Cups to grams: all-purpose flour

A US cup of all-purpose flour weighs roughly 125 grams, or 4.41 ounces. Spooned into the cup and levelled. Scooping straight from the bag packs in 20% more.

Amount in US cups

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Weight

125.0g

= Exact all-purpose flour cups to grams Show in

Weight in ounces: 4.409
Cups in the weight you entered: 0.800
Tablespoons in that weight: 12.80
Tablespoons: 16.00
Teaspoons: 48.0
Volume: 236.6
Grams per cup used: 125.0
Implied bulk density: 0.5283 g/mL

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Amount in US cups = 1
Or a weight to convert back = 100
Grams per cup used = 125 = 125
Weight = 1 * 125 = 125
Weight in ounces = 125 / 28.349523125 = 4.409 25
Tablespoons = 1 * 16 = 16
Teaspoons = 1 * 48 = 48
Volume = 1 * 236.5882365 = 236.588
Cups in the weight you entered = 125 > 0 ? 100 / 125 : 0 = 0.8
Tablespoons in that weight = 0.8 * 16 = 12.8
Implied bulk density = 125 / 236.5882365 = 0.528 344

Values are shown to six significant figures here; the arithmetic itself runs on exact fractions and is only rounded where a number is printed.

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The formula

grams = cups x grams per cup
1 US cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons = 236.588 236 5 mL exactly
1 ounce = 28.349 523 125 g exactly

Cup figures assume the spoon-and-level convention: fluff the ingredient, spoon it into the cup and sweep the top flat. Dipping the cup straight into the bag packs in up to 20% more.

The volume conversions on this page are exact by definition. Only the grams-per-cup figure is a measured convention, and it is stated above so you can substitute your own.

Spooned into the cup and levelled. Scooping straight from the bag packs in 20% more.

Common measures of all-purpose flour

Measure	Grams	Ounces
1 teaspoon	2.60	0.092
1 tablespoon	7.81	0.276
1/4 cup	31.3	1.10
1/3 cup	41.7	1.47
1/2 cup	62.5	2.20
1 cup	125.0	4.41
2 cups	250.0	8.82

Rounded for the kitchen. The calculator above keeps full precision.

Frequently asked

How many grams are in a cup of all-purpose flour?

About 125 g, using the spoon-and-level convention for a US cup.

How many grams are in a tablespoon of all-purpose flour?

About 7.81 g, since a tablespoon is exactly one sixteenth of a US cup.

Is a US cup the same as a metric cup?

No. A US cup is 236.588 mL, a metric cup is 250 mL and an imperial cup is 284.13 mL. A recipe that says "cup" without qualification almost always means the US one.

Where the numbers come from

Volume relationships follow the US customary definitions; the grams-per-cup figure is the widely published spoon-and-level convention for this ingredient.