 171011: “Shortening, household, soybean (partially hydrogenated)-cottonseed (partially hydrogenated)”, 1 cup = 205 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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