Cooking converter · USDA gram weights
Butter Cups to Grams
Quick answer
1 cup of butter weighs 227 g (8.01 oz). 1 tablespoon is 14.2 g and 1 teaspoon is 4.7 g.
- 1 cup
- 227g
- 8.01 oz
- 1 tablespoon
- 14.2g
- 1 teaspoon
- 4.7g
- 100 g
- 0.44cups
- of a US cup
Butter is sold in sticks and blocks, so most cooks never measure it by the cup. Weighing the block, or reading the markings on the wrapper, is faster than pressing softened butter into a cup, and it avoids air pockets.
Convert any amount of butter
Starts at 1 cup of butter in grams (227 g); change the units to go from grams back to cups.
1 cup of butter is 227 grams
- Cups
- 1
- Tablespoons
- 15.99
- Teaspoons
- 48
- Grams
- 227
- Ounces
- 8.01
Butter: cups to grams and ounces
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 56.8 | 2 |
| 1/3 cup | 75.7 | 2.67 |
| 1/2 cup | 113.5 | 4 |
| 2/3 cup | 151.3 | 5.34 |
| 3/4 cup | 170.3 | 6.01 |
| 1 cup | 227 | 8.01 |
| 1 1/2 cups | 340.5 | 12.01 |
| 2 cups | 454 | 16.01 |
| 3 cups | 681 | 24.02 |
| 4 cups | 908 | 32.03 |
| Spoons | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/2 tablespoon | 7.1 | 0.25 |
| 1 tablespoon | 14.2 | 0.5 |
| 2 tablespoons | 28.4 | 1 |
| 3 tablespoons | 42.6 | 1.5 |
| 4 tablespoons | 56.8 | 2 |
| 6 tablespoons | 85.2 | 3.01 |
| 8 tablespoons | 113.6 | 4.01 |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1.2 | 0.04 |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2.4 | 0.08 |
| 3/4 teaspoon | 3.5 | 0.13 |
| 1 teaspoon | 4.7 | 0.17 |
| 2 teaspoons | 9.5 | 0.33 |
| 3 teaspoons | 14.2 | 0.5 |
Butter: grams and ounces to cups
For a recipe written in grams or ounces, here is how much of a US cup each weight of butter fills.
| Grams | Cups | Tablespoons | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.11 | 1.76 | 0.88 |
| 50 g | 0.22 | 3.52 | 1.76 |
| 100 g | 0.44 | 7.04 | 3.53 |
| 125 g | 0.55 | 8.8 | 4.41 |
| 150 g | 0.66 | 10.56 | 5.29 |
| 200 g | 0.88 | 14.08 | 7.05 |
| 250 g | 1.1 | 17.61 | 8.82 |
| 300 g | 1.32 | 21.13 | 10.58 |
| 400 g | 1.76 | 28.17 | 14.11 |
| 500 g | 2.2 | 35.21 | 17.64 |
| Ounces (weight) | Grams | Cups | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 | 0.12 | 2 |
| 2 oz | 56.7 | 0.25 | 3.99 |
| 3 oz | 85 | 0.37 | 5.99 |
| 4 oz | 113.4 | 0.5 | 7.99 |
| 6 oz | 170.1 | 0.75 | 11.98 |
| 8 oz | 226.8 | 1 | 15.97 |
| 12 oz | 340.2 | 1.5 | 23.96 |
| 16 oz | 453.6 | 2 | 31.94 |
What a cup of butter weighs, and why it can differ
USDA’s weight for “1 cup” is 227 g. Next to a cup of water, which holds about 236.6 g, that is 96% of the weight of a cup of water, so it weighs about the same as the same volume of water. The same cup works out at 0.96 g per millilitre.
USDA lists one cup measure for butter (“1 cup”), so this page has no second figure to compare it with; if a recipe depends on the exact amount, weigh it.
USDA lists no teaspoon measure for this entry, so that weight is the cup weight divided by the US ratio (48 teaspoons to the cup).
Counting calories instead of cups? See calories and macros in butter, per 100 g and per portion.
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Start free on the webWeights are USDA averages for the entry named below. Packing, sifting, brand and moisture change the weight of a real cup, so treat them as a good starting point, not a lab measurement.
USDA describes this entry as “Butter, salted” (FoodData Central SR Legacy 2018-04).
Source: USDA FoodData Central, FDC 173410, retrieved . How we calculate.