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400g Sugar in Cups

400 grams of granulated sugar is 2 cups 200g per US cup. Large sugar weights show up in jam, syrup, meringue and batch baking, where the sugar-to-fruit or sugar-to-egg-white ratio matters more than the volume.

How many cups is 400g of granulated sugar?

400 grams of granulated sugar equals:

2
approximate cups
2
decimal cups
32
tablespoons
200g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 2 cups. It is about 40% 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.

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400 grams of Granulated Sugar is about 2 cups, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 200 grams per cup.

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2
cups
¼½¾1+ 1 full cup (showing the last one)
cups
2.00
tbsp
32.0
tsp
96.0
About 32.0 tablespoons or 96.0 teaspoons (approximate)
1 cup (236.588ml) = 200g

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US customary cup (236.588ml) · 200g per cup

Dedicated conversion guides use the default US customary cup.

Applies to this page only — the database value (200g per US cup) is unchanged.

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400g of granulated sugar vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 400 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient400g in cupsg per cup
Granulated Sugar2 cups200
All-Purpose Flour3¼ cups125
Butter1¾ cups227
Water1⅔ cups236

See all 400g conversions on the 400 grams to cups chart.

Nearby granulated sugar amounts

Grams of granulated sugarCupsTablespoons
350g1¾ cups28 tbsp
360g1¾ cups29 tbsp
375g1⅞ cups30 tbsp
390g2 cups31 tbsp
410g2 cups33 tbsp
420g2⅛ cups34 tbsp
450g2¼ cups36 tbsp
454g2¼ cups36 tbsp

Full ladder on the sugar grams to cups chart.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cups is 400g of granulated sugar?

400 grams of granulated sugar is 2 cups. In kitchen measures that is 2 cups, 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. This page divides 400 grams by that cup weight.

Is 400g of granulated sugar the same as 400g of all-purpose flour?

No. 400g of granulated sugar is 2 cups, while 400g of all-purpose flour is 3¼ cups. Same weight on the scale, different volume in the cup, because the two have different densities.

How do I measure 400g of granulated sugar without a scale?

Use 2 cups. 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. If you have no scale, use the cup figure above and keep your measuring method consistent across the whole recipe.