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240g Sugar in Cups

240 grams of granulated sugar is about 1¼ cups — 200g per US cup. Most cakes, cookies and quick breads live in this range, and granulated sugar converts cleanly because a cup weighs an even 200 g.

240 g of granulated sugar is

about 1¼ cups

1.2 US cups · 19.2 tbsp · 284 ml · 200 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1 cup+3 tbsp+½ tsp

Rest of the recipe in grams? Paste it and every line comes back in cups. Free, no sign-in.

Measuring by hand? That is 1 cup + 3 tablespoons + ½ teaspoon. It is about 24% of a 1 kg bag of sugar.

Granulated sugar barely compresses, so scooping and levelling is reliable — it is one of the few dry ingredients where a cup measure is trustworthy.

240g of granulated sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient240g in cupsPer cup
Granulated Sugarabout 1¼ cups200 g
All-Purpose Flour1¾ cups + 2½ tbsp125 g
Butter1 cup + 1 tbsp227 g
Water1 cup236 g

See all 240g conversions on the 240 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby granulated sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
226 g1 cup + 2 tbsp18.1 tbsp
227 g1 cup + 2 tbsp18.2 tbsp
230 g1 cup + 2½ tbsp18.4 tbsp
238 g1 cup + 3 tbsp19 tbsp
250 g1¼ cups20 tbsp
255 g1¼ cups20.4 tbsp
260 gabout 1⅓ cups20.8 tbsp
270 g1⅓ cups21.6 tbsp

Full ladder on the sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 240g of granulated sugar?

240 grams of granulated sugar is about 1¼ cups. In kitchen measures that is 1 cup + 3 tablespoons + ½ teaspoon, worked out from 200 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of granulated sugar?

One US cup of granulated sugar weighs about 200 grams, one tablespoon about 12.5 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.17 grams.

How do I measure 240g of granulated sugar without a scale?

Use 1 cup + 3 tablespoons + ½ teaspoon. Granulated sugar barely compresses, so scooping and levelling is reliable — it is one of the few dry ingredients where a cup measure is trustworthy.

Is it better to weigh granulated sugar or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the granulated sugar is packed into the cup. Without a scale, use the cup figure above and measure the same way throughout the recipe.

Weights are per US cup, spooned and levelled. How we calculate

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