How many grams is 4 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar?
How many grams is 4 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar?
Answer
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.
4 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar equals 616.3 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.
Packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams per cup, so 4 1/4 cups of it is 935 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: 651.2 grams.
How 4 1/4 cups of unpacked brown sugar was converted to grams
One US cup of unpacked brown sugar weighs 145 grams (one hundred forty-five), so multiply 4 1/4 by 145.
4 1/4 × 145 g
≈616.3 grams
(six hundred sixteen 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.
4 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.
| Ingredient | 4 1/4 cups in grams | One US cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 531.3 grams | 125 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 850 grams | 200 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 935 grams | 220 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 616.3 grams | 145 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 510 grams | 120 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 425 grams | 100 grams |
| Butter | 964.8 grams | 227 grams |
| Water | 1,006 grams | 236.6 grams |
| Whole milk | 1,037 grams | 244 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 786.3 grams | 185 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 671.5 grams | 158 grams |
| Rolled oats | 344.3 grams | 81 grams |
| Honey | 1,441 grams | 339 grams |
| Table salt | 1,241 grams | 292 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 365.5 grams | 86 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 1,041 grams | 245 grams |
| Olive oil | 918 grams | 216 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 926.5 grams | 218 grams |
| Heavy cream | 1,012 grams | 238 grams |
| Sour cream | 977.5 grams | 230 grams |
| Peanut butter | 1,097 grams | 258 grams |
| Cornstarch | 544 grams | 128 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 4 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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- 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
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US cups of unpacked brown sugar to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| 2 3/4 cups | 398.8 grams |
| 3 cups | 435 grams |
| 3 1/4 cups | 471.3 grams |
| 3 1/3 cups | 483.3 grams |
| 3 1/2 cups | 507.5 grams |
| 3 3/4 cups | 543.8 grams |
| 4 cups | 580 grams |
| 4 1/4 cups | 616.3 grams |
| 4 1/2 cups | 652.5 grams |
| 5 cups | 725 grams |
| 5 1/4 cups | 761.3 grams |
| 5 1/2 cups | 797.5 grams |
| 6 cups | 870 grams |
| 6 1/2 cups | 942.5 grams |
| 7 cups | 1,015 grams |