Sugar Weight to Volume
Free Sugar Weight to Volume calculator with clear step-by-step results.
About Sugar Weight to Volume
Sugars differ by a factor of two per cup - icing sugar is aerated at about 120 grams while packed dark brown reaches 240 - so treating them interchangeably by volume causes large errors. Brown sugars are quoted packed, as recipes assume.
Formulas
Cups
Cups = grams / grams per cup for that sugar
Spoon equivalents
1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons
Worked example
With the default values below, Sugar Weight to Volume returns US cups of 1.000. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.
Inputs used
- Sugar weightminimum 0 g
- 200 g
- Sugar typeone of Granulated white (200 g per cup), Caster / superfine (225 g per cup), Icing / powdered (120 g per cup), Light brown, packed (220 g per cup), Dark brown, packed (240 g per cup)
- Granulated white (200 g per cup)
Results
- US cups
- 1.000 cups
- Tablespoons
- 16.00 tbsp
- Teaspoons
- 48.0 tsp
- Grams per cup for this sugar
- 200 g
Step by step
- 1Values used
- 2Cups
- 3Spoon equivalents
- 4US cups= 1.000 cups
- 5Tablespoons= 16.00 tbsp
- 6Teaspoons= 48.0 tsp
- 7Grams per cup for this sugar= 200 g
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
Should brown sugar be packed?
Yes - recipes assume firmly packed brown sugar. Loosely spooned, a cup holds about 25% less and the bake will be drier and less chewy.
Why is icing sugar so light?
It is milled to a fine powder with anti-caking starch and traps a great deal of air. It should also be sifted, which reduces the packed weight further.