How many grams is 8 cups of unpacked brown sugar?

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How many grams is 8 cups of unpacked brown sugar?

Answer

8 US cups of unpacked brown sugar weighs
1,160 grams

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

grams = cups × grams in one US cup

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.

8 US cups of each ingredient in grams
Ingredient8 cups in gramsOne US cup weighs
All-purpose flour1,000 grams125 grams
Granulated sugar1,600 grams200 grams
Brown sugar, packed1,760 grams220 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked1,160 grams145 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted960 grams120 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted800 grams100 grams
Butter1,816 grams227 grams
Water1,893 grams236.6 grams
Whole milk1,952 grams244 grams
White rice, uncooked1,480 grams185 grams
White rice, cooked1,264 grams158 grams
Rolled oats648 grams81 grams
Honey2,712 grams339 grams
Table salt2,336 grams292 grams
Cocoa powder688 grams86 grams
Plain yogurt1,960 grams245 grams
Olive oil1,728 grams216 grams
Vegetable oil1,744 grams218 grams
Heavy cream1,904 grams238 grams
Sour cream1,840 grams230 grams
Peanut butter2,064 grams258 grams
Cornstarch1,024 grams128 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.

See Also

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About "Cups to Grams" Calculator

This converter turns US cups of an ingredient into grams. The weight of a cup depends on what fills it: a cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams, a cup of sugar 200 grams and a cup of honey 339 grams. Type the cups the way a recipe writes them — 1/2, 1 1/2 or 0.75 — and pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 19 at once. For example, it can help you find out how many grams is 8 cups of unpacked brown sugar? (The answer is: 1,160). Cup weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the cup is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml.
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US cups of unpacked brown sugar to grams

CupsGrams
3 3/4 cups543.8 grams
4 cups580 grams
4 1/4 cups616.3 grams
4 1/2 cups652.5 grams
5 cups725 grams
5 1/4 cups761.3 grams
5 1/2 cups797.5 grams
6 cups870 grams
6 1/2 cups942.5 grams
7 cups1,015 grams
7 1/2 cups1,088 grams
8 cups1,160 grams
9 cups1,305 grams
10 cups1,450 grams
12 cups1,740 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 8 cups of unpacked brown sugar?

8 US cups of unpacked brown sugar weighs 1,160 grams

How do you work out 8 cups of unpacked brown sugar in grams?

Multiply the cups by the weight of one US cup of unpacked brown sugar: 8 × 145 = 1,160. The weight of one US cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168833 “Sugars, brown”, portion “1 cup unpacked” = 145 grams.

How many cups is 100 grams of unpacked brown sugar?

0.69 US cups — 100 g divided by the 145 grams that one US cup of it weighs.

What about packed brown sugar?

8 cups of packed brown sugar weighs 1,760 grams: one US cup of it weighs 220 grams against 145 grams for unpacked brown sugar.