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cup conversion.

staya14
staya14 Posts: 8 Member
edited November 2024 in Getting Started
Hi everyone, I'm new here, joined 2 days ago and a bit confused over something - what's the correct weight of a food if its saying cup?, need to know what it is in grams, thanks.

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,800 Member
    Totally depends on the food. A cup of say, breadcrumbs might weight 80 grams and a cup of flour might weigh 200 grams. There is no direct correlation, as a cup is a measure of volume, and grams are a measure of weight.

    Not to mention, a cup of food can depend how much you pack it. A loosely packed cup of grated cheese can weigh half of a well packed cup.
  • Annie_01
    Annie_01 Posts: 3,096 Member
    Depends on the food.

    If you use the USDA nutritional food guide they will tell you how many grams of each food equals a cup.

    http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods?qlookup=&new=1

  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,800 Member
    Annie_01 wrote: »
    Depends on the food.

    If you use the USDA nutritional food guide they will tell you how many grams of each food equals a cup.

    http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods?qlookup=&new=1

    This is really handy if you have a recipe which calls for a cup and you want to measure the ingredient out in grams instead, but beware using a 'cup' of something then using that conversion to log it as grams, because it really does depend how much you jam into the cup.
  • isulo_kura
    isulo_kura Posts: 818 Member
    staya14 wrote: »
    Hi everyone, I'm new here, joined 2 days ago and a bit confused over something - what's the correct weight of a food if its saying cup?, need to know what it is in grams, thanks.

    Weigh all your food if it calls for a cup. Use a cup then weigh it. As said a cup is a measure of volume and can depend on how much you pack it. It is an inaccurate way to measure anything but liquids
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