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900g Sugar in Cups

900 grams of granulated sugar is 4½ 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.

900 g of granulated sugar is

4½ cups

4.5 US cups · 72 tbsp · 1065 ml · 200 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

4½ 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 4½ cups. It is about 90% 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.

900g of granulated sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient900g in cupsPer cup
Granulated Sugar4½ cups200 g
All-Purpose Flour7¼ cups125 g
Butter4 cups227 g
Water3¾ cups236 g

See all 900g conversions on the 900 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby granulated sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
650 g3¼ cups52 tbsp
700 g3½ cups56 tbsp
750 g3¾ cups60 tbsp
800 g4 cups64 tbsp
1000 g5 cups80 tbsp

Full ladder on the sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 900g of granulated sugar?

900 grams of granulated sugar is 4½ 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 900g of granulated sugar without a scale?

Use 4½ 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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