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550g Sugar in Cups

550 grams of granulated sugar is 2¾ 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.

550 g of granulated sugar is

2¾ cups

2.75 US cups · 44 tbsp · 651 ml · 200 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

2 + ½ + ¼ cup

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 + ½ + ¼ cup. It is about 55% 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.

550g of granulated sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient550g in cupsPer cup
Granulated Sugar2¾ cups200 g
All-Purpose Flour4⅓ cups125 g
Butter2⅓ cups + 1½ tbsp227 g
Water2⅓ cups236 g

See all 550g conversions on the 550 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby granulated sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
450 g2¼ cups36 tbsp
454 g2¼ cups36.3 tbsp
480 g2⅓ cups + 1 tbsp38.4 tbsp
500 g2½ cups40 tbsp
560 g2¾ cups44.8 tbsp
600 g3 cups48 tbsp
650 g3¼ cups52 tbsp
700 g3½ cups56 tbsp

Full ladder on the sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 550g of granulated sugar?

550 grams of granulated sugar is 2¾ cups. In kitchen measures that is 2 + ½ + ¼ cup, 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 550g of granulated sugar without a scale?

Use 2 + ½ + ¼ cup. 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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