2 cups to grams

2 cups (two cups, 480 ml) is 250 grams of all-purpose flour, 400 grams of granulated sugar or 454 grams of butter, using the US cup of 240 ml. Every other ingredient weighs something different, so find yours in the table of all 48 ingredients.

As a volume, 2 cups is 480 ml, 32 tablespoons or 96 teaspoons for any ingredient (US cup, 240 ml).

Two cups is a batch-baking measure, common for the flour in a standard loaf or a doubled cookie recipe. Two cups of flour weighs about 250 grams and two cups of sugar about 400 grams, though the exact weight still depends on the ingredient you are measuring.

Also written as two cups.

2 cups in grams for all 48 ingredients

A cup measures volume, so two cupsweighs a different amount for each ingredient depending on how dense it is. The most used ingredients come first, then the rest from A to Z. Each name opens that ingredient's full cup to gram table at the 2 cups row.

2 cups of each ingredient in grams, tablespoons and ounces (US cup, 240 ml)
Ingredient	Grams	Tablespoons	Ounces (weight)
Most used
All-Purpose Flour	250 g	32 tbsp	8.82 oz
Granulated Sugar	400 g	32 tbsp	14.1 oz
Butter	454 g	32 tbsp	16 oz
Brown Sugar	440 g	32 tbsp	15.5 oz
Powdered Sugar	240 g	32 tbsp	8.47 oz
Milk	488 g	32 tbsp	17.2 oz
Water	480 g	32 tbsp	16.9 oz
Vegetable Oil	436 g	32 tbsp	15.4 oz
Honey	680 g	32 tbsp	24 oz
Rolled Oats	180 g	32 tbsp	6.35 oz
Cocoa Powder	170 g	32 tbsp	6 oz
Heavy Cream	476 g	32 tbsp	16.8 oz
All other ingredients, A to Z
Almond Flour	192 g	32 tbsp	6.77 oz
Baking Powder	384 g	32 tbsp	13.5 oz
Baking Soda	440 g	32 tbsp	15.5 oz
Bread Flour	254 g	32 tbsp	8.96 oz
Breadcrumbs	216 g	32 tbsp	7.62 oz
Cake Flour	240 g	32 tbsp	8.47 oz
Chocolate Chips	340 g	32 tbsp	12 oz
Chopped Nuts	240 g	32 tbsp	8.47 oz
Coconut Oil	436 g	32 tbsp	15.4 oz
Corn Syrup	656 g	32 tbsp	23.1 oz
Cornmeal	244 g	32 tbsp	8.61 oz
Cornstarch	256 g	32 tbsp	9.03 oz
Cream Cheese	464 g	32 tbsp	16.4 oz
Dates (chopped)	298 g	32 tbsp	10.5 oz
Desiccated Coconut	186 g	32 tbsp	6.56 oz
Graham Cracker Crumbs	204 g	32 tbsp	7.2 oz
Granola	226 g	32 tbsp	7.97 oz
Maple Syrup	644 g	32 tbsp	22.7 oz
Molasses	674 g	32 tbsp	23.8 oz
Olive Oil	432 g	32 tbsp	15.2 oz
Panko Breadcrumbs	100 g	32 tbsp	3.53 oz
Parmesan Cheese	200 g	32 tbsp	7.05 oz
Peanut Butter	516 g	32 tbsp	18.2 oz
Powdered Milk	256 g	32 tbsp	9.03 oz
Quinoa	340 g	32 tbsp	12 oz
Raisins	330 g	32 tbsp	11.6 oz
Salt	546 g	32 tbsp	19.3 oz
Semolina	334 g	32 tbsp	11.8 oz
Shredded Cheese	226 g	32 tbsp	7.97 oz
Sour Cream	460 g	32 tbsp	16.2 oz
Sweetened Condensed Milk	612 g	32 tbsp	21.6 oz
Uncooked Rice	370 g	32 tbsp	13.1 oz
Vanilla Extract	416 g	32 tbsp	14.7 oz
Vegetable Shortening	410 g	32 tbsp	14.5 oz
Whole Wheat Flour	240 g	32 tbsp	8.47 oz
Yogurt	490 g	32 tbsp	17.3 oz

Why two cups is not a single weight

The reason 2 cups of flour and 2 cups of honey weigh nothing alike is density. Flour is light and full of air, so two cups of it is only 250 grams. Honey is one of the densest things in the kitchen, so the same two cups weighs 680 grams. To turn a volume like two cupsinto 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 two cups 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. Cup sizes also differ by country; see cup sizes compared. Need a different amount? Try the cups to grams converter, or pick another common measure below.

Frequently asked questions

How many grams is 2 cups?

It depends on the ingredient, because a cup measures volume and every ingredient has its own density. In US cups of 240 ml, 2 cups is 250 grams of all-purpose flour, 400 grams of granulated sugar, 454 grams of butter and 480 grams of water. The table above lists 2 cups in grams for all 48 ingredients.

How many grams of flour is 2 cups?

Two cups of all-purpose flour weighs 250 grams when it is spooned into the cup and levelled off. Scooping straight from the bag packs the flour down and adds weight, so a scale is the surest way to hit 250 grams. Bread flour and cake flour weigh slightly differently; both are in the table above.

How many grams of sugar is 2 cups?

Two cups of granulated white sugar weighs 400 grams. Packed brown sugar is heavier at 440 grams and powdered sugar lighter at 240 grams, so check which sugar the recipe means.

How many grams of butter is 2 cups?

Two cups of butter weighs 454 grams, which is 4 sticks of US butter, or 32 tablespoons. A full US cup of butter is 227 grams, which is two sticks.

How many tablespoons is 2 cups?

2 cups is 32 tablespoons or 96 teaspoons, because one US cup holds 16 tablespoons of 15 ml. That holds for every ingredient, since cups and tablespoons both measure volume; only the weight in grams changes.

Is 2 cups the same in US and metric cups?

Not quite. This page uses the US cup of 240 ml, so 2 cups is 480 ml. A metric cup is 250 ml, so 2 cups in metric cups is 500 ml and holds 260 grams of flour instead of 250. Weighing in grams removes the difference.

Cite this page: CupsToGrams, “2 cups to grams”, https://cupsngrams.com/cups-to-grams/two-cups, updated 5 August 2026. The figures are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with a link back; how they were chosen is on the methodology page.