How many grams is 5 1/2 cups of unpacked brown sugar?
How many grams is 5 1/2 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.
5 1/2 cups of unpacked brown sugar equals 797.5 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.
Packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams per cup, so 5 1/2 cups of it is 1,210 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: 842.7 grams.
How 5 1/2 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 5 1/2 by 145.
5 1/2 × 145 g
=797.5 grams
(seven hundred ninety-seven point five 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.
5 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 | 5 1/2 cups in grams | One US cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 687.5 grams | 125 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 1,100 grams | 200 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 1,210 grams | 220 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 797.5 grams | 145 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 660 grams | 120 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 550 grams | 100 grams |
| Butter | 1,249 grams | 227 grams |
| Water | 1,301 grams | 236.6 grams |
| Whole milk | 1,342 grams | 244 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 1,018 grams | 185 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 869 grams | 158 grams |
| Rolled oats | 445.5 grams | 81 grams |
| Honey | 1,865 grams | 339 grams |
| Table salt | 1,606 grams | 292 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 473 grams | 86 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 1,348 grams | 245 grams |
| Olive oil | 1,188 grams | 216 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 1,199 grams | 218 grams |
| Heavy cream | 1,309 grams | 238 grams |
| Sour cream | 1,265 grams | 230 grams |
| Peanut butter | 1,419 grams | 258 grams |
| Cornstarch | 704 grams | 128 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 5 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 unpacked brown sugar is 0.69 cups there.
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US cups of unpacked brown sugar to grams
| Cups | 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 |
| 7 1/2 cups | 1,088 grams |
| 8 cups | 1,160 grams |
| 9 cups | 1,305 grams |
| 10 cups | 1,450 grams |
FAQ
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See Also
- 5 cups of sifted powdered sugar in grams — 500 g
- 5 cups of uncooked white rice in grams — 925 g
- 5 cups of table salt in grams — 1,460 g
- 5 cups of sour cream in grams — 1,150 g
- 5 cups of granulated sugar in grams — 1,000 g
- 5 cups of vegetable oil in grams — 1,090 g
- 5 cups of water in grams — 1,183 g
- 5 cups of plain yogurt in grams — 1,225 g
- 5 1/2 cups in grams — flour, sugar, butter and more
- 5 1/2 cups of packed brown sugar in grams — 1,210 g
- 5 1/2 cups of butter in grams — 1,249 g
- 5 1/2 cups of cocoa powder in grams — 473 g
- 5 1/2 cups of cooked white rice in grams — 869 g
- 5 1/2 cups of cornstarch in grams — 704 g
- 5 1/2 cups of all-purpose flour in grams — 687.5 g
- 5 1/2 cups of heavy cream in grams — 1,309 g
- 5 1/2 cups of honey in grams — 1,865 g
- 5 1/2 cups of whole milk in grams — 1,342 g
- 5 1/2 cups of rolled oats in grams — 445.5 g
- 5 1/2 cups of olive oil in grams — 1,188 g