How many cups is 20 grams of all-purpose flour?
How many cups is 20 grams of all-purpose flour?
Answer
One US cup (236.6 ml) of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168894 “Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached”, portion “1 cup” = 125 grams.
20 grams of all-purpose flour equals 0.16 US cups; the way back, from cups to grams, is the Cups to Grams converter.
This is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml. A metric cup of 250 ml, used in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, is 5.7 % larger, so the same weight fills 0.15 cups of that size.
How 20 grams of all-purpose flour was converted to cups
A cup is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams (one hundred twenty-five), so divide 20 by 125.
20 g ÷ 125 g
=0.16 cups
(zero point one six cups)
The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168894 “Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached”, portion “1 cup” = 125 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.
20 grams of other ingredients in cups
The same weight fills a different number of cups for every ingredient: light, airy ones take many, dense ones few. Your ingredient is highlighted.
| Ingredient | 20 grams in cups | One US cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 0.16 cups | 125 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 0.1 cups | 200 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 0.0909 cups | 220 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 0.14 cups | 145 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 0.17 cups | 120 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 0.2 cups | 100 grams |
| Butter | 0.0881 cups | 227 grams |
| Water | 0.0845 cups | 236.6 grams |
| Whole milk | 0.082 cups | 244 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 0.11 cups | 185 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 0.13 cups | 158 grams |
| Rolled oats | 0.25 cups | 81 grams |
| Honey | 0.059 cups | 339 grams |
| Table salt | 0.0685 cups | 292 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 0.23 cups | 86 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 0.0816 cups | 245 grams |
| Olive oil | 0.0926 cups | 216 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 0.0917 cups | 218 grams |
| Heavy cream | 0.084 cups | 238 grams |
| Sour cream | 0.087 cups | 230 grams |
| Peanut butter | 0.0775 cups | 258 grams |
| Cornstarch | 0.16 cups | 128 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many cups 20 grams is across every ingredient at once.
The other way round: how many grams in a cup
This page starts from grams and answers in cups. The opposite question — how many grams a recipe’s cups weigh, fractions like 1/2 and 2 1/2 included — is what the cups to grams converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: one US cup of all-purpose flour is 125 grams there and here.
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- Cups to Grams - How many grams a US cup of flour, sugar, butter, rice or another ingredient weighs — by USDA data
- Ml to Cups - Convert Milliliters to Cups
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- Grams to Ounces - Convert Grams to Ounces
- Gallons to Pounds - How much a gallon of water, milk, gasoline, diesel, oil or propane weighs in pounds — by density
