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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.

How many cups is 900g of granulated sugar?

900 grams of granulated sugar equals:

approximate cups
4.5
decimal cups
72
tablespoons
200g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 4 cups + 8 tablespoons. 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.

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900 grams of Granulated Sugar is about 4½ cups, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 200 grams per cup.

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cups
¼½¾1+ 4 full cups (showing the last one)
cups
4.50
tbsp
72.0
tsp
216.0
About 72.0 tablespoons or 216.0 teaspoons (approximate)
Measured out: 4 cups + 8 tablespoons
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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900g of granulated sugar vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 900 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient900g in cupsg per cup
Granulated Sugar4½ cups200
All-Purpose Flour7¼ cups125
Butter4 cups227
Water3⅞ cups236

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

Nearby granulated sugar amounts

Grams of granulated sugarCupsTablespoons
650g3¼ cups52 tbsp
700g3½ cups56 tbsp
750g3¾ cups60 tbsp
800g4 cups64 tbsp
1000g5 cups80 tbsp

Full ladder on the sugar grams to cups chart.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cups is 900g of granulated sugar?

900 grams of granulated sugar is 4½ cups. In kitchen measures that is 4 cups + 8 tablespoons, 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 900 grams by that cup weight.

Is 900g of granulated sugar the same as 900g of all-purpose flour?

No. 900g of granulated sugar is 4½ cups, while 900g of all-purpose flour is 7¼ cups. Same weight on the scale, different volume in the cup, because the two have different densities.

How do I measure 900g of granulated sugar without a scale?

Use 4 cups + 8 tablespoons. 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.