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How many cups is 500 grams of sour cream?
Answer
≈ 2 ⅛ cups
500 grams of sour cream fills about 2 ⅛ cups (2.17 US cups, or about 34.8 tablespoons). The math uses USDA's figure of roughly 230 g per cup.
Sour cream: grams to cups
| Weight | US cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.217 | about ¼ cup |
| 100 g | 0.435 | about ⅜ cup |
| 125 g | 0.543 | about ½ cup |
| 200 g | 0.87 | about ⅞ cup |
| 250 g | 1.09 | about 1 ⅛ cups |
| 500 g | 2.17 | about 2 ⅛ cups |
| 1000 g | 4.35 | about 4 ⅓ cups |
Source: USDA FoodData Central #171257, Cream, sour, cultured. USDA lists 1 cup = 230 g. Weights are approximate.
Measuring tip
Liquids are the easiest thing to measure by volume, so cups and a scale will agree closely. Dairy weighs a little more or less than water depending on its fat, sugar and air content. When a recipe gives grams, a scale is always the most accurate choice.
See also: 1 cup of sour cream in grams.