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Brown sugar grams to cups

One US cup of brown sugar weighs 220 g, a tablespoon 13.8 g and a teaspoon 4.58 g. So 100 g of brown sugar is ⅓ cup + 2 tbsp (0.455 cups).

100 grams of brown sugar = 0.455 cups

Measure it: ⅓ cup + 2 tbsp

Ingredient

Metric cup (250 ml)

Brown sugar grams to cups chart

Grams	US cups	How to measure	Tablespoons
25 g	0.114	1 tbsp + 2 ½ tsp	1.82
50 g	0.227	3 tbsp + 2 tsp	3.64
75 g	0.341	heaping ⅓ cup	5.45
100 g	0.455	⅓ cup + 2 tbsp	7.27
125 g	0.568	½ cup + 1 tbsp	9.09
150 g	0.682	heaping ⅔ cup	10.9
200 g	0.909	scant ¾ cup + 3 tbsp	14.5
250 g	1.14	1 ⅛ cups	18.2
300 g	1.36	heaping 1 ⅓ cups	21.8
400 g	1.82	1 ¾ cups + 1 tbsp	29.1
500 g	2.27	2 ¼ cups	36.4
1000 g	4.55	4 ½ cups	72.7

Cups of brown sugar to grams

Cups	Grams	Ounces
⅛ cup	27.5 g	0.97 oz
¼ cup	55 g	1.94 oz
⅓ cup	73.3 g	2.59 oz
½ cup	110 g	3.88 oz
⅔ cup	147 g	5.17 oz
¾ cup	165 g	5.82 oz
1 cup	220 g	7.76 oz
1½ cups	330 g	11.6 oz
2 cups	440 g	15.5 oz
3 cups	660 g	23.3 oz
4 cups	880 g	31 oz

Where 220 g comes from

USDA FoodData Central: 1 cup packed of “Sugars, brown” = 220 g. FDC 168833

King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart (“Brown sugar (dark or light, packed)”): 213 g per cup. Chart

This page uses 220 g (USDA). The two sources differ by 7 g (3.18%): that gap is about how firmly the cup is filled, not an error in either.

Brown sugar is measured packed: pressed firmly into the cup so it holds its shape when turned out. Packed, a cup is 220 g (USDA) or 213 g (King Arthur). Loosely spooned it is only 145 g, so 'packed' in a recipe matters.

How to measure brown sugar by the cup

Press it firmly into a dry measuring cup with the back of a spoon, then level the top. It should hold the cup's shape when turned out.

In the UK and Australia: soft light brown sugar. Metric cups there hold 250 ml, so a metric cup of brown sugar weighs about 232 g.

Questions

How many cups is 100 g of brown sugar?

⅓ cup + 2 tbsp (0.455 cups), measured the packed way.

How many grams is 1 cup of brown sugar?

220 g according to USDA FoodData Central; King Arthur's chart says 213 g.

How many grams in a tablespoon of brown sugar?

About 13.8 g; a teaspoon is 4.58 g.

How many cups is 500 g of brown sugar?

2 ¼ cups (2.27 cups).