How many grams is 4 1/2 cups of butter?
How many grams is 4 1/2 cups of butter?
Answer
One US cup (236.6 ml) of butter weighs 227 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 grams.
4 1/2 cups of butter equals 1,022 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: 1,079 grams.
How 4 1/2 cups of butter was converted to grams
One US cup of butter weighs 227 grams (two hundred twenty-seven), so multiply 4 1/2 by 227.
4 1/2 × 227 g
≈1,022 grams
(one thousand twenty-two grams)
The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 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.
4 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 | 4 1/2 cups in grams | One US cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 562.5 grams | 125 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 900 grams | 200 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 990 grams | 220 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 652.5 grams | 145 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 540 grams | 120 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 450 grams | 100 grams |
| Butter | 1,022 grams | 227 grams |
| Water | 1,065 grams | 236.6 grams |
| Whole milk | 1,098 grams | 244 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 832.5 grams | 185 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 711 grams | 158 grams |
| Rolled oats | 364.5 grams | 81 grams |
| Honey | 1,526 grams | 339 grams |
| Table salt | 1,314 grams | 292 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 387 grams | 86 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 1,103 grams | 245 grams |
| Olive oil | 972 grams | 216 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 981 grams | 218 grams |
| Heavy cream | 1,071 grams | 238 grams |
| Sour cream | 1,035 grams | 230 grams |
| Peanut butter | 1,161 grams | 258 grams |
| Cornstarch | 576 grams | 128 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 4 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 butter is 0.44 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 butter to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| 3 cups | 681 grams |
| 3 1/4 cups | 737.8 grams |
| 3 1/3 cups | 756.7 grams |
| 3 1/2 cups | 794.5 grams |
| 3 3/4 cups | 851.3 grams |
| 4 cups | 908 grams |
| 4 1/4 cups | 964.8 grams |
| 4 1/2 cups | 1,022 grams |
| 5 cups | 1,135 grams |
| 5 1/4 cups | 1,192 grams |
| 5 1/2 cups | 1,249 grams |
| 6 cups | 1,362 grams |
| 6 1/2 cups | 1,476 grams |
| 7 cups | 1,589 grams |
| 7 1/2 cups | 1,703 grams |