How many grams is 1/2 cup of sour cream?

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How many grams is 1/2 cup of sour cream?

Answer

1/2 US cup of sour cream weighs
115 grams

One US cup (236.6 ml) of sour cream weighs 230 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 171257 “Cream, sour, cultured”, portion “1 cup” = 230 grams.

1/2 cup of sour cream equals 115 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.

This is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml. A recipe written for the metric cup of 250 ml (Australia, New Zealand, Canada) means 5.7 % more: 121.5 grams.

How 1/2 cup of sour cream was converted to grams

grams = cups × grams in one US cup

One US cup of sour cream weighs 230 grams (two hundred thirty), so multiply 1/2 by 230.

1/2 × 230 g

=

115 grams

(one hundred fifteen grams)

The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 171257 “Cream, sour, cultured”, portion “1 cup” = 230 grams. Scooped ingredients vary with how they are filled — spooned in lightly, a cup weighs less; packed down, more — so for baking a kitchen scale is the exact tool and this figure the standard reference.

1/2 cup of other ingredients in grams

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The other way round: how many cups a weight fills

This page starts from cups and answers in grams. The opposite question — how many cups a weight from a recipe fills — is what the grams to cups converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: 100 grams of sour cream is 0.43 cups there.

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About "Cups to Grams" Calculator

This converter turns US cups of an ingredient into grams. The weight of a cup depends on what fills it: a cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams, a cup of sugar 200 grams and a cup of honey 339 grams. Type the cups the way a recipe writes them — 1/2, 1 1/2 or 0.75 — and pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 19 at once. For example, it can help you find out how many grams is 1/2 cup of sour cream? (The answer is: 115). Cup weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the cup is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml.
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US cups of sour cream to grams

CupsGrams
1/8 cup28.8 grams
0.2 cups46 grams
1/4 cup57.5 grams
1/3 cup76.7 grams
3/8 cup86.3 grams
1/2 cup115 grams
5/8 cup143.8 grams
2/3 cup153.3 grams
3/4 cup172.5 grams
7/8 cup201.3 grams
1 cup230 grams
1 1/8 cups258.8 grams
1.2 cups276 grams
1 1/4 cups287.5 grams
1 1/3 cups306.7 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 1/2 cup of sour cream?

1/2 US cup of sour cream weighs 115 grams

How do you work out 1/2 cup of sour cream in grams?

Multiply the cups by the weight of one US cup of sour cream: 1/2 × 230 = 115. The weight of one US cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 171257 “Cream, sour, cultured”, portion “1 cup” = 230 grams.

How many cups is 100 grams of sour cream?

0.43 US cups — 100 g divided by the 230 grams that one US cup of it weighs.