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Cornmeal Cups to Grams

1 cup of cornmeal weighs 122 g (4.3 oz). 1 tablespoon is 7.6 g and 1 teaspoon is 2.5 g.

1 cup
4.3 oz
1 tablespoon
7.6g
1 teaspoon
2.5g
100 g
0.82cups
of a US cup

Cornmeal is ground dried corn, sold fine, medium and coarse, and the grind affects how it packs. The weight here is for a plain cup, and a coarser meal can sit a little differently from a fine one.

Convert any amount of cornmeal

Starts at 1 cup of cornmeal in grams (122 g); change the units to go from grams back to cups.

1 cup of cornmeal is 122 grams

Cups
1
Tablespoons
16
Teaspoons
47.99
Grams
Ounces
4.3

Cornmeal: cups to grams and ounces

Cups of cornmeal in grams and ounces
CupsGramsOunces
1/4 cup30.51.08
1/3 cup40.71.43
1/2 cup612.15
2/3 cup81.32.87
3/4 cup91.53.23
1 cup1224.3
1 1/2 cups1836.46
2 cups2448.61
3 cups36612.91
4 cups48817.21
Tablespoons and teaspoons of cornmeal in grams and ounces
SpoonsGramsOunces
1/2 tablespoon3.80.13
1 tablespoon7.60.27
2 tablespoons15.30.54
3 tablespoons22.90.81
4 tablespoons30.51.08
6 tablespoons45.81.61
8 tablespoons612.15
1/4 teaspoon0.640.02
1/2 teaspoon1.30.04
3/4 teaspoon1.90.07
1 teaspoon2.50.09
2 teaspoons5.10.18
3 teaspoons7.60.27

Cornmeal: grams and ounces to cups

For a recipe written in grams or ounces, here is how much of a US cup each weight of cornmeal fills.

Grams of cornmeal in cups, tablespoons and ounces
GramsCupsTablespoonsOunces
25 g0.23.280.88
50 g0.416.561.76
100 g0.8213.113.53
125 g1.0216.394.41
150 g1.2319.675.29
200 g1.6426.237.05
250 g2.0532.798.82
300 g2.4639.3410.58
400 g3.2852.4614.11
500 g4.165.5717.64
Ounces of cornmeal in grams, cups and tablespoons
Ounces (weight)GramsCupsTablespoons
1 oz28.30.233.72
2 oz56.70.467.44
3 oz850.711.15
4 oz113.40.9314.87
6 oz170.11.3922.31
8 oz226.81.8629.74
12 oz340.22.7944.62
16 oz453.63.7259.49

What a cup of cornmeal weighs, and why it can differ

USDA’s weight for “1 cup” is 122 g. Next to a cup of water, which holds about 236.6 g, that is 52% of the weight of a cup of water, so a lot of the cup is air. The same cup works out at 0.52 g per millilitre.

USDA lists one cup measure for cornmeal (“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 tablespoon or teaspoon measure for this entry, so that weight is the cup weight divided by the US ratio (16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons to the cup).

Frequently asked questions

How many grams are in 1 cup of cornmeal?
USDA measures 1 cup of cornmeal (its portion is listed as “1 cup”) at 122 g, which is 4.3 oz.
How many cups is 500 g of cornmeal?
500 g of cornmeal is 4.1 cups, using 122 g per cup of cornmeal. A 1 kg bag of cornmeal would fill 8.2 cups, and a 1 lb pack of cornmeal would fill 3.72.
How much does a part of a cup of cornmeal weigh?
Half a cup of cornmeal is 61 g, a third of a cup of cornmeal is 40.7 g and a quarter cup of cornmeal is 30.5 g. For small amounts, 1 tablespoon of cornmeal is 7.6 g (0.27 oz) and 2 tablespoons of cornmeal are 15.3 g.
If my recipe uses 250 ml metric cups, how much cornmeal is that?
A 250 ml cup is about 5.7% larger than a US cup, so a metric cup of cornmeal comes to about 128.9 g, going by USDA’s 122 g for a US cup of cornmeal. The weights on this page are for the US cup of about 237 ml.
Is it better to weigh cornmeal than to measure it by the cup?
For baking, yes. USDA lists one cup measure for cornmeal (“1 cup”), so this page has no second figure to compare it with; if a recipe depends on the exact amount, weigh it. Next to water, a cup of cornmeal is 52% of the weight of a cup of water, so a lot of the cup is air, and 122 g on a scale is 122 g however the cornmeal was scooped.
What weighs about the same as a cup of cornmeal?
Among these converters, powdered sugar (120 g per cup) and whole wheat flour (120 g per cup) come closest to 122 g. Same volume, different ingredient: the weights are close, but the foods are not interchangeable.

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Weights 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 “Cornmeal, whole-grain, yellow” (FoodData Central SR Legacy 2018-04).

Source: USDA FoodData Central, FDC 169697, retrieved . How we calculate.