Baking conversions
Brown Sugar (Packed): cups to grams
Brown sugar is measured packed, which is why it weighs noticeably more per cup than granulated. The molasses makes it cling together.
Brown Sugar (Packed) cups to grams
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 27 g | 0.94 oz |
| ¼ cup | 53 g | 1.88 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 71 g | 2.5 oz |
| ½ cup | 107 g | 3.76 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 142 g | 5.01 oz |
| ¾ cup | 160 g | 5.64 oz |
| 1 cup | 213 g | 7.51 oz |
| 1½ cups | 320 g | 11.27 oz |
| 2 cups | 426 g | 15.03 oz |
| 3 cups | 639 g | 22.54 oz |
| 4 cups | 852 g | 30.05 oz |
Brown Sugar (Packed) grams to cups
| Grams | Cups | Tbsp |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.12 | 1.9 |
| 50 g | 0.23 | 3.8 |
| 100 g | 0.47 | 7.5 |
| 125 g | 0.59 | 9.4 |
| 150 g | 0.70 | 11.3 |
| 200 g | 0.94 | 15.0 |
| 250 g | 1.17 | 18.8 |
| 300 g | 1.41 | 22.5 |
| 400 g | 1.88 | 30.0 |
| 500 g | 2.35 | 37.6 |
Cup standards compared
Convert cooking volumes
The charts above cover weight. If you also need to move between cups, decilitres, millilitres and spoons, this converts any volume:
1 cup (US) in every unit
A US cup is 236.6 ml, a metric cup is 250 ml and a UK tablespoon is larger than a US one — so the system your recipe was written in matters. Pick the matching unit rather than assuming.
Questions
How many grams is 1 cup of brown sugar?
One US cup of brown sugar weighs 213 grams. That works out to a density of about 0.90 g per mL.
How many cups is 100 g of brown sugar?
100 g of brown sugar is about 0.47 cups, or roughly 7.5 tablespoons.
Why can’t I convert cups to grams directly?
A cup measures volume and a gram measures weight, so the conversion depends entirely on the ingredient. A cup of brown sugar is 213 g, but a cup of honey is 340 g and a cup of cocoa powder is only 84 g.
Does the cup size matter?
Yes. A US customary cup is 236.59 mL, a US legal cup is 240 mL and a metric cup is 250 mL. Using a metric cup for brown sugar gives 225 g instead of 213 g — about 6 percent more.