MacGourmet Nutrition

Nutrition: How Many Grams in a Cup?

There are many, many answers to this question, and it all depends on what your ingredients are.

Some of the basics:

Almonds, slivered: 1 cup = 108 grams
Bread crumbs, fresh, loosely packed: 1 cup = 60 grams
Bread crumbs, dry: 1 cup = 150 grams
Broccoli, flowerets: 1 cup = 71 grams
Butter: 1 cup = 225 grams
Cocoa: 1 cup = 125 grams
Confectioners sugar: 1 cup = 100 grams
Cornmeal: 1 cup = 160 grams
Cornstarch: 1 cup = 120 grams
Maple syrup: 1 cup = 322 grams
Milk, dry: 1 cup = 68 grams
Milk, non-fat: 1 cup = 245 grams
Milk, sweetened condensed: 306 grams
Nuts, chopped: 1 cup = 150 grams
Nuts, ground: 1 cup = 120 grams
Oats, uncooked quick: 1 cup = 90 grams
Oil, olive: 1 cup = 216 grams
Oil, vegetable: 1 cup = 218 grams
Parmesan cheese, grated: 1 cup = 90 grams
Raisins: 1 cup, packed = 165 grams
Sugar, brown: 1 cup, packed = 220 grams
Sugar, granulated: 1 cup = 200 grams
Sugar, powdered: 1 cup = 100 grams
Table salt: 1 cup = 300 grams
Vegetable shortening: 1 cup = 190 grams
Water: 1 cup = 237 grams
Wheat flour: 1 cup = 120 grams
White all-purpose flour: 1 cup = 125 grams
White flour, sifted: 1 cup = 110 grams
White rice, cooked: 1 cup = 175 grams
White rice, uncooked: 1 cup = 185 grams
Yogurt: 1 cup = 245 grams

Other great sources for ingredient measurement conversions:

Cooking conversion calculator based on ingredients:
GourmetSleuth.com: Cooking conversions

Other common conversions:
AllRecipes.com: Cups-to-Grams for standard ingredients
RecipeGoldMine.com: Recipe conversion chart

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