Butter cups to grams chart
1 US cup of butter weighs 227 g, or 8 oz. Among butter, oils and spreads a cup runs from 184 g of shortening to 270 g of peanut butter, so each one needs its own number. The weight is from King Arthur Baking, checked in November 2026.
US cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
¼ cup | 57 | 2 |
⅓ cup | 76 | 2.7 |
½ cup | 113 | 4 |
⅔ cup | 151 | 5.3 |
¾ cup | 170 | 6 |
1 cup | 227 | 8 |
1 ½ cups | 340 | 12 |
2 cups | 454 | 16 |
Butter 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 | 3 tablespoons plus 1 ½ teaspoons | 0.22 |
100 g | ¼ cup plus 3 tablespoons | 0.44 |
125 g | ½ cup plus 2 teaspoons | 0.55 |
150 g | ⅔ cup | ⅔ |
200 g | ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons | 0.88 |
250 g | 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons | 1.1 |
500 g | 2 ¼ cups | 2.2 |
Butter in tablespoons and teaspoons
1 tablespoon of butter weighs 14 g and 1 teaspoon weighs 4.5 g. A cup is 16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons.
Grams | Tablespoons | Teaspoons |
|---|---|---|
5 g | 0.35 | 1.06 |
10 g | 0.71 | 2 ⅛ |
15 g | 1.06 | 3.17 |
25 g | 1 ¾ | 5 ⅓ |
50 g | 3 ½ | 10 ½ |
100 g | 7 | 21 |
How do you measure a cup of butter?
Press the butter into the cup so that no air pockets are left, then level the top. In the US a stick of butter is ½ cup, 113 g, and its wrapper marks the tablespoons: the butter converter works in sticks.
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Butter, oils and spreads: Vegetable oil, Olive oil, Coconut oil, Shortening, Peanut butter.
