All-purpose flour cups to grams chart
1 US cup of all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled) weighs 120 g, or 4.2 oz. Among flours and starches a cup runs from 92 g of oat flour to 163 g of semolina, so each one needs its own number. The weight is from King Arthur Baking, checked in November 2026.
US cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
¼ cup | 30 | 1.1 |
⅓ cup | 40 | 1.4 |
½ cup | 60 | 2.1 |
⅔ cup | 80 | 2.8 |
¾ cup | 90 | 3.2 |
1 cup | 120 | 4.2 |
1 ½ cups | 180 | 6.3 |
2 cups | 240 | 8.5 |
All-purpose flour grams to cups chart
The closest measure you can scoop with cups and spoons, and the exact amount in cups.
Grams | Kitchen measure | Cups |
|---|---|---|
50 g | ¼ cup plus 3 tablespoons | 0.42 |
100 g | ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon | 0.83 |
125 g | 1 cup plus 2 teaspoons | 1.04 |
150 g | 1 ¼ cups | 1 ¼ |
200 g | 1 ⅔ cups | 1 ⅔ |
250 g | 2 cups plus 1 tablespoon | 2.08 |
500 g | 4 ¼ cups | 4.17 |
All-purpose flour in tablespoons and teaspoons
1 tablespoon of all-purpose flour weighs 8 g and 1 teaspoon weighs 2.5 g. A cup is 16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons.
Grams | Tablespoons | Teaspoons |
|---|---|---|
5 g | ⅔ | 2 |
10 g | 1 ⅓ | 4 |
15 g | 2 | 6 |
25 g | 3 ⅓ | 10 |
50 g | 6 ⅔ | 20 |
100 g | 13 ⅓ | 40 |
How do you measure a cup of all-purpose flour?
Spoon the all-purpose flour into the cup until it heaps, then level it with the back of a knife. Scooping the cup straight into the bag packs more in, so the cup weighs more than the figure here. A scale avoids the question.
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