Grams to Cups Calculator

Convert grams to cups for common cooking and baking ingredients including flour, sugar, butter, milk, water, rice, oats, cocoa powder, honey, and more.

Calculate Grams to Cups

Cups = Grams ÷ Grams Per Cup.
Your result will appear here.

How the grams to cups calculator works

Enter grams:
Type the ingredient weight in grams.

Choose an ingredient:
Select the ingredient so the calculator can use the right grams-per-cup value.

Use custom weight:
Select custom if you know the exact grams per cup for your ingredient.

Why grams to cups conversion matters

A grams to cups calculator helps convert metric recipe measurements into common U.S. kitchen measurements.

This is useful for baking, cooking, meal prep, recipe scaling, nutrition tracking, and converting recipes from grams into cups.

What your result means

Your result shows the estimated number of cups based on the weight in grams and the selected ingredient. Since grams measure weight and cups measure volume, the result changes depending on the ingredient.

Grams to cups calculator formulas

Common grams to cups conversions

Frequently asked questions

How do you convert grams to cups?

Divide the number of grams by the ingredient’s grams per cup. For example, 120 grams of all-purpose flour divided by 120 grams per cup equals 1 cup.

How many cups is 120 grams of flour?

120 grams of all-purpose flour is about 1 cup.

How many cups is 200 grams of sugar?

200 grams of granulated sugar is about 1 cup.

Why does the grams to cups result change by ingredient?

Different ingredients have different densities. A cup of flour weighs less than a cup of sugar, so the grams-to-cups conversion changes depending on the ingredient.