How many cups is 500 grams of raisins?
Answer
≈ 3 ½ cups
500 grams of raisins fills about 3 ½ cups (3.45 US cups, or about 55.2 tablespoons). The math uses USDA's figure of roughly 145 g per cup.
Raisins: grams to cups
| Weight | US cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.345 | about ⅓ cup |
| 100 g | 0.69 | about ⅔ cup |
| 125 g | 0.862 | about ⅞ cup |
| 200 g | 1.38 | 1 ⅜ cups |
| 250 g | 1.72 | about 1 ¾ cups |
| 500 g | 3.45 | about 3 ½ cups |
| 1000 g | 6.9 | about 6 ⅞ cups |
Source: USDA FoodData Central #168165, Raisins, dark, seedless (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program). USDA lists 1 cup (not packed) = 145 g. Weights are approximate.
Measuring tip
Whole, chopped and sliced pieces leave different amounts of air in the cup, so the same nut can weigh quite differently depending on the cut. Pick the closest match. When a recipe gives grams, a scale is always the most accurate choice.
See also: 1 cup of raisins in grams.