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Granulated sugar grams to cups

One US cup of granulated sugar weighs 200 g, a tablespoon 12.5 g and a teaspoon 4.2 g. So 100 g of granulated sugar is ½ cup (0.5 cups).

100 grams of granulated sugar = 0.5 cups

Measure it: ½ cup

Ingredient

Metric cup (250 ml)

Granulated sugar grams to cups chart

Grams	US cups	How to measure	Tablespoons
25 g	0.125	2 tbsp	2
50 g	0.25	¼ cup	4
75 g	0.375	¼ cup + 2 tbsp	6
100 g	0.5	½ cup	8
125 g	0.625	½ cup + 2 tbsp	10
150 g	0.75	¾ cup	12
200 g	1	1 cup	16
250 g	1.25	1 ¼ cups	20
300 g	1.5	1 ½ cups	24
400 g	2	2 cups	32
500 g	2.5	2 ½ cups	40
1000 g	5	5 cups	80

Cups of granulated sugar to grams

Cups	Grams	Ounces
⅛ cup	25 g	0.882 oz
¼ cup	50 g	1.76 oz
⅓ cup	66.7 g	2.35 oz
½ cup	100 g	3.53 oz
⅔ cup	133 g	4.7 oz
¾ cup	150 g	5.29 oz
1 cup	200 g	7.05 oz
1½ cups	300 g	10.6 oz
2 cups	400 g	14.1 oz
3 cups	600 g	21.2 oz
4 cups	800 g	28.2 oz

Where 200 g comes from

USDA FoodData Central: 1 cup of “Sugars, granulated” = 200 g. FDC 169655

King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart (“Sugar (granulated white)”): 198 g per cup. Chart

This page uses 200 g (USDA).

White sugar is the most consistent dry ingredient to measure by cup: 200 g in USDA's data, 198 g by King Arthur. Caster (superfine) sugar is finer and packs a little lighter, about 190 g.

How to measure granulated sugar by the cup

Stir it to loosen, spoon it into a dry measuring cup until heaped, then sweep the top level with the back of a knife. Do not tap or press the cup.

Questions

How many cups is 100 g of granulated sugar?

½ cup (0.5 cups), measured the spoon-and-level way.

How many grams is 1 cup of granulated sugar?

200 g according to USDA FoodData Central; King Arthur's chart says 198 g.

How many grams in a tablespoon of granulated sugar?

About 12.5 g; a teaspoon is 4.2 g.

How many cups is 500 g of granulated sugar?

2 ½ cups (2.5 cups).