Brown Sugar Grams to Cups

Brown Sugar grams to cups at a glance

One cup of packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams. "Packed" is the key word — brown sugar is moist and fluffy, and recipes assume you press it firmly into the cup.

Properly packed brown sugar holds the shape of the cup when turned out, like a sandcastle. Loosely scooped, the same cup holds only about 180g — a 20% shortfall that flattens cookies and dries out cakes. Weighing sidesteps the packing question entirely.

1 Cup of Brown Sugar in Grams

One cup of brown sugar weighs 220 grams. Here are the common cup fractions by weight:

1 cup220g
¾ cup165g
⅔ cup147g
½ cup110g
⅓ cup73g
¼ cup55g

Grams to Cups Converter

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Brown Sugar (Packed)(Sugars & Sweeteners)
220g per cup
grams

Dedicated conversion guides use the default US customary cup.

Applies to this page only — the database value (220g per US cup) is unchanged.

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Brown Sugar Density at a Glance

220g
per cup
13.8g
per tablespoon
4.6g
per teaspoon

See brown sugar among 399 ingredients in the ingredient database.

Brown Sugar Conversion Chart

Common gram amounts of brown sugar converted to cups and tablespoons:

GramsCupsTablespoons
10g0.05 cups0.7 tbsp
15g⅛ cup1 tbsp
20g⅛ cup1 tbsp
25g⅛ cup2 tbsp
28g⅛ cup2 tbsp
30g⅛ cup2 tbsp
35g⅛ cup3 tbsp
40g⅛ cup3 tbsp
45g¼ cup3 tbsp
50g¼ cup4 tbsp
56g¼ cup4 tbsp
60g¼ cup4 tbsp
65g⅓ cup5 tbsp
70g⅓ cup5 tbsp
75g⅓ cup5 tbsp
80g⅜ cup6 tbsp
85g⅜ cup6 tbsp
90g⅜ cup7 tbsp
100g½ cup7 tbsp
110g½ cup8 tbsp
113g½ cup8 tbsp
115g½ cup8 tbsp
120g½ cup9 tbsp
125g⅝ cup9 tbsp
130g⅝ cup9 tbsp
140g⅝ cup10 tbsp
150g⅔ cup11 tbsp
160g¾ cup12 tbsp
165g¾ cup12 tbsp
170g¾ cup12 tbsp
175g¾ cup13 tbsp
180g⅞ cup13 tbsp
185g⅞ cup13 tbsp
190g⅞ cup14 tbsp
200g⅞ cup14 tbsp
220g1 cup16 tbsp
225g1 cup16 tbsp
227g1 cup16 tbsp
230g1 cup17 tbsp
240g1⅛ cups17 tbsp
250g1⅛ cups18 tbsp
255g1⅛ cups18 tbsp
260g1⅛ cups19 tbsp
275g1¼ cups20 tbsp
280g1¼ cups20 tbsp
300g1⅜ cups22 tbsp
320g1½ cups23 tbsp
340g1½ cups25 tbsp
350g1⅝ cups25 tbsp
360g1⅝ cups26 tbsp
375g1⅔ cups27 tbsp
390g1¾ cups28 tbsp
400g1⅞ cups29 tbsp
410g1⅞ cups30 tbsp
420g1⅞ cups30 tbsp
450g2 cups33 tbsp
454g2⅛ cups33 tbsp
480g2⅛ cups35 tbsp
500g2¼ cups36 tbsp
550g2½ cups40 tbsp
560g2½ cups41 tbsp
600g2¾ cups43 tbsp
650g3 cups47 tbsp
700g3⅛ cups51 tbsp
750g3⅜ cups54 tbsp
800g3⅝ cups58 tbsp
900g4⅛ cups65 tbsp
1000g4½ cups72 tbsp

Dedicated brown sugar amount guides link directly; other rows link to the all-ingredient amount chart.

Sugars & Sweeteners compared by cup weight

Swapping one type for another changes the weight of a cup, so a recipe written in cups is not portable between them:

Type1 cupvs brown sugar
Brown Sugar (Packed)220g—
Granulated Sugar200g-20g
Powdered Sugar120g-100g
Honey340g+120g
Maple Syrup322g+102g
Molasses328g+108g
Corn Syrup340g+120g
Agave Nectar336g+116g
Coconut Sugar180g-40g
Turbinado Sugar200g-20g

How packing changes a cup of brown sugar

A cup of brown sugar weighs about 220g when filled the way this chart assumes. Pressed down it can reach 286g, and dropped in loosely it can fall to 187g. Crystal size decides how much this matters: coarse sugars trap air and vary most, while fine sugars settle consistently.

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Frequently Asked Questions

200 grams of packed brown sugar is 0.91 cups — just under 1 cup (about 1 cup minus 1½ tablespoons).

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