How many grams is 3 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar?
How many grams is 3 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar?
Answer
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.
3 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar equals 770 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.
Unpacked brown sugar weighs 145 grams per cup, so 3 1/2 cups of it is 507.5 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: 813.6 grams.
How 3 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar was converted to grams
One US cup of packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams (two hundred twenty), so multiply 3 1/2 by 220.
3 1/2 × 220 g
=770 grams
(seven hundred seventy 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.
3 1/2 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 1/2 cups in grams | One US cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 437.5 grams | 125 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 700 grams | 200 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 770 grams | 220 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 507.5 grams | 145 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 420 grams | 120 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 350 grams | 100 grams |
| Butter | 794.5 grams | 227 grams |
| Water | 828.1 grams | 236.6 grams |
| Whole milk | 854 grams | 244 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 647.5 grams | 185 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 553 grams | 158 grams |
| Rolled oats | 283.5 grams | 81 grams |
| Honey | 1,187 grams | 339 grams |
| Table salt | 1,022 grams | 292 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 301 grams | 86 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 857.5 grams | 245 grams |
| Olive oil | 756 grams | 216 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 763 grams | 218 grams |
| Heavy cream | 833 grams | 238 grams |
| Sour cream | 805 grams | 230 grams |
| Peanut butter | 903 grams | 258 grams |
| Cornstarch | 448 grams | 128 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 3 1/2 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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- Grams to Cups - How many US cups a weight of flour, sugar, butter, rice or another ingredient fills — by USDA cup weights
- Cups to Ml - Convert Cups to Milliliters
- Ml to Cups - Convert Milliliters to Cups
- Cups to Tablespoons - Convert Cups to Tablespoons
- Oz to Grams - Convert Ounces to Grams
- Gallons to Pounds - How much a gallon of water, milk, gasoline, diesel, oil or propane weighs in pounds — by density

US cups of packed brown sugar to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| 2 1/3 cups | 513.3 grams |
| 2 1/2 cups | 550 grams |
| 2 2/3 cups | 586.7 grams |
| 2 3/4 cups | 605 grams |
| 3 cups | 660 grams |
| 3 1/4 cups | 715 grams |
| 3 1/3 cups | 733.3 grams |
| 3 1/2 cups | 770 grams |
| 3 3/4 cups | 825 grams |
| 4 cups | 880 grams |
| 4 1/4 cups | 935 grams |
| 4 1/2 cups | 990 grams |
| 5 cups | 1,100 grams |
| 5 1/4 cups | 1,155 grams |
| 5 1/2 cups | 1,210 grams |