How many grams is 2 2/3 cups of packed brown sugar?

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How many grams is 2 2/3 cups of packed brown sugar?

Answer

2 2/3 US cups of packed brown sugar weighs
586.7 grams

One US cup (236.6 ml) of packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168833 “Sugars, brown”, portion “1 cup packed” = 220 grams.

2 2/3 cups of packed brown sugar equals 586.7 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.

Unpacked brown sugar weighs 145 grams per cup, so 2 2/3 cups of it is 386.7 grams.

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: 619.9 grams.

How 2 2/3 cups of packed brown sugar was converted to grams

grams = cups × grams in one US cup

One US cup of packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams (two hundred twenty), so multiply 2 2/3 by 220.

2 2/3 × 220 g

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586.7 grams

(five hundred eighty-six point seven grams)

The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168833 “Sugars, brown”, portion “1 cup packed” = 220 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.

2 2/3 cups of other ingredients in grams

The same cup weighs differently for every ingredient: airy ones such as oats and cocoa are light, dense ones such as honey and salt heavy. Your ingredient is highlighted.

2 2/3 US cups of each ingredient in grams
Ingredient2 2/3 cups in gramsOne US cup weighs
All-purpose flour333.3 grams125 grams
Granulated sugar533.3 grams200 grams
Brown sugar, packed586.7 grams220 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked386.7 grams145 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted320 grams120 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted266.7 grams100 grams
Butter605.3 grams227 grams
Water630.9 grams236.6 grams
Whole milk650.7 grams244 grams
White rice, uncooked493.3 grams185 grams
White rice, cooked421.3 grams158 grams
Rolled oats216 grams81 grams
Honey904 grams339 grams
Table salt778.7 grams292 grams
Cocoa powder229.3 grams86 grams
Plain yogurt653.3 grams245 grams
Olive oil576 grams216 grams
Vegetable oil581.3 grams218 grams
Heavy cream634.7 grams238 grams
Sour cream613.3 grams230 grams
Peanut butter688 grams258 grams
Cornstarch341.3 grams128 grams

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 2 2/3 cups is across every ingredient at once.

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 packed brown sugar is 0.45 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 2 2/3 cups of packed brown sugar? (The answer is: 586.7). 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 packed brown sugar to grams

CupsGrams
1 1/2 cups330 grams
1 2/3 cups366.7 grams
1 3/4 cups385 grams
2 cups440 grams
2 1/4 cups495 grams
2 1/3 cups513.3 grams
2 1/2 cups550 grams
2 2/3 cups586.7 grams
2 3/4 cups605 grams
3 cups660 grams
3 1/4 cups715 grams
3 1/3 cups733.3 grams
3 1/2 cups770 grams
3 3/4 cups825 grams
4 cups880 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 2 2/3 cups of packed brown sugar?

2 2/3 US cups of packed brown sugar weighs 586.7 grams

How do you work out 2 2/3 cups of packed brown sugar in grams?

Multiply the cups by the weight of one US cup of packed brown sugar: 2 2/3 × 220 ≈ 586.7. The weight of one US cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168833 “Sugars, brown”, portion “1 cup packed” = 220 grams.

How many cups is 100 grams of packed brown sugar?

0.45 US cups — 100 g divided by the 220 grams that one US cup of it weighs.

What about unpacked brown sugar?

2 2/3 cups of unpacked brown sugar weighs 386.7 grams: one US cup of it weighs 145 grams against 220 grams for packed brown sugar.