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How many cups is 500 grams of vegetable shortening?
Answer
≈ 2 ½ cups
500 grams of vegetable shortening fills about 2 ½ cups (2.44 US cups, or about 39 tablespoons). The math uses USDA's figure of roughly 205 g per cup.
Vegetable shortening: grams to cups
| Weight | US cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.244 | about ¼ cup |
| 100 g | 0.488 | about ½ cup |
| 125 g | 0.61 | about ⅝ cup |
| 200 g | 0.976 | about 1 cup |
| 250 g | 1.22 | about 1 ¼ cups |
| 500 g | 2.44 | about 2 ½ cups |
| 1000 g | 4.88 | 4 ⅞ cups |
Source: USDA FoodData Central #171011, Shortening, household, soybean (partially hydrogenated)-cottonseed (partially hydrogenated). USDA lists 1 cup = 205 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 vegetable shortening in grams.