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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.

400 g of granulated sugar is

2 cups

2 US cups · 32 tbsp · 473 ml · 200 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

2 cups

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

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.

400g of granulated sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient400g in cupsPer cup
Granulated Sugar2 cups200 g
All-Purpose Flour3¼ cups125 g
Butter1¾ cups227 g
Water1⅔ cups236 g

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

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby granulated sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
350 g1¾ cups28 tbsp
360 gabout 1¾ cups28.8 tbsp
375 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp30 tbsp
390 gabout 2 cups31.2 tbsp
410 gabout 2 cups32.8 tbsp
420 g2 cups + 1½ tbsp33.6 tbsp
425 g2 cups + 2 tbsp34 tbsp
450 g2¼ cups36 tbsp

Full ladder on the sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 400g of granulated sugar?

400 grams of granulated sugar is 2 cups, because one US cup weighs 200 grams.

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 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. 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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