How many cups is 240 grams of granulated sugar?

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How many cups is 240 grams of granulated sugar?

Answer

240 grams of granulated sugar is
1.2 US cups

One US cup (236.6 ml) of granulated sugar weighs 200 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169655 “Sugars, granulated”, portion “1 cup” = 200 grams. In kitchen measures that is just under 1 1/4 cups.

240 grams of granulated sugar equals 1.2 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 1.14 cups of that size.

How 240 grams of granulated sugar was converted to cups

cups = grams ÷ grams in one US cup

A cup is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US cup of granulated sugar weighs 200 grams (two hundred), so divide 240 by 200.

240 g ÷ 200 g

=

1.2 cups

(one point two cups)

The weight of the cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169655 “Sugars, granulated”, portion “1 cup” = 200 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.

240 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.

240 grams of each ingredient in US cups
Ingredient240 grams in cupsOne US cup weighs
All-purpose flour1.92 cups125 grams
Granulated sugar1.2 cups200 grams
Brown sugar, packed1.09 cups220 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked1.66 cups145 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted2 cups120 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted2.4 cups100 grams
Butter1.06 cups227 grams
Water1.01 cups236.6 grams
Whole milk0.98 cups244 grams
White rice, uncooked1.3 cups185 grams
White rice, cooked1.52 cups158 grams
Rolled oats2.96 cups81 grams
Honey0.71 cups339 grams
Table salt0.82 cups292 grams
Cocoa powder2.79 cups86 grams
Plain yogurt0.98 cups245 grams
Olive oil1.11 cups216 grams
Vegetable oil1.1 cups218 grams
Heavy cream1.01 cups238 grams
Sour cream1.04 cups230 grams
Peanut butter0.93 cups258 grams
Cornstarch1.88 cups128 grams

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many cups 240 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 granulated sugar is 200 grams there and here.

See Also

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About "Grams to Cups" Calculator

This converter turns grams of an ingredient into US cups. A cup is a volume and a gram is a weight, so the answer depends on what is in the cup: 100 grams of all-purpose flour fill 0.8 cups, the same 100 grams of sugar only 0.5 cups. Pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 19 side by side. For example, it can help you find out how many cups is 240 grams of granulated sugar? (The answer is: 1.2). Cup weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the cup is the US customary cup of 236.6 ml.
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Grams of granulated sugar to US cups

GramsCups
225 g1.13 cups
226 g1.13 cups
227 g1.14 cups
228 g1.14 cups
230 g1.15 cups
235 g1.18 cups
238 g1.19 cups
240 g1.2 cups
245 g1.23 cups
250 g1.25 cups
255 g1.28 cups
259 g1.3 cups
260 g1.3 cups
265 g1.33 cups
270 g1.35 cups

FAQ

How many cups is 240 grams of granulated sugar?

240 grams of granulated sugar is 1.2 US cups

How do you work out 240 grams of granulated sugar in cups?

Divide the grams by the weight of one US cup of granulated sugar: 240 ÷ 200 = 1.2. The weight of one US cup comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169655 “Sugars, granulated”, portion “1 cup” = 200 grams.

How many grams does one US cup of granulated sugar weigh?

200 grams. One US cup is 236.6 ml.