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Butter grams to cups

One US cup of butter weighs 227 g, a tablespoon 14.2 g and a teaspoon 4.73 g. So 100 g of butter is ¼ cup + 3 tbsp (0.441 cups).

100 grams of butter = 0.441 cups

Measure it: ¼ cup + 3 tbsp

Ingredient

Metric cup (250 ml)

Butter grams to cups chart

Grams	US cups	How to measure	Tablespoons
25 g	0.11	1 tbsp + 2 ¼ tsp	1.76
50 g	0.22	3 tbsp + 1 ½ tsp	3.52
75 g	0.33	⅓ cup	5.29
100 g	0.441	¼ cup + 3 tbsp	7.05
125 g	0.551	½ cup + 2 ½ tsp	8.81
150 g	0.661	⅔ cup	10.6
200 g	0.881	¾ cup + 2 tbsp	14.1
250 g	1.1	scant 1 ⅛ cups	17.6
300 g	1.32	1 ⅓ cups	21.1
400 g	1.76	1 ¾ cups	28.2
500 g	2.2	scant 2 ¼ cups	35.2
1000 g	4.41	4 ⅓ cups	70.5

Cups of butter to grams

Cups	Grams	Ounces
⅛ cup	28.4 g	1 oz
¼ cup	56.8 g	2 oz
⅓ cup	75.7 g	2.67 oz
½ cup	114 g	4 oz
⅔ cup	151 g	5.34 oz
¾ cup	170 g	6.01 oz
1 cup	227 g	8.01 oz
1½ cups	341 g	12 oz
2 cups	454 g	16 oz
3 cups	681 g	24 oz
4 cups	908 g	32 oz

Where 227 g comes from

USDA FoodData Central: 1 cup of “Butter, without salt” = 227 g. FDC 173430

King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart (“Butter”): 226 g per cup. Chart

This page uses 227 g (USDA).

Butter is the easy one: 1 cup is 227 g, which is 2 US sticks of 113 g, or 8 oz. Each stick has tablespoon marks on the wrapper (8 tablespoons, about 14 g each). Salted and unsalted weigh the same.

How to measure butter by the cup

Press it firmly into a dry measuring cup with the back of a spoon, then level the top. It should hold the cup's shape when turned out.

Questions

How many cups is 100 g of butter?

¼ cup + 3 tbsp (0.441 cups), measured the packed way.

How many grams is 1 cup of butter?

227 g according to USDA FoodData Central.

How many grams in a tablespoon of butter?

About 14.2 g; a teaspoon is 4.73 g.

How many cups is 500 g of butter?

scant 2 ¼ cups (2.2 cups).