Brown Sugar Grams to Cups
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.
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Common gram amounts of brown sugar converted to cups and tablespoons:
| Grams | Cups | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|
| 50g | ¼ cups | 4 tbsp |
| 75g | ⅓ cups | 5 tbsp |
| 80g | ⅜ cups | 6 tbsp |
| 100g | ½ cups | 7 tbsp |
| 120g | ½ cups | 9 tbsp |
| 125g | ⅝ cups | 9 tbsp |
| 150g | ⅔ cups | 11 tbsp |
| 175g | ¾ cups | 13 tbsp |
| 200g | ⅞ cups | 14 tbsp |
| 225g | 1 cups | 16 tbsp |
| 250g | 1⅛ cups | 18 tbsp |
| 300g | 1⅜ cups | 22 tbsp |
| 350g | 1⅝ cups | 25 tbsp |
| 400g | 1⅞ cups | 29 tbsp |
| 450g | 2 cups | 33 tbsp |
| 500g | 2¼ cups | 36 tbsp |
| 600g | 2¾ cups | 43 tbsp |
| 750g | 3⅜ cups | 54 tbsp |
| 1000g | 4½ cups | 72 tbsp |
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200 grams of packed brown sugar is 0.91 cups — just under 1 cup (about 1 cup minus 1½ tablespoons).
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