How Many Grams in a Cup of Butter?
1 cup butter = 226 g8 oz · 1 cup = 2 US sticks · ½ cup = 113 g · 1 tbsp = 14 g
Reference values Being verified with kitchen scale tests. Current figures follow the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart.
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Butter cups to grams
226 g
1 cup butter (1 cup = 2 US sticks) ≈ 8 oz
Reference values Being verified with kitchen scale tests. Current figures follow the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart.
Why butter has its own cups-to-grams number
In the US, butter is usually sold in sticks: one stick is ½ cup, or 8 tablespoons, and the wrapper is marked in tablespoons. That makes butter one of the easiest ingredients to measure without a scale. Melted or softened, it weighs the same — only the volume reading gets tricky.
Butter cups to grams chart
US cups and spoons, 1 cup = 2 US sticks. Grams are rounded to the nearest gram (0.1 g under 10 g).
| US measure | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 teaspoon | 4.7 g | 0.17 oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 14 g | 0.5 oz |
| ⅛ cup (2 tbsp, ¼ stick) | 28 g | 1 oz |
| ¼ cup (½ stick) | 57 g | 1.99 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 75 g | 2.66 oz |
| ½ cup (1 stick) | 113 g | 3.99 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 151 g | 5.31 oz |
| ¾ cup | 170 g | 5.98 oz |
| 1 cup (2 sticks) | 226 g | 7.97 oz |
| 1½ cups | 339 g | 12 oz |
| 2 cups (4 sticks, 1 lb) | 452 g | 15.9 oz |
| 3 cups | 678 g | 23.9 oz |
| 4 cups | 904 g | 31.9 oz |
| Grams | US measures | Decimal cups |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 3 tbsp + 1½ tsp + ⅛ tsp | 0.22 cups |
| 100 g | ¼ cup + 3 tbsp + ¼ tsp | 0.44 cups |
| 250 g | ≈ 1 cup + 1 tbsp + 2⅛ tsp | 1.11 cups |
| 500 g | ≈ 2 cups + 3 tbsp + 1¼ tsp | 2.21 cups |
“≈” means the amount is rounded to the nearest ⅛ teaspoon you can measure.
How to measure butter for this conversion
- Use the tablespoon lines on the wrapper and cut through the paper.
- If you must pack soft butter into a measuring cup, press out air pockets and level it.
- Butter sold outside the US often comes in 250 g or 200 g blocks, so “1 stick” may not translate — use grams.
- For melted butter, measure it solid, then melt. Measuring after melting is less accurate.
Source: King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart (reference value, not yet scale-tested by Measure Pantry).