Sticks, tablespoons and cups of butter in grams
Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Checked against sources on 29 Sept 2026.A US stick of butter is half a cup, 8 tablespoons or about 113 grams, and a pound box holds four sticks, 2 cups. USDA FoodData Central weighs a cup of butter at 227 grams and a tablespoon at 14.2 grams. Unlike flour, butter packs the same way every time, so a cup measure of it is reliable.
| Measure | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon | 14.2 g |
| 1/4 cup (half a stick) | 56.8 g |
| 1/2 cup (1 stick) | 113.5 g |
| 1 cup (2 sticks) | 227 g |
| 2 cups (4 sticks, a 1 lb box) | 454 g |
Butter is already chosen as the Ingredient.
Enter the Amount and pick cups or tablespoons as the Unit; a stick is half a cup.
Read the Weight in grams, and Tablespoons for the marks on the wrapper.
Use the table below for sticks, half sticks and a 1 lb box.
The table covers the common amounts.
A cup measures volume, a scale measures weight, and the two only meet through the density of the ingredient. A cup of water weighs about 237 grams, a cup of all-purpose flour 125 grams and a cup of honey 339 grams. That is why no single number turns cups into grams, and why this converter asks for the ingredient first.
Where the weights come from. Every ingredient uses one weighed portion from USDA FoodData Central, the US Department of Agriculture's food database (SR Legacy release). The page lists the USDA food and the measure it weighed, such as 1 cup of packed brown sugar at 220 grams or 1 teaspoon of baking powder at 4.6 grams. Grams per millilitre are worked out from that measure, so a tablespoon and a cup of the same ingredient always agree.
Why your cup may weigh more. USDA weighs flour spooned into the cup and levelled. Scooping straight from the bag packs 10 to 20% more, and King Arthur Baking's chart uses 120 grams for the same cup. Brown sugar changes with how hard you pack it, and sifted powdered sugar weighs less than unsifted. For baking that has to come out right, weigh.
The rest of the article, and all 6 questions about Cups to Grams Converter, are on the Cups to Grams Converter page.
A US cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams in USDA FoodData Central, spooned into the cup and levelled. Bread flour weighs 137 grams a cup and whole wheat flour 120 grams. King Arthur Baking uses 120 grams for all-purpose flour, and a cup scooped straight from the bag can weigh 140 grams or more.
A US cup of granulated sugar weighs 200 grams, according to USDA FoodData Central. Brown sugar packed firmly into the cup weighs 220 grams, and unsifted powdered sugar only 120 grams. A tablespoon of granulated sugar is about 12.5 grams and a teaspoon about 4.2 grams.
A US stick of butter is half a cup, or 8 tablespoons, and weighs about 113 grams. USDA FoodData Central weighs a full cup of butter, two sticks, at 227 grams and one tablespoon at 14.2 grams. A standard one-pound box holds four sticks, 454 grams.
Divide the grams by the weight of one cup of that ingredient. For granulated sugar at 200 grams a cup, 150 grams is three quarters of a cup; for all-purpose flour at 125 grams, 150 grams is 1.2 cups. Choose the ingredient, set the unit to grams and the converter shows cups, tablespoons and teaspoons.
Rates and rules change; check the source before you rely on a figure.
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