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200g Butter in Cups

200 grams of butter is ⅞ cup 227g per US cup. This is the range most cookie, cake and pastry recipes use, and it lands close to whole sticks or half a European block.

How many cups is 200g of butter?

200 grams of butter equals:

approximate cup
0.88
decimal cup
14
tablespoons
227g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 14 tablespoons + ¼ teaspoon. It is about 88% of a 227 g US butter stick.

US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

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200 grams of Butter is about ⅞ cup, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 227 grams per cup.

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cup
¼½¾1
200g of Butter
cups
0.88
tbsp
14.1
tsp
42.3
About 14.1 tablespoons or 42.3 teaspoons (approximate)
Measured out: 14 tablespoons + ¼ teaspoon
1 cup (236.588ml) = 227g

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US customary cup (236.588ml) · 227g per cup

Dedicated conversion guides use the default US customary cup.

Applies to this page only — the database value (227g per US cup) is unchanged.

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200g of butter vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 200 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient200g in cupsg per cup
Butter⅞ cup227
All-Purpose Flour1⅝ cups125
Granulated Sugar1 cup200
Water⅞ cup236

See all 200g conversions on the 200 grams to cups chart.

Nearby butter amounts

Grams of butterCupsTablespoons
175g¾ cup12 tbsp
180g¾ cup13 tbsp
185g⅞ cup13 tbsp
190g⅞ cup13 tbsp
220g1 cup16 tbsp
225g1 cup16 tbsp
227g1 cup16 tbsp
230g1 cup16 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cups is 200g of butter?

200 grams of butter is ⅞ cup. In kitchen measures that is 14 tablespoons + ¼ teaspoon, worked out from 227 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of butter?

One US cup of butter weighs about 227 grams, one tablespoon about 14.19 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.73 grams. This page divides 200 grams by that cup weight.

Is 200g of butter the same as 200g of all-purpose flour?

No. 200g of butter is ⅞ cup, while 200g of all-purpose flour is 1⅝ cups. Same weight on the scale, different volume in the cup, because the two have different densities.

How do I measure 200g of butter without a scale?

Use 14 tablespoons + ¼ teaspoon. US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

Is it better to weigh butter or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the butter is packed into the cup. If you have no scale, use the cup figure above and keep your measuring method consistent across the whole recipe.