How many grams is 3 cups of table salt?
How many grams is 3 cups of table salt?
Answer
One US cup (236.6 ml) of table salt weighs 292 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173468 “Salt, table”, portion “1 cup” = 292 grams.
3 cups of table salt equals 876 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: 925.7 grams.
How 3 cups of table salt was converted to grams
One US cup of table salt weighs 292 grams (two hundred ninety-two), so multiply 3 by 292.
3 × 292 g
=876 grams
(eight hundred seventy-six grams)
The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173468 “Salt, table”, portion “1 cup” = 292 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.
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.
| Ingredient | 3 cups in grams | One US cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 375 grams | 125 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 600 grams | 200 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 660 grams | 220 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 435 grams | 145 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 360 grams | 120 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 300 grams | 100 grams |
| Butter | 681 grams | 227 grams |
| Water | 709.8 grams | 236.6 grams |
| Whole milk | 732 grams | 244 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 555 grams | 185 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 474 grams | 158 grams |
| Rolled oats | 243 grams | 81 grams |
| Honey | 1,017 grams | 339 grams |
| Table salt | 876 grams | 292 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 258 grams | 86 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 735 grams | 245 grams |
| Olive oil | 648 grams | 216 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 654 grams | 218 grams |
| Heavy cream | 714 grams | 238 grams |
| Sour cream | 690 grams | 230 grams |
| Peanut butter | 774 grams | 258 grams |
| Cornstarch | 384 grams | 128 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 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 table salt is 0.34 cups there.
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About "Cups to Grams" Calculator
US cups of table salt to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1 3/4 cups | 511 grams |
| 2 cups | 584 grams |
| 2 1/4 cups | 657 grams |
| 2 1/3 cups | 681.3 grams |
| 2 1/2 cups | 730 grams |
| 2 2/3 cups | 778.7 grams |
| 2 3/4 cups | 803 grams |
| 3 cups | 876 grams |
| 3 1/4 cups | 949 grams |
| 3 1/3 cups | 973.3 grams |
| 3 1/2 cups | 1,022 grams |
| 3 3/4 cups | 1,095 grams |
| 4 cups | 1,168 grams |
| 4 1/4 cups | 1,241 grams |
| 4 1/2 cups | 1,314 grams |
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- 3 cups of all-purpose flour in grams — 375 g
- 3 cups of heavy cream in grams — 714 g
- 3 cups of honey in grams — 1,017 g
- 3 cups of whole milk in grams — 732 g
- 3 cups of rolled oats in grams — 243 g
- 3 cups of olive oil in grams — 648 g
- 3 cups of peanut butter in grams — 774 g
- 3 cups of unsifted powdered sugar in grams — 360 g
- 3 cups of sifted powdered sugar in grams — 300 g
- 3 cups of uncooked white rice in grams — 555 g
- 3 cups of sour cream in grams — 690 g
- 3 cups of granulated sugar in grams — 600 g
- 3 cups of vegetable oil in grams — 654 g
- 3 cups of water in grams — 709.8 g
- 3 cups of plain yogurt in grams — 735 g
- 3 1/2 cups in grams — flour, sugar, butter and more
- 3 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar in grams — 770 g
- 3 1/2 cups of unpacked brown sugar in grams — 507.5 g
- 3 1/2 cups of butter in grams — 794.5 g
- 3 1/2 cups of cocoa powder in grams — 301 g