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How many cups is 500 grams of granulated sugar?
Answer
2 ½ cups
500 grams of granulated sugar fills 2 ½ cups (2.5 US cups, or about 40 tablespoons). The math uses USDA's figure of roughly 200 g per cup.
Granulated sugar: grams to cups
| Weight | US cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.25 | ¼ cup |
| 100 g | 0.5 | ½ cup |
| 125 g | 0.625 | ⅝ cup |
| 200 g | 1 | 1 cup |
| 250 g | 1.25 | 1 ¼ cups |
| 500 g | 2.5 | 2 ½ cups |
| 1000 g | 5 | 5 cups |
Source: USDA FoodData Central #169655, Sugars, granulated. USDA lists 1 cup = 200 g. Weights are approximate.
Measuring tip
For sticky syrups, give the cup a light coat of oil first so everything slides out and you get the full amount. Brown sugar is the one sugar that is normally packed firmly into the cup. When a recipe gives grams, a scale is always the most accurate choice.
See also: 1 cup of granulated sugar in grams.