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500g Sugar in Cups

500 grams of granulated sugar is 2½ 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.

500 g of granulated sugar is

2½ cups

2.5 US cups · 40 tbsp · 591 ml · 200 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

2½ 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 2½ cups. It is about 50% 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.

500g of granulated sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient500g in cupsPer cup
Granulated Sugar2½ cups200 g
All-Purpose Flour4 cups125 g
Butterabout 2¼ cups227 g
Water2 cups + 2 tbsp236 g

See all 500g conversions on the 500 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby granulated sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
425 g2 cups + 2 tbsp34 tbsp
450 g2¼ cups36 tbsp
454 g2¼ cups36.3 tbsp
480 g2⅓ cups + 1 tbsp38.4 tbsp
550 g2¾ cups44 tbsp
560 g2¾ cups44.8 tbsp
600 g3 cups48 tbsp
650 g3¼ cups52 tbsp

Full ladder on the sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 500g of granulated sugar?

500 grams of granulated sugar is 2½ 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 500g of granulated sugar without a scale?

Use 2½ 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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