1 Cup of Butter in Grams
227 g in a US cup — and what that figure assumes
1 cup of butter weighs 227 grams, measured in a US cup.
That figure comes from one number: a full US cup of butter is 227 g. Everything else on this page is that number scaled.
Butter is easiest to measure from the wrapper rather than in a cup. A US stick is 113 g — half a cup — and the wrapper is printed in tablespoons, each 14.2 g.
Whose cup you mean changes the answer. A 250 ml metric cup — the standard in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada — is 5.7% larger than the 236.6 ml US cup, so one cup of butter is 240 g there rather than 227 g.
Two sticks, 227 grams
A cup of butter is 227 g — two US sticks of 113 g, or 16 tablespoons (USDA FoodData Central). The paper wrapper on each stick is marked in tablespoons, so you rarely need a cup for butter at all.
Outside the US butter usually comes in 250 g blocks, a little over 1 cup. If a European recipe says 125 g of butter, that is half a block, or 1 stick plus 1 teaspoon.
Melted or softened, the weight stays the same. Measure solid butter and melt it afterwards; filling a cup with melted butter gives a slightly different amount.
Where the 227 g figure comes from
- USDA FoodData Central: 1 cup of “Butter, without salt” = 227 g (FDC ID 173430)
- King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart: Butter, 8 tablespoons (1/2 cup) = 113 g (about 226 g per cup) (chart)
This site uses 227 g per US cup of butter (unsalted), spooned and levelled. References checked September 2026.
1 cup of butter in each cup standard
| Cup standard | Size | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|
| US customary | 236.6 ml | 227 g | 8.01 oz |
| Metric (UK, AU, NZ, CA) | 250 ml | 240 g | 8.46 oz |
| Imperial (older UK) | 284 ml | 273 g | 9.62 oz |
A recipe that just says "cups" is almost always American. If yours came from a British, Australian or New Zealand source, take the metric row — on a 227 g measure the gap is 12.9 g.
Halving and doubling butter
Recipes get scaled more often than they get followed exactly. These are the portions of butter a cook actually reaches for, already weighed out.
| Cups | Grams | Ounces | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 28.4 g | 1.00 oz | 2 |
| ¼ cup | 56.8 g | 2.00 oz | 4 |
| ⅓ cup | 75.7 g | 2.67 oz | 5.33 |
| ½ cup | 114 g | 4.00 oz | 8 |
| ⅔ cup | 151 g | 5.34 oz | 10.67 |
| ¾ cup | 170 g | 6.01 oz | 12 |
| 1 cup | 227 g | 8.01 oz | 16 |
| 1¼ cups | 284 g | 10.01 oz | 20 |
| 1½ cups | 341 g | 12.01 oz | 24 |
| 1¾ cups | 397 g | 14.01 oz | 28 |
| 2 cups | 454 g | 16.01 oz | 32 |
| 2¼ cups | 511 g | 18.02 oz | 36 |
| 2½ cups | 568 g | 20.02 oz | 40 |
| 3 cups | 681 g | 24.02 oz | 48 |
| 4 cups | 908 g | 32.03 oz | 64 |
| 5 cups | 1135 g | 40.04 oz | 80 |
| 6 cups | 1362 g | 48.04 oz | 96 |
1 cup of butter in other units
| Unit | Amount |
|---|---|
| Grams | 227 g |
| Ounces (weight) | 8.01 oz |
| Pounds | 0.500 lb |
| Tablespoons | 16 |
| Teaspoons | 48 |
| Millilitres (the space it fills) | 237 ml |
| US sticks | 2 |
Salted and unsalted butter weigh the same, so the conversion does not change. Softened or melted butter fills a cup slightly differently, but the weight in the recipe is the weight either way.
1 cup of something else
The same cup holds a different weight of everything, because ingredients do not weigh the same for their size.
| Ingredient | Grams per US cup | 1 cup weighs |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 125 g | 125 g |
| Sugar | 200 g | 200 g |
| Milk | 244 g | 244 g |
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1 cup of butter?
1 cup of butter is 227 grams in a US cup, based on 227 g per full cup. In a 250 ml metric cup it is 240 g.
Is that weighed or measured?
Measured, then weighed on a scale. Butter is easiest to measure from the wrapper rather than in a cup. A US stick is 113 g — half a cup — and the wrapper is printed in tablespoons, each 14.2 g. A scale skips the question, which is why recipes that care about the result give grams.
How many tablespoons is 1 cup of butter?
16 tablespoons, or 48 teaspoons — 14.19 g per tablespoon for butter.
How many sticks of butter is 1 cup?
2 US sticks. A stick is 113 g, or ½ cup, and the wrapper is marked in tablespoons at 14.2 g each.
Why do different sites give different grams for 1 cup of butter?
Because a cup is a volume and the weight depends on how it was filled, and on whose cup. This site uses 227 g per US cup. Salted and unsalted butter weigh the same, so the conversion does not change. Softened or melted butter fills a cup slightly differently, but the weight in the recipe is the weight either way.
See also: Butter to Oil Converter; Butter Converter; and How Much is 100 Grams of Butter in Cups?.