Butter Weight to Volume
Free Butter Weight to Volume calculator with clear step-by-step results.
About Butter Weight to Volume
Butter is sold by weight in most of the world and measured by volume in US recipes. Dividing weight by density gives volume, and because chilled, softened and melted butter have measurably different densities the state you are working with is part of the conversion.
Formulas
Volume from weight
Millilitres = grams / density (0.911 g/ml chilled)
US cups
Cups = millilitres / 236.588
Worked example
With the default values below, Butter Weight to Volume returns US cups of 1.053. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Butter weightminimum 0 g
- 227 g
- Butter stateone of Solid, chilled (0.911 g/ml), Softened, room temperature (0.96 g/ml), Melted (0.90 g/ml)
- Solid, chilled (0.911 g/ml)
Results
- US cups
- 1.053 cups
- Volume
- 249.2 ml
- Tablespoons
- 16.85 tbsp
- US sticks (113.4 g each)
- 2.00 sticks
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Volume from weight
- 3US cups
- 4US cups= 1.053 cups
- 5Volume= 249.2 ml
- 6Tablespoons= 16.85 tbsp
- 7US sticks (113.4 g each)= 2.00 sticks
Assumptions and limits
- The result is derived only from the 2 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
- In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax, fees or charges or compounding frequency into account.
- Figures are rounded for display to 3 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.
How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why does softened butter look denser?
Creaming or softening does not change the fat itself, but packed soft butter excludes the air gaps that chilled cubes leave, so a measured cup holds slightly more mass.
Is a stick of butter always 113 g?
In the US, yes - a quarter-pound stick is 113.4 g or 8 tablespoons. European blocks are usually 250 g and are not divided the same way.