How much does a cup weigh?
Having trouble measuring recipe ingredients?
Here's the scoop.
When you use a recipe in your cooking, you could be faced
with up to three different measuring systems:
- US: cups, (American) pints and quarts.
- British imperial: ounces, pounds,
fluid ounces and (British) pints.
- Metric: grams, kilograms, milliliters
and liters.
Converting between imperial and metric is
easy: Just multiply or divide by the appropriate number. Converting to and
from the American system is more problematical. That's because Americans
measure their recipe ingredients by volume; the rest of the world measures by
weight.
To help you out, we've compiled a
conversion table of common foods and kitchen ingredients. In each case, we show the
approximate weight in ounces and grams of one cup of the product. This is
based on the standard US cup (240 ml). Note that the metric cup (used in
Australia and elsewhere) is about four percent larger.
This table is meant as a rough guide
only. There are simply too many variations to make an exact conversion
possible. But, most of time, it should help you out when you're cooking
with recipes that use an unfamiliar measuring system.
By the way, if you enjoy cooking as much
as we do, be sure to browse
the rest of our site. We've got some great vegetarian
and vegan recipes, and many articles on good
food and healthy eating. Meantime, we hope you'll find this page
useful for working out how much of each ingredient to use when preparing
your favorite recipes.
|
One cup of this
ingredient |
Weighs approx. this
number of ounces |
And this number of
grams |
|
Alfalfa sprouts |
0.75 |
18 |
|
Almonds (ground) |
3 |
75 |
|
Almonds (whole) |
8 |
225 |
|
Avocado (mashed) |
8 |
225 |
|
Barley (pearl, uncooked) |
6 |
175 |
|
Beans (aduki / adzuki, dry) |
6 |
175 |
|
Beans (green, string) |
2.5 - 3.5 |
60 - 100 |
|
Beans (mung / moong, dry) |
6 |
175 |
|
Beans (other, dry) |
6 - 8 |
175 - 225 |
|
Blackberries (whole, fresh) |
4 |
110 |
|
Brazil nuts (whole, shelled) |
5 |
150 |
|
Breadcrumbs (fresh) |
2 - 3 |
50 - 75 |
|
Breadcrumbs (packaged) |
4 |
110 |
|
Bulgar / Bulgur
wheat (uncooked) |
5 |
150 |
|
Butter |
8 |
225 |
|
Butter (one stick) |
4 |
110 |
|
Cabbage (shredded) |
12 |
340 |
|
Carrots (coarsely-grated) |
2 - 3 |
50 - 75 |
|
Cashew nuts (whole) |
4.5 |
125 |
|
Cashew nuts (chopped) |
4 |
110 |
|
Cheese (hard, shredded) |
2 - 4 |
50 - 110 |
|
Cheese (parmesan, finely shredded) |
3.5 |
100 |
|
Cheese (soft) |
6 - 8 |
175 - 225 |
|
Chocolate chips |
6 |
175 |
|
Cocoa powder |
4 |
110 |
|
Coconut (shredded, desiccated) |
3 |
75 |
|
Cookie crumbs (biscuit crumbs) |
2.5 - 3.5 |
60 - 100 |
|
Corn kernels (fresh or frozen) |
4.5 |
125 |
|
Cornflakes |
1 |
25 |
|
Cornmeal (maize meal) |
5 |
150 |
|
Cornstarch (corn flour) |
5 |
150 |
|
Cous cous (raw) |
6 |
175 |
|
Cranberries |
3.5 |
100 |
|
Currants |
5 |
150 |
|
Dates (chopped) |
5 |
150 |
|
Flour (all-purpose, white,
self-raising, etc) |
4 |
110 |
|
Flour (buckwheat) |
6 |
175 |
|
Flour (potato) |
6 |
175 |
|
Flour (rice) |
5 |
150 |
|
Flour (rye) |
3.5 |
100 |
|
Flour (wheat, wholemeal) |
4.5 |
125 |
|
Golden raisins / sultanas |
5 |
150 |
|
Hazelnuts (whole) |
6 |
175 |
|
Lentils |
5 - 7 |
150 - 200 |
|
Nuts (chopped) |
3 - 5.5 |
110 - 165 |
|
Mushrooms (chopped) |
3 |
75 |
|
Mushrooms (sliced) |
2.5 - 3 |
60 - 75 |
|
Oatmeal (fine) |
5.25 |
155 |
|
Oatmeal (medium) |
3 |
75 |
|
Onions (chopped) |
5 |
150 |
|
Pasta, fusilli (uncooked) |
2.5 - 3 |
60 - 75 |
|
Pasta, penne (uncooked) |
3 - 3.5 |
75 - 100 |
|
Peanut butter |
6 |
175 |
|
Peanuts (chopped) |
5 |
150 |
|
Peanuts (whole, shelled) |
4 |
110 |
|
Peas (fresh or frozen) |
4 |
110 |
|
Pecans (chopped kernels) |
3.5 |
100 |
|
Polenta (fine ground maize) |
5 |
150 |
|
Potato (shredded) |
8 |
225 |
|
Pumpkin purée |
9 |
250 |
|
Raisins |
3.5 |
100 |
|
Rice (brown long-grain, raw) |
5.5 |
165 |
|
Rice (white long-grain, raw) |
5 |
150 |
|
Sesame seeds |
4.5 |
125 |
|
Sugar (brown or Demerara) |
7 |
200 |
|
Sugar (confectioners / icing) |
4.5 |
125 |
|
Sugar (superfine / caster) |
6.5 |
190 |
|
Sugar (white / granulated) |
7 |
200 |
|
Tomatoes (dice) |
6 |
175 |
|
Tofu (mashed) |
8 |
225 |
|
Walnut pieces |
2.5 - 3.5 |
60 - 100 |
|
Zucchini / courgettes (sliced) |
5 - 6 |
150 - 175 |
Remember, this table is meant as a guide
only. Please treat the numbers as approximate. Most of the time, however,
it should help you work out how much of each ingredient to use in your
recipes. Happy cooking from the Veg World team.
Checked and updated August 2010
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