Kitchen conversions · Sugar and sweeteners
How many grams in a cup of brown sugar?
One cup of brown sugar (packed) weighs about 220 g; a tablespoon 14 g and a teaspoon 4.6 g. The weight is for packed brown sugar; measured another way it weighs a different amount.
Convert brown sugar
Cups, spoons or milliliters to grams, or grams and ounces back to cups.
1 cup brown sugar (packed) ≈ 220 g
| Grams | 220 g |
|---|---|
| Ounces (weight) | 7.76 oz |
| Cups | 1 |
| Tablespoons | 16 |
| Teaspoons | 48 |
| Milliliters | 237 ml |
1 cup of brown sugar (packed) weighs 220 g; 1 tbsp 14 g; 1 tsp 4.6 g.
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 28 g | 0.97 oz |
| ¼ cup | 55 g | 1.94 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 73 g | 2.59 oz |
| ½ cup | 110 g | 3.88 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 147 g | 5.17 oz |
| ¾ cup | 165 g | 5.82 oz |
| 1 cup | 220 g | 7.76 oz |
| 1 ½ cups | 330 g | 11.6 oz |
| 2 cups | 440 g | 15.5 oz |
| 3 cups | 660 g | 23.3 oz |
| 4 cups | 880 g | 31 oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 14 g | 0.49 oz |
| 1 teaspoon | 4.6 g | 0.16 oz |
| Grams | US measure | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 1 ⅛ tsp | 0.4 |
| 10 g | 2 ⅛ tsp | 0.7 |
| 25 g | 1 ⅞ tbsp | 1.8 |
| 50 g | 3 ⅝ tbsp | 3.6 |
| 100 g | ½ cup | 7.3 |
| 125 g | ⅝ cup | 9.1 |
| 150 g | ⅔ cup | 10.9 |
| 200 g | ⅞ cup | 14.5 |
| 250 g | 1 ⅛ cups | 18.2 |
| 300 g | 1 ⅜ cups | 21.8 |
| 400 g | 1 ⅞ cups | 29.1 |
| 500 g | 2 ¼ cups | 36.4 |
How to measure brown sugar
- Granulated sugar: scoop or spoon, then level.
- Brown sugar: press it firmly into the cup.
- Powdered sugar: spoon it in loosely and level; sift after measuring if the recipe says so.
- Honey and syrups: a thin film of oil in the cup lets them slide out.
- For the same result every time, weigh it: put the bowl on the scale, press tare, then add brown sugar to the weight above.
Where the number comes from
USDA FoodData Central (public domain): Sugars, brown (FDC 168833), from the food's own measured cup, tablespoon or teaspoon weight. A US cup is 236.6 ml.
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And 26 more.
Ingredient guide: Brown sugar: pick, store and measure