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50 grams to cups

50 grams of all-purpose flour is approximately 0.42 US cups using our 120-gram flour reference. Select another ingredient to see the answer for your recipe.

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50 grams of all-purpose flour is about

0.42

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Approximate recipe equivalent for All-purpose flour. Ingredient preparation and measuring technique affect the result.

Reference: 120 g per 236.5882 ml US reference cup. More precision: 0.4167 US cups.

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50 grams, 22 ingredients

The same weight takes up a different amount of space. US reference cup: 236.5882365 ml.

50 grams in US cups by ingredient (approximate recipe equivalents)
Ingredient	Preparation	US cups	Kitchen measure
All-purpose flour	Spoon into the cup and level; do not pack	0.42	a little over ⅓ cups
Bread flour	Dry flour, spooned and levelled	0.42	a little over ⅓ cups
Whole wheat flour	Dry flour, spooned and levelled	0.44	a little under ½ cups
Almond flour	Fine almond flour; not almond meal	0.52	a little over ½ cups
Coconut flour	Dry coconut flour, levelled	0.39	a little over ⅓ cups
Granulated sugar	White granulated sugar, levelled	0.25	¼ cups
Caster sugar	Superfine sugar, levelled	0.26	a little over ¼ cups
Packed brown sugar	Light or dark brown sugar, packed	0.23	a little under ¼ cups
Powdered sugar	Unsifted powdered sugar	0.44	a little under ½ cups
Butter	US packaged butter; two 4 oz sticks per US cup. Do not substitute melted for solid butter unless the recipe permits.	0.22	a little under ¼ cups
Water	Liquid water; approximate room-temperature kitchen density of 1 g/mL	0.21	a little under ¼ cups
Honey	Pourable honey; source tablespoon is normalised using 16 US tablespoons per cup	0.15	a little over ⅛ cups
Maple syrup	Pourable maple syrup	0.16	a little over ⅛ cups
Dry long-grain rice	Dry, uncooked long-grain rice; not cooked rice	0.25	¼ cups
Dry rolled oats	Dry old-fashioned or quick oats; not cooked oats or oat flour	0.56	a little over ½ cups
Cocoa powder	Unsweetened cocoa, levelled	0.6	a little under ⅔ cups
Cornstarch	Dry cornstarch, levelled; not coarse cornmeal	0.45	a little under ½ cups
Peanut butter	Smooth spoonable peanut butter; stir separated oil in first	0.19	a little over ⅛ cups
Chocolate chips	Regular chocolate chips; not mini chips	0.29	a little under ⅓ cups
Whole almonds	Whole unblanched almonds; not sliced or ground	0.35	a little over ⅓ cups
Chopped walnuts	Chopped walnuts; not whole walnut halves	0.44	a little under ½ cups
Unsweetened shredded coconut	Unsweetened shredded coconut; not flakes or desiccated coconut	0.94	a little under 1 cup

Other amounts

The same comparison for other common recipe weights.

There is no single 50-gram cup value

A cup describes space, not weight. This page compares the same 50-gram amount across supported ingredients and keeps the selected ingredient visible beside the result.

Work it out from the reference

Divide 50 by the grams in one cup of your ingredient. For the default flour reference, the calculation is 50 ÷ 120. Keep the unrounded result during calculation and round only what is displayed.

What if my recipe just says flour?

Check the ingredient list and recipe notes for the flour type. All-purpose, bread, whole-wheat, almond and coconut flour have their own entries here. A matching name is better than choosing the first flour on the list.

Measure the portion you need

A scale can measure 50 grams directly. If you are using cups, the decimal is an estimate based on the selected reference. Do not describe a rounded fraction as an exact equivalent.

A few useful answers

Kitchen questions, answered.

Is 50 grams half a cup?

It depends on the ingredient. For our default all-purpose flour reference, 50 grams is about 0.42 US cups, which is less than half a cup.

Does 50g mean 50ml?

No. Grams measure mass and millilitres measure volume. They are only numerically close for an ingredient whose density is close to 1 gram per millilitre.

Can I change 50 grams to another amount?

Yes. Edit the amount in the calculator. This page remains the 50-gram reference page; arbitrary edited amounts do not need separate pages.

Sources behind the numbers

King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart

Sources checked September 25, 2026. Ingredient values are recipe equivalents, not laboratory densities.