Baking conversions
Brown Sugar (Packed): cups to grams
Brown sugar is measured packed, so 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.