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600g Sugar in Cups

600 grams of granulated sugar is 3 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 600g of granulated sugar?

600 grams of granulated sugar equals:

3
approximate cups
3
decimal cups
48
tablespoons
200g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 3 cups. It is about 60% 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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600 grams of Granulated Sugar is about 3 cups, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 200 grams per cup.

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3
cups
¼½¾1+ 2 full cups (showing the last one)
cups
3.00
tbsp
48.0
tsp
144.0
About 48.0 tablespoons or 144.0 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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600g of granulated sugar vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 600 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient600g in cupsg per cup
Granulated Sugar3 cups200
All-Purpose Flour4¾ cups125
Butter2⅝ cups227
Water2½ cups236

See all 600g conversions on the 600 grams to cups chart.

Nearby granulated sugar amounts

Grams of granulated sugarCupsTablespoons
480g2⅜ cups38 tbsp
500g2½ cups40 tbsp
550g2¾ cups44 tbsp
560g2¾ cups45 tbsp
650g3¼ cups52 tbsp
700g3½ cups56 tbsp
750g3¾ cups60 tbsp
800g4 cups64 tbsp

Full ladder on the sugar grams to cups chart.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cups is 600g of granulated sugar?

600 grams of granulated sugar is 3 cups. In kitchen measures that is 3 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 600 grams by that cup weight.

Is 600g of granulated sugar the same as 600g of all-purpose flour?

No. 600g of granulated sugar is 3 cups, while 600g of all-purpose flour is 4¾ cups. Same weight on the scale, different volume in the cup, because the two have different densities.

How do I measure 600g of granulated sugar without a scale?

Use 3 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.