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How many cups is 500 grams of vegetable (canola) oil?
Answer
≈ 2 ⅓ cups
500 grams of vegetable (canola) oil fills about 2 ⅓ cups (2.29 US cups, or about 36.7 tablespoons). The math uses USDA's figure of roughly 218 g per cup.
Vegetable (canola) oil: grams to cups
| Weight | US cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.229 | about ¼ cup |
| 100 g | 0.459 | about ½ cup |
| 125 g | 0.573 | about ⅝ cup |
| 200 g | 0.917 | about ⅞ cup |
| 250 g | 1.15 | about 1 ⅛ cups |
| 500 g | 2.29 | about 2 ⅓ cups |
| 1000 g | 4.59 | about 4 ⅝ cups |
Source: USDA FoodData Central #172336, Oil, canola. USDA lists 1 cup = 218 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 (canola) oil in grams.