How many grams are in a cup?

(9) On June 3, 2011 at 6:31 pm Kat Wingrove [0] said:

This is all well and good, but I am still completely baffled by the whole cups thing. Maybe it's because I am British and have been brought up to measure ingredients in weight and not by how much of a cup space they occupy :/ This doesn't mean I'm ignorant for saying that, but I have found a few lovely American recipes online that are absolutely no use whatsoever as I can't make them.

For example, today I found a lovely recipe for making my own organic almond hand cream. I registered disappointment as soon as I saw it was an American recipe, all in cup measurements. Okay I thought, I'll go to Amazon and buy some measuring cups. Problem solved, or so I thought. It turns out there are different sized measuring cups and as with all the recipes I have found that use cups, it does not say which size cup I should be using. So how am I supposed to know? Perhaps the recipe writers are the useless ones who aren't specifying information properly?

So just out of curiosity people, how much un-melted beeswax is in 1/4 cup? That's the only information I'm giving you to work it out, as that is all the recipe gives me. If everyone comes back with the same answer I'll give in to a cup being an actual exact measurement of anything.

(8) On April 22, 2011 at 6:13 pm Raptor36 [0] said:

For someone starting off sounding so smart by stating "A cup is a measure of volume, but a gram is a measure of mass." - a true statement - and then saying something like "Here are a few common foods and their conversion from cups to grams (notice how much the weight varies!" and lists those common foods in grams is like comparing apples to oranges. He/she should have stated "notice how much the mass varied". Well, the weight did vary, but you wouldn't list it in grams. GRAMS is a mesurement of MASS. NEWTONS is a measurement of weight (aka FORCE), just like POUNDS are a measurement of FORCE. Something that has 200 grams mass on Earth has 200 grams mass on the Moon. But, the weight (FORCE) varies depending on the acceleration due to gravity, which is different depending on where you measure it. The equivalent of grams (mass) in the Imperial system is called "slugs". 1 slug = 14,593.9029 grams. Now you're talking MASS to MASS. NEWTONS to LBS is WEIGHT to WEIGHT.

(7) On December 15, 2010 at 7:29 am Matt Powell [0] said:

I will really tell that a 1 ounce = 28.34 grams, so one cup of butter weighs 227 grams. .... GREAT PAGE! MANY THANKS.

(6) On September 11, 2010 at 4:41 pm WtWatcher [0] said:

"..the cup is considered an unnecessary value of measurement, created by America to make things simpler for people who cook by an average, rather than precision."

What an ignorant statement. Cups, teaspoons, tablespoons, etc are a measure of VOLUME and are accurate enough to follow the most sensitive recipes accurately. Grams are a measure of WEIGHT. With a good quality kitchen scale you can figure out any measurement of weight or volume that you may need.

(5) On April 29, 2010 at 10:51 pm Savannahstar123 [0] said:

JUST STOP ARGUING

(4) On April 29, 2010 at 10:50 pm Savannahstar123 [0] said:

eclipseOkitten thats right

(3) On February 18, 2010 at 9:58 pm QPDollJRP [0] said:

All of this discussion on volume and weight is ridiculous. You list the number of calories in an item as 118 calories PER SERVING!!! What we need to know is HOW MUCH is in a serving . . . . . is it a cupful, 2 cups full, etc. It matters NOT how much the serving weighs. Telling me the calorie count in a serving doesn't tell me ANYTHING unless you tell me how many cups or ounces that serving is by SIZE, not by WEIGHT!!!!

(2) On August 21, 2009 at 1:41 pm Animalangel227 [0] said:

Soz, can't tell you that, but does anyone know how many grams is in a cup of plain or self- raising flour?

(1) On April 14, 2009 at 10:15 pm Eclipse0kitten [0] said:

what if its cat litter??????? i need the conversion pleeeeeaaaaase if anybody knows tell me!!!!! i need the conversion asap please if anyone knows

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