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Flour Weight Calculator

Work out flour weight instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Flour Weight Calculator

Each flour has its own settled cup weight, so the conversion is cups multiplied by that flour's grams per cup rather than a single universal figure. A scooped cup of flour can weigh 20% more than a spooned one, which is why professional recipes give flour by weight and cake flour is treated separately.

Formula

Weight

grams = cups x grams per cup for that flour type

Worked example

With the default values below, Flour Weight Calculator returns Weight of flour of 250.0. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Cups of flourminimum 0.01
2
Flour typeone of All purpose / plain (125 g per cup), Bread / strong (127 g per cup), Cake flour (114 g per cup), Wholemeal (120 g per cup), Rye (102 g per cup)
All purpose / plain (125 g per cup)

Results

Weight of flour
250.0 g
Weight in ounces
8.82 oz
Grams per cup for this flour
125 g
Equivalent tablespoons
32.0

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Weight
  3. 3Weight of flour= 250.0 g
  4. 4Weight in ounces= 8.82 oz
  5. 5Grams per cup for this flour= 125 g
  6. 6Equivalent tablespoons= 32.0

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 2 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

How is the Flour Weight figure worked out?

grams = cups x grams per cup for that flour type. Each flour has its own settled cup weight, so the conversion is cups multiplied by that flour's grams per cup rather than a single universal figure.

Why does this matter?

A scooped cup of flour can weigh 20% more than a spooned one, which is why professional recipes give flour by weight and cake flour is treated separately.

What do I need to enter?

Enter cups of flour, flour type. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.

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