How many cups is 800 grams of granulated sugar?

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How many cups is 800 grams of granulated sugar?

Answer

800 grams of granulated sugar is
4 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.

800 grams of granulated sugar equals 4 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 3.79 cups of that size.

How 800 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 800 by 200.

800 g ÷ 200 g

=

4 cups

(four 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.

800 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.

800 grams of each ingredient in US cups
Ingredient800 grams in cupsOne US cup weighs
All-purpose flour6.4 cups125 grams
Granulated sugar4 cups200 grams
Brown sugar, packed3.64 cups220 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked5.52 cups145 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted6.67 cups120 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted8 cups100 grams
Butter3.52 cups227 grams
Water3.38 cups236.6 grams
Whole milk3.28 cups244 grams
White rice, uncooked4.32 cups185 grams
White rice, cooked5.06 cups158 grams
Rolled oats9.88 cups81 grams
Honey2.36 cups339 grams
Table salt2.74 cups292 grams
Cocoa powder9.3 cups86 grams
Plain yogurt3.27 cups245 grams
Olive oil3.7 cups216 grams
Vegetable oil3.67 cups218 grams
Heavy cream3.36 cups238 grams
Sour cream3.48 cups230 grams
Peanut butter3.1 cups258 grams
Cornstarch6.25 cups128 grams

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many cups 800 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 800 grams of granulated sugar? (The answer is: 4). 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
680 g3.4 cups
690 g3.45 cups
700 g3.5 cups
720 g3.6 cups
725 g3.63 cups
740 g3.7 cups
750 g3.75 cups
800 g4 cups
840 g4.2 cups
850 g4.25 cups
900 g4.5 cups
907 g4.54 cups
950 g4.75 cups
1,000 g5 cups
1,200 g6 cups

FAQ

How many cups is 800 grams of granulated sugar?

800 grams of granulated sugar is 4 US cups

How do you work out 800 grams of granulated sugar in cups?

Divide the grams by the weight of one US cup of granulated sugar: 800 ÷ 200 = 4. 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.