How many grams is 6 cups of sifted powdered sugar?
How many grams is 6 cups of sifted powdered sugar?
Answer
One US cup (236.6 ml) of sifted powdered sugar weighs 100 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169656 “Sugars, powdered”, portion “1 cup sifted” = 100 grams.
6 cups of sifted powdered sugar equals 600 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.
Unsifted powdered sugar weighs 120 grams per cup, so 6 cups of it is 720 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: 634 grams.
How 6 cups of sifted powdered sugar was converted to grams
One US cup of sifted powdered sugar weighs 100 grams (one hundred), so multiply 6 by 100.
6 × 100 g
=600 grams
(six hundred grams)
The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169656 “Sugars, powdered”, portion “1 cup sifted” = 100 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.
6 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 | 6 cups in grams | One US cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 750 grams | 125 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 1,200 grams | 200 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 1,320 grams | 220 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 870 grams | 145 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 720 grams | 120 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 600 grams | 100 grams |
| Butter | 1,362 grams | 227 grams |
| Water | 1,420 grams | 236.6 grams |
| Whole milk | 1,464 grams | 244 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 1,110 grams | 185 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 948 grams | 158 grams |
| Rolled oats | 486 grams | 81 grams |
| Honey | 2,034 grams | 339 grams |
| Table salt | 1,752 grams | 292 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 516 grams | 86 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 1,470 grams | 245 grams |
| Olive oil | 1,296 grams | 216 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 1,308 grams | 218 grams |
| Heavy cream | 1,428 grams | 238 grams |
| Sour cream | 1,380 grams | 230 grams |
| Peanut butter | 1,548 grams | 258 grams |
| Cornstarch | 768 grams | 128 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 6 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 sifted powdered sugar is 1 cup 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 sifted powdered sugar to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| 3 3/4 cups | 375 grams |
| 4 cups | 400 grams |
| 4 1/4 cups | 425 grams |
| 4 1/2 cups | 450 grams |
| 5 cups | 500 grams |
| 5 1/4 cups | 525 grams |
| 5 1/2 cups | 550 grams |
| 6 cups | 600 grams |
| 6 1/2 cups | 650 grams |
| 7 cups | 700 grams |
| 7 1/2 cups | 750 grams |
| 8 cups | 800 grams |
| 9 cups | 900 grams |
| 10 cups | 1,000 grams |
| 12 cups | 1,200 grams |