Instant yeast cups to grams chart
1 US cup of instant yeast weighs 149 g, or 5.3 oz. That is 139 g lighter than a cup of table salt (288 g), so swapping one for the other cup for cup changes the weight in the bowl. The weight is from King Arthur Baking, checked in November 2026.
US cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
¼ cup | 37 | 1.3 |
⅓ cup | 50 | 1.8 |
½ cup | 75 | 2.6 |
⅔ cup | 99 | 3.5 |
¾ cup | 112 | 3.9 |
1 cup | 149 | 5.3 |
1 ½ cups | 224 | 7.9 |
2 cups | 298 | 10.5 |
Instant yeast 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 | ⅓ cup | ⅓ |
100 g | ⅔ cup | ⅔ |
125 g | ¾ cup plus 1 tablespoon | 0.84 |
150 g | 1 cups | 1 |
200 g | 1 ⅓ cups | 1 ⅓ |
250 g | 1 ⅔ cups | 1 ⅔ |
500 g | 3 ⅓ cups | 3 ⅓ |
Instant yeast in tablespoons and teaspoons
1 tablespoon of instant yeast weighs 9 g and 1 teaspoon weighs 3 g. A cup is 16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons.
Grams | Tablespoons | Teaspoons |
|---|---|---|
5 g | 0.54 | 1 ⅝ |
10 g | 1.07 | 3 ¼ |
15 g | 1.61 | 4 ⅞ |
25 g | 2 ⅔ | 8 |
50 g | 5 ⅓ | 16 |
100 g | 10 ⅔ | 32 |
How do you measure a cup of instant yeast?
Fill the cup without pressing and level the top. How the instant yeast settles changes what a cup weighs, so for baking a scale is the surer measure.
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