How many grams is 3 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar?

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How many grams is 3 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar?

Answer

3 1/4 US cups of unpacked brown sugar weighs
471.3 grams

One US cup (236.6 ml) of unpacked brown sugar weighs 145 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168833 “Sugars, brown”, portion “1 cup unpacked” = 145 grams.

3 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar equals 471.3 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.

Packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams per cup, so 3 1/4 cups of it is 715 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: 498 grams.

How 3 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar was converted to grams

grams = cups × grams in one US cup

One US cup of unpacked brown sugar weighs 145 grams (one hundred forty-five), so multiply 3 1/4 by 145.

3 1/4 × 145 g

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471.3 grams

(four hundred seventy-one point three grams)

The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168833 “Sugars, brown”, portion “1 cup unpacked” = 145 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 1/4 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.

3 1/4 US cups of each ingredient in grams
Ingredient3 1/4 cups in gramsOne US cup weighs
All-purpose flour406.3 grams125 grams
Granulated sugar650 grams200 grams
Brown sugar, packed715 grams220 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked471.3 grams145 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted390 grams120 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted325 grams100 grams
Butter737.8 grams227 grams
Water768.9 grams236.6 grams
Whole milk793 grams244 grams
White rice, uncooked601.3 grams185 grams
White rice, cooked513.5 grams158 grams
Rolled oats263.3 grams81 grams
Honey1,102 grams339 grams
Table salt949 grams292 grams
Cocoa powder279.5 grams86 grams
Plain yogurt796.3 grams245 grams
Olive oil702 grams216 grams
Vegetable oil708.5 grams218 grams
Heavy cream773.5 grams238 grams
Sour cream747.5 grams230 grams
Peanut butter838.5 grams258 grams
Cornstarch416 grams128 grams

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 3 1/4 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 unpacked brown sugar is 0.69 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 3 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar? (The answer is: 471.3). 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 unpacked brown sugar to grams

CupsGrams
2 cups290 grams
2 1/4 cups326.3 grams
2 1/3 cups338.3 grams
2 1/2 cups362.5 grams
2 2/3 cups386.7 grams
2 3/4 cups398.8 grams
3 cups435 grams
3 1/4 cups471.3 grams
3 1/3 cups483.3 grams
3 1/2 cups507.5 grams
3 3/4 cups543.8 grams
4 cups580 grams
4 1/4 cups616.3 grams
4 1/2 cups652.5 grams
5 cups725 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 3 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar?

3 1/4 US cups of unpacked brown sugar weighs 471.3 grams

How do you work out 3 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar in grams?

Multiply the cups by the weight of one US cup of unpacked brown sugar: 3 1/4 × 145 ≈ 471.3. The weight of one US cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168833 “Sugars, brown”, portion “1 cup unpacked” = 145 grams.

How many cups is 100 grams of unpacked brown sugar?

0.69 US cups — 100 g divided by the 145 grams that one US cup of it weighs.

What about packed brown sugar?

3 1/4 cups of packed brown sugar weighs 715 grams: one US cup of it weighs 220 grams against 145 grams for unpacked brown sugar.