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How many grams in a cup of whole wheat flour?
About 120 g in a US cup (240 ml), 127 g in a metric cup (250 ml) and 101 g in a 200 ml cup.
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Cup size
Whole wheat flour
1 cup = 120 g
- Tablespoons16
- Teaspoons48
- Millilitres237
- Grams120
Dry ingredients are spooned into the cup and levelled. Scooped straight from the bag, flour can weigh up to 20% more — for baking, a scale is the safest bet.
Conversion tables (US cup · 240 ml):
Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ | 15 g |
| ¼ | 30 g |
| ⅓ | 40 g |
| ½ | 60 g |
| ⅔ | 80 g |
| ¾ | 90 g |
| 1 | 120 g |
| 1½ | 180 g |
| 2 | 240 g |
| 3 | 360 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | Cups |
|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.2 |
| 50 g | 0.4 |
| 100 g | 0.8 |
| 150 g | 1¼ |
| 200 g | 1⅔ |
| 250 g | 2.1 |
| 300 g | 2½ |
| 500 g | 4.2 |
Spoons to grams
| Spoons | Grams |
|---|---|
| ½ tsp | 1.2 g |
| 1 tsp | 2.5 g |
| 2 tsp | 5 g |
| ½ tbsp | 3.7 g |
| 1 tbsp | 7.5 g |
| 2 tbsp | 15 g |
| 3 tbsp | 22 g |
| 4 tbsp | 30 g |
| 8 tbsp | 60 g |
Other ingredients (US cup · 240 ml):
How to convert cups to grams:
- Pick the ingredient
each one has its own weight per cup.
- Type the amount
whole numbers, decimals or fractions like ½.
- Choose your cup
US, metric or 200 ml — then read off grams.
Questions:
- How many grams in a cup of whole wheat flour?
- About 120 g in a US cup (240 ml), 127 g in a metric cup (250 ml) and 101 g in a 200 ml cup.
- Why does another site give a different number?
- Charts use different cups (240 ml, 250 ml or 200 ml) and different ways of filling them. Our numbers are for spooned and levelled cups (brown sugar packed, butter pressed in); scooping packs in more.
- Should I weigh or use cups?
- For baking, weigh — it's the only way to get the same result every time. For soups, rice or sauces, cups are close enough.
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