Vanilla Extract: Cups to Grams
One US cup (240 ml) of vanilla extract weighs about 208 grams, based on its typical kitchen density. Convert any amount below, or use the reference table for common cup fractions.
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1 cups of vanilla extract, us legal cup
1 cup vanilla extract = 208 g (cupsngrams.com)
Based on vanilla extract at 208 g per US cup.
Cup standard: US legal cup (240 ml)
Baking from a UK, Australian or New Zealand recipe? Their cup is not the American one. Pick the standard your recipe assumes and every cup figure above follows it.
Vanilla Extract conversion table
| Cups | Grams | Millilitres | Tablespoons | Ounces (weight) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 52 g | 60 ml | 4 tbsp | 1.83 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 69.3 g | 80 ml | 5.33 tbsp | 2.45 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 104 g | 120 ml | 8 tbsp | 3.67 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 139 g | 160 ml | 10.7 tbsp | 4.89 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 156 g | 180 ml | 12 tbsp | 5.5 oz |
| 1 cup | 208 g | 240 ml | 16 tbsp | 7.34 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 312 g | 360 ml | 24 tbsp | 11 oz |
| 2 cups | 416 g | 480 ml | 32 tbsp | 14.7 oz |
| 2 1/2 cups | 520 g | 600 ml | 40 tbsp | 18.3 oz |
| 3 cups | 624 g | 720 ml | 48 tbsp | 22 oz |
Ounces here are ounces of weight (1 oz = 28.35 g), not fluid ounces. One US cup is 8 fluid ounces of volume whatever is in it, but what it weighs in ounces depends on the ingredient: a cup of vanilla extract weighs about 7.34 oz. Why these two are not the same.
In grams, 1/4 cup of vanilla extract is about 52 g, 1/3 cup is about 69 g, 1/2 cup is about 104 g, 2/3 cup is about 139 g, 3/4 cup is about 156 g, 1 cup is about 208 g, 1 1/2 cups is about 312 g, 2 cups is about 416 g and 3 cups is about 624 g.
A tablespoon of vanilla extract is about 13 grams, and a teaspoon is about 4.3 grams.
About measuring vanilla extract
Pure vanilla extract is mostly alcohol and water infused with vanilla bean, and since alcohol is lighter than water, it weighs a little less than water for the same volume: one US cup is about 208 grams. In practice nobody measures a cup of vanilla extract, since recipes call for a teaspoon or two, but the density is useful for scaling a recipe by weight or converting a bulk-batch formula. A tablespoon works out to about 13 grams, so even small measuring errors are easy to catch on a gram scale.
Vanilla extract is measured in teaspoons, not cups. A tablespoon is about 13 grams if you are weighing it.
How many grams is a cup of vanilla extract?
One US cup (240 ml) of vanilla extract weighs about 208 grams. Because a cup measures volume rather than weight, that figure is specific to vanilla extract and does not transfer to any other ingredient: the same cup holds 125 grams of all-purpose flour and 340 grams of honey.
- 1/4 cup of vanilla extract is about 52 grams
- 1/3 cup of vanilla extract is about 69 grams
- 1/2 cup of vanilla extract is about 104 grams
- 2/3 cup of vanilla extract is about 139 grams
- 3/4 cup of vanilla extract is about 156 grams
- 1 1/2 cups of vanilla extract is about 312 grams
- 2 cups of vanilla extract is about 416 grams
- 3 cups of vanilla extract is about 624 grams
Working the other way round, 100 grams of vanilla extract is about 0.481 cups, and 500 grams is about 2.4 cups.
Does it matter which cup my recipe means?
It does, though less than the ingredient itself. This page uses the US legal cup of 240 ml. An Australian metric cup is 250 ml, so a metric cup of vanilla extract comes to about 217 grams, and the old British imperial cup of 284.1 ml holds about 246 grams. See cup sizes by country for every standard side by side.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1 cup of vanilla extract?
One US cup of vanilla extract is about 208 grams. It weighs a little less than water because of its alcohol content.
How many grams is a teaspoon of vanilla extract?
About 4.3 grams. A cup is around 208 grams and holds 48 teaspoons, so a single teaspoon, the amount most recipes call for, is a small fraction of that.
Does imitation vanilla weigh the same as pure extract?
Roughly, though the exact density varies by brand and alcohol content. Both are close enough to water that 208 grams per cup is a reasonable working figure for either.
Where this figure comes from
We have not yet found a published reference that states a weight for a cup of vanilla extract. The 208 grams on this page follows the calibration the rest of the site is built on, with butter at 227 grams per cup, water at 240, all-purpose flour at 125 and granulated sugar at 200. Treat it as a good working figure rather than a cited one. If you have a better source, tell us and we will check it and credit you.
Published figures for the same ingredient vary between references anyway, because how an ingredient is packed changes what a cup of it weighs. Treat any cup figure as accurate to within a few percent, and weigh on a scale when a recipe is sensitive. Our full approach is on the methodology page.
Figures last verified . Compiled by the CupsToGrams editorial team at FusionStudios. Spotted a value that looks off? Tell us.