How many grams is 1 cup of brown sugar?

220 g packed, from the packed and levelled convention, and about 145 g loose, from a common baking reference convention. Most American recipes ask for brown sugar packed, so the converter opens on packed. Half a cup is 110 g packed or 72.5 g loose.

How many cups is 100 g of brown sugar?

0.4545 cups packed, about 1/2 cup, or 0.6897 cups loose, about 3/4 cup. Swap the units above so grams come first, then switch the ingredient between Brown sugar, packed and Brown sugar, loose to see both.

How many cups is 200 g of brown sugar?

0.9091 cups packed, about 7/8 cup, or 1.379 cups loose, about 1 3/8 cups. The gap between the two methods is nearly half a cup at this size, which is why a recipe that gives grams is easier to follow than one that gives cups.

Is a metric cup of brown sugar a different weight?

Slightly. A metric cup is 250 mL against the US cup's 236.588 mL, so a metric cup holds 232.5 g of packed brown sugar rather than 220 g, and 153.2 g loose rather than 145 g. The tool has a switch for the metric cup. The table on this page is for the US cup.

Brown Sugar Cups to Grams

Convert cups of brown sugar to grams and grams of brown sugar to cups, starting from 1 cup packed, which is 220 g. How the sugar went into the cup decides the answer: pressed down firmly, which is what a recipe means by packed, a US cup holds 220 g, and dropped in loose it holds about 145 g. The two are separate entries in the ingredient list, and the table below gives every common cup amount under each.

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Ingredient

Cup size

Round

Brown sugar, packed: 220 g in one US cup, a density of 0.9299 g per mL. Source: Packed and levelled convention.

Pressed firmly into the cup, which is what recipes mean by packed.

1 cup of brown sugar, packed, in every unit

Tablespoonstbsp
16
Teaspoonstsp
48
MillilitresmL
236.6
Fluid ounces (US)fl oz
8
Gramsg
220
Ounces (weight)oz
7.76
Kilogramskg
0.22
Poundslb
0.485

Common ingredients

What one US cup of each weighs. Pick a row to convert it.

Ingredient	Grams per cup	Source
	236.6	1 g/mL
	125	Spooned
	140	Scooped
	127	Spooned
	114	Spooned
	120	Spooned
	200	USDA
	220	Packed
	120	Spooned
	227	USDA
	245	USDA
	238	USDA
	218	USDA
	340	USDA
	322	USDA
	85	Spooned
	128	USDA
	90	Spooned
	185	USDA
	170	USDA

There is no single answer to “how many grams in a cup”. A cup of cocoa powder is 85 g, a cup of honey is 340 g, and both are correct, which is why the ingredient is a required choice here rather than an optional refinement. Accuracy. Cups measure volume and grams measure mass, so the answer depends on the ingredient; the density used is shown beside every result with its source. Flour differs by about 12 percent between spooned and scooped, and both are listed.

Brown sugar: cups to grams, packed and loose

Computed with the tool's own figures, per US cup of 236.588 mL: brown sugar packed and levelled at 220 g a cup, a density of 0.9299 g per mL, and loose at 145 g a cup, a density of 0.6129 g per mL. Packed is about 52 percent heavier than loose for the same cup.

Cups	Packed, 220 g a cup	Loose, 145 g a cup
1/4 cup	55 g	36.25 g
1/3 cup	73.33 g	48.33 g
1/2 cup	110 g	72.5 g
2/3 cup	146.7 g	96.67 g
3/4 cup	165 g	108.8 g
1 cup	220 g	145 g
1 1/4 cups	275 g	181.3 g
1 1/2 cups	330 g	217.5 g
2 cups	440 g	290 g
2 1/2 cups	550 g	362.5 g
3 cups	660 g	435 g
4 cups	880 g	580 g

Common questions

How many grams is 1 cup of brown sugar?: 220 g packed, from the packed and levelled convention, and about 145 g loose, from a common baking reference convention. Most American recipes ask for brown sugar packed, so the converter opens on packed. Half a cup is 110 g packed or 72.5 g loose.
How many cups is 100 g of brown sugar?: 0.4545 cups packed, about 1/2 cup, or 0.6897 cups loose, about 3/4 cup. Swap the units above so grams come first, then switch the ingredient between Brown sugar, packed and Brown sugar, loose to see both.
How many cups is 200 g of brown sugar?: 0.9091 cups packed, about 7/8 cup, or 1.379 cups loose, about 1 3/8 cups. The gap between the two methods is nearly half a cup at this size, which is why a recipe that gives grams is easier to follow than one that gives cups.
Is a metric cup of brown sugar a different weight?: Slightly. A metric cup is 250 mL against the US cup's 236.588 mL, so a metric cup holds 232.5 g of packed brown sugar rather than 220 g, and 153.2 g loose rather than 145 g. The tool has a switch for the metric cup. The table on this page is for the US cup.

Cups measure volume and grams measure mass, so the answer depends on the ingredient; the density used is shown beside every result with its source. Flour differs by about 12 percent between spooned and scooped, and both are listed.