How many grams is 8 cups of unpacked brown sugar?
How many grams is 8 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.
8 cups of unpacked brown sugar equals 1,160 grams; the way back, from grams to cups, is the Grams to Cups converter.
Packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams per cup, so 8 cups of it is 1,760 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: 1,226 grams.
How 8 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 8 by 145.
8 × 145 g
=1,160 grams
(one thousand one hundred sixty 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.
8 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 | 8 cups in grams | One US cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 1,000 grams | 125 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 1,600 grams | 200 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 1,760 grams | 220 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 1,160 grams | 145 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 960 grams | 120 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 800 grams | 100 grams |
| Butter | 1,816 grams | 227 grams |
| Water | 1,893 grams | 236.6 grams |
| Whole milk | 1,952 grams | 244 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 1,480 grams | 185 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 1,264 grams | 158 grams |
| Rolled oats | 648 grams | 81 grams |
| Honey | 2,712 grams | 339 grams |
| Table salt | 2,336 grams | 292 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 688 grams | 86 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 1,960 grams | 245 grams |
| Olive oil | 1,728 grams | 216 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 1,744 grams | 218 grams |
| Heavy cream | 1,904 grams | 238 grams |
| Sour cream | 1,840 grams | 230 grams |
| Peanut butter | 2,064 grams | 258 grams |
| Cornstarch | 1,024 grams | 128 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 8 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
- Gallons to Pounds - How much a gallon of water, milk, gasoline, diesel, oil or propane weighs in pounds — by density

US cups of unpacked brown sugar to grams
| Cups | 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 |
| 12 cups | 1,740 grams |