500 grams of flour in cups
500 g ÷ 120 g per cup = 4.167 cups
A cup of flour weighs 120 g, so 500 g fills 4.17 cups — about 4 ¼ cups. Going this direction is the one most worth doing with a scale rather than a cup: measuring about 4 ¼ cups accurately by eye is hard, and weighing 500 g is not. The source line is "1 cup = 120 g", from King Arthur Baking.
Flour is the ingredient this goes most wrong on. The weight above assumes the flour is spooned into the cup and levelled off. Dipping the cup into the bag compacts it and can add a fifth — the usual reason a recipe comes out dry.
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- Weight
- 500 g
- Cups
- 4.167 cup
- Tablespoons
- 66.67 tbsp
- Teaspoons
- 200 tsp
- Milliliters
- 985.8 mL
- Fluid ounces
- 33.33 fl oz
Assumptions
- US customary cup (236.6 mL); spooned-and-levelled dry ingredients.
- Weights are typical values and vary a few percent by brand, humidity and packing.
| Ingredient | 1 cup (g) | ½ cup (g) | ¼ cup (g) | 1 tbsp (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 120 | 60 | 30 | 7.5 |
| Bread flour | 120 | 60 | 30 | 7.5 |
| Cake flour | 120 | 60 | 30 | 7.5 |
| Self-rising flour | 113 | 57 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Whole wheat flour | 113 | 57 | 28 | 7.1 |
| Pastry flour | 106 | 53 | 27 | 6.6 |
| Almond flour | 96 | 48 | 24 | 6 |
| Coconut flour | 128 | 64 | 32 | 8 |
| Rye flour (medium) | 106 | 53 | 27 | 6.6 |
| Spelt flour | 99 | 50 | 25 | 6.2 |
| Semolina flour | 163 | 82 | 41 | 10.2 |
| Cornmeal (whole) | 138 | 69 | 35 | 8.6 |
| Gluten-free all-purpose flour | 156 | 78 | 39 | 9.8 |
| Granulated white sugar | 198 | 99 | 50 | 12.4 |
| Brown sugar, packed | 213 | 107 | 53 | 13.3 |
Weights are for spooned-and-levelled dry ingredients (King Arthur Baking). Scooping flour straight from the bag packs it and can add 20–30%.
| Measure | Equals |
|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon | 3 teaspoons = ½ fl oz = 14.8 mL |
| ¼ cup | 4 tbsp = 2 fl oz = 59 mL |
| ⅓ cup | 5⅓ tbsp = 79 mL |
| ½ cup | 8 tbsp = 4 fl oz = 118 mL |
| 1 cup | 16 tbsp = 8 fl oz = 237 mL |
| 1 pint | 2 cups = 473 mL |
| 1 quart | 4 cups = 946 mL |
| 1 stick of butter | ½ cup = 8 tbsp = 113 g = 4 oz |
Flour: grams to cups
| Grams | Cups |
|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.42 cups (about ½ cup) |
| 100 g | 0.83 cups (about ¾ cup) |
| 125 g | 1.04 cups (about 1 cups) |
| 150 g | 1.25 cups (1 ¼ cups) |
| 200 g | 1.67 cups (1 ⅔ cups) |
| 250 g | 2.08 cups (about 2 cups) |
| 500 g | 4.17 cups (about 4 ¼ cups) |
| 1,000 g | 8.33 cups (8 ⅓ cups) |
Weights from King Arthur Baking — Ingredient Weight Chart.
Questions
- How many cups is 500 g of flour?
- 4.17 cups — about 4 ¼ cups. A cup of flour weighs 120 g.
- How many grams are in a cup of flour?
- 120 g. Source: King Arthur Baking — Ingredient Weight Chart, "1 cup = 120 g".
- How many tablespoons is 500 g of flour?
- 66.7 tablespoons — there are 16 tablespoons in a cup, so 4.17 cups is 66.7.
- Does it matter how the cup is filled?
- Flour is the ingredient this goes most wrong on. The weight above assumes the flour is spooned into the cup and levelled off. Dipping the cup into the bag compacts it and can add a fifth — the usual reason a recipe comes out dry.
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