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800g Butter in Cups

800 grams of butter is 3½ cups 227g per US cup. Large butter weights belong to laminated doughs, shortbread and batch baking, where softening the butter evenly matters more than the exact cup volume.

How many cups is 800g of butter?

800 grams of butter equals:

approximate cups
3.52
decimal cups
56
tablespoons
227g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 3 cups + 8 tablespoons + 1¼ teaspoons. It is about 352% of a 227 g US butter stick.

US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

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800 grams of Butter is about 3½ cups, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 227 grams per cup.

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¼½¾1+ 3 full cups (showing the last one)
800g of Butter
cups
3.52
tbsp
56.4
tsp
169.2
About 56.4 tablespoons or 169.2 teaspoons (approximate)
Measured out: 3 cups + 8 tablespoons + 1¼ teaspoons
1 cup (236.588ml) = 227g

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US customary cup (236.588ml) · 227g per cup

Dedicated conversion guides use the default US customary cup.

Applies to this page only — the database value (227g per US cup) is unchanged.

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800g of butter vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 800 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient800g in cupsg per cup
Butter3½ cups227
All-Purpose Flour6⅜ cups125
Granulated Sugar4 cups200
Water3⅜ cups236

See all 800g conversions on the 800 grams to cups chart.

Nearby butter amounts

Grams of butterCupsTablespoons
600g2⅝ cups42 tbsp
650g2⅞ cups46 tbsp
700g3⅛ cups49 tbsp
750g3⅓ cups53 tbsp
900g4 cups63 tbsp
1000g4⅜ cups70 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cups is 800g of butter?

800 grams of butter is 3½ cups. In kitchen measures that is 3 cups + 8 tablespoons + 1¼ teaspoons, worked out from 227 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of butter?

One US cup of butter weighs about 227 grams, one tablespoon about 14.19 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.73 grams. This page divides 800 grams by that cup weight.

Is 800g of butter the same as 800g of all-purpose flour?

No. 800g of butter is 3½ cups, while 800g of all-purpose flour is 6⅜ cups. Same weight on the scale, different volume in the cup, because the two have different densities.

How do I measure 800g of butter without a scale?

Use 3 cups + 8 tablespoons + 1¼ teaspoons. US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

Is it better to weigh butter or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the butter 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.