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How many cups is 250 grams of olive oil?
Answer
≈ 1 ⅛ cups
250 grams of olive oil fills about 1 ⅛ cups (1.16 US cups, or about 18.5 tablespoons). The math uses USDA's figure of roughly 216 g per cup.
Olive oil: grams to cups
| Weight | US cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.231 | about ¼ cup |
| 100 g | 0.463 | about ½ cup |
| 125 g | 0.579 | about ⅝ cup |
| 200 g | 0.926 | about ⅞ cup |
| 250 g | 1.16 | about 1 ⅛ cups |
| 500 g | 2.31 | about 2 ⅓ cups |
| 1000 g | 4.63 | 4 ⅝ cups |
Source: USDA FoodData Central #171413, Oil, olive, salad or cooking. USDA lists 1 cup = 216 g. Weights are approximate.
Measuring tip
Solid fats are easiest to measure by weight or with the markings on the wrapper. Oils and melted fats can go straight into a liquid measuring cup. When a recipe gives grams, a scale is always the most accurate choice.
See also: 1 cup of olive oil in grams.