Turn cups into grams, tablespoons into milliliters, or a UK recipe into US measures. For dry ingredients the weight depends on what you are measuring, so pick the ingredient.
1 US cup of all-purpose flour weighs
120grams
In every unit
Ingredient weights per cup
One level US cup (236.6 mL), spooned and leveled, not packed unless stated.
Ingredient
1 cup
1/2 cup
1 tbsp
100 g is
Water
237 g
118 g
14.8 g
0.42 cups
All-purpose flour
120 g
60 g
7.5 g
0.83 cups
Bread flour
120 g
60 g
7.5 g
0.83 cups
Whole wheat flour
113 g
57 g
7.1 g
0.88 cups
Granulated sugar
198 g
99 g
12.4 g
0.51 cups
Brown sugar, packed
213 g
107 g
13.3 g
0.47 cups
Powdered sugar
113 g
57 g
7.1 g
0.88 cups
Butter
227 g
114 g
14.2 g
0.44 cups
Milk
242 g
121 g
15.1 g
0.41 cups
Heavy cream
232 g
116 g
14.5 g
0.43 cups
Vegetable oil
198 g
99 g
12.4 g
0.51 cups
Honey
336 g
168 g
21.0 g
0.30 cups
Maple syrup
312 g
156 g
19.5 g
0.32 cups
Rice, uncooked
198 g
99 g
12.4 g
0.51 cups
Rolled oats
89 g
45 g
5.6 g
1.12 cups
Cocoa powder
84 g
42 g
5.3 g
1.19 cups
Table salt
288 g
144 g
18.0 g
0.35 cups
Chocolate chips
170 g
85 g
10.6 g
0.59 cups
Cheese, shredded
113 g
57 g
7.1 g
0.88 cups
Yogurt
227 g
114 g
14.2 g
0.44 cups
Kitchen volume equivalents
1 US cup
16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons = 8 US fl oz = 236.6 mL
1 tablespoon
3 teaspoons = 14.8 mL (Australia uses a 20 mL tablespoon)
1 teaspoon
4.93 mL, usually rounded to 5 mL
1 metric cup
250 mL (UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand)
1 US pint
2 cups = 473 mL; a UK pint is 568 mL
1 stick of butter
1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons = 113 g
Why bakers weigh
A cup of flour can weigh anywhere from 110 to 150 grams depending on whether it is sifted, spooned or scooped straight from the bag. That 30% swing is enough to turn a soft cake dry. Professional recipes use grams for dry ingredients for that reason. The weights above assume the spoon-and-level method: spoon the ingredient into the cup and sweep off the excess.
US, UK and metric recipes
US recipes use cups and ounces, UK recipes mostly grams and milliliters, and Australian recipes metric cups of 250 mL. Fluid ounces also differ: a US fl oz is 29.57 mL and a UK fl oz 28.41 mL. When a recipe says "ounces" for a dry ingredient, it means weight, not volume.
Questions people ask
How many grams is 1 cup of flour?
About 120 grams for all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled. Scooped straight from the bag it can be 140 g or more.
How many grams is a cup of sugar?
About 198 grams of granulated sugar, 213 grams of packed brown sugar and 113 grams of powdered sugar.