1/2 cup in Grams
1/2 cup (0.5 cups) is about 63 g of flour, 100 g of sugar and 114 g of butter. Half a cup is one of the most searched cup measures of all, the backbone of countless cookie, cake and sauce recipes. Half a cup of flour weighs about 63 grams and half a cup of sugar about 100 grams, but as the table below shows, the weight swings widely from one ingredient to the next.
Quick answer: half a cup, written 0.5 cups in decimal form, is 120 ml. In grams it is about 63 g of flour, 100 g of sugar, 114 g of butter and 120 g of water. Milk is close to 122 g.
1/2 cup (0.5 cups) in grams for every ingredient
A cup is a measure of volume, so half a cup weighs a different amount for each ingredient depending on how dense it is. The table lists 1/2 cup in grams and ounces for 45 common baking ingredients. Tap any ingredient for its full cup to gram table and a guide to measuring it well.
| Ingredient | 1/2 cup in grams | In ounces |
|---|---|---|
| All-Purpose Flour | 62.5 g | 2.2 oz |
| Bread Flour | 63.5 g | 2.24 oz |
| Cake Flour | 60 g | 2.12 oz |
| Whole Wheat Flour | 60 g | 2.12 oz |
| Granulated Sugar | 100 g | 3.53 oz |
| Brown Sugar | 110 g | 3.88 oz |
| Powdered Sugar | 60 g | 2.12 oz |
| Honey | 170 g | 6 oz |
| Maple Syrup | 161 g | 5.68 oz |
| Butter | 114 g | 4 oz |
| Milk | 122 g | 4.3 oz |
| Heavy Cream | 119 g | 4.2 oz |
| Yogurt | 122 g | 4.32 oz |
| Cream Cheese | 116 g | 4.09 oz |
| Shredded Cheese | 56.5 g | 1.99 oz |
| Water | 120 g | 4.23 oz |
| Vegetable Oil | 109 g | 3.84 oz |
| Cocoa Powder | 42.5 g | 1.5 oz |
| Cornstarch | 64 g | 2.26 oz |
| Baking Soda | 110 g | 3.88 oz |
| Baking Powder | 96 g | 3.39 oz |
| Salt | 137 g | 4.81 oz |
| Rolled Oats | 45 g | 1.59 oz |
| Uncooked Rice | 92.5 g | 3.26 oz |
| Chopped Nuts | 60 g | 2.12 oz |
| Breadcrumbs | 54 g | 1.9 oz |
| Peanut Butter | 129 g | 4.55 oz |
| Cornmeal | 61 g | 2.15 oz |
| Corn Syrup | 164 g | 5.78 oz |
| Molasses | 169 g | 5.94 oz |
| Sour Cream | 115 g | 4.06 oz |
| Coconut Oil | 109 g | 3.84 oz |
| Desiccated Coconut | 46.5 g | 1.64 oz |
| Raisins | 82.5 g | 2.91 oz |
| Chocolate Chips | 85 g | 3 oz |
| Almond Flour | 48 g | 1.69 oz |
| Powdered Milk | 64 g | 2.26 oz |
| Semolina | 83.5 g | 2.95 oz |
| Olive Oil | 108 g | 3.81 oz |
| Quinoa | 85 g | 3 oz |
| Panko Breadcrumbs | 25 g | 0.882 oz |
| Vanilla Extract | 104 g | 3.67 oz |
| Parmesan Cheese | 50 g | 1.76 oz |
| Granola | 56.5 g | 1.99 oz |
| Graham Cracker Crumbs | 51 g | 1.8 oz |
Why half a cup is not a single weight
The reason 1/2 cup of flour and 1/2 cup of honey weigh nothing alike is density. Flour is light and full of air, so half a cup of it is only about 63 grams. Honey is one of the densest things in the kitchen, so the same half a cup weighs far more. To turn a volume like half a cupinto grams you multiply by the ingredient's density in grams per cup, which is exactly what the table above does for you.
For everyday cooking, measuring half a cup with a measuring cup is perfectly fine. For baking, where the ratio of flour to sugar to fat decides whether a cake is tender or dense, weighing to the gram is far more reliable. A simple digital scale plus the figures here takes the guesswork out of it. Need a different amount? Try the cups to grams converter, or pick another common measure below.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1/2 cup?
There is no single answer, because a cup measures volume and different ingredients have different densities. Half a cup of flour is about 63 grams, of sugar about 100 grams, of butter about 114 grams and of water about 120 grams. The full table above lists 1/2 cup in grams for 45 ingredients.
How many grams is 0.5 cups?
0.5 cups is the decimal way of writing 1/2 cup, so the two are the same measure and the same page answers both. 0.5 cups is 120 ml, and in grams it is about 63 g of flour, 100 g of sugar, 114 g of butter and 120 g of water. Because a cup measures volume, the weight of 0.5 cups changes with the ingredient, so read the exact figure from the table above.
How many grams is 1/2 cup of flour?
Half a cup of all-purpose flour is about 63 grams when spooned and levelled. Scooping straight from the bag packs in extra flour, so weighing is the reliable way to hit 63 grams.
How many grams is 1/2 cup of sugar?
Half a cup of granulated white sugar is about 100 grams. Sugar is dense and does not compress much, so a levelled cup and a scooped cup come out close.
How many grams is 1/2 cup of butter?
Half a cup of butter is about 114 grams. A full US cup of butter is 227 grams, which is two sticks or half a pound, so 1/2 cup scales directly from that.
Is 1/2 cup the same in US and metric cups?
This page uses US cups, where one cup is 240 millilitres, so 1/2 cup is 120 millilitres. A metric cup is 250 millilitres, so the same fraction holds a little more. Converting to grams removes the difference entirely.