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Butter

One US cup of butter is estimated at 226.7962 grams using our reference. How you fill the cup matters.

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226.7962 g per US cup

Butter · US packaged butter; two 4 oz sticks per US cup. Do not substitute melted for solid butter unless the recipe permits.

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US packaged butter; two 4 oz sticks per US cup. Do not substitute melted for solid butter unless the recipe permits.

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50 grams of butter is about

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Approximate recipe equivalent for Butter. Ingredient preparation and measuring technique affect the result.

Reference: 226.7962 g per 236.5882 ml US reference cup. More precision: 0.2205 US cups.

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Butter conversions at a glance

Reference: 226.7962 grams per US cup, us packaged butter; two 4 oz sticks per us cup. do not substitute melted for solid butter unless the recipe permits.. Values are approximate.

Grams of butter to US cups
Butter weight	US cups	Kitchen measure
30 g	0.13	a little over ⅛ cups
50 g	0.22	a little under ¼ cups
100 g	0.44	a little under ½ cups
120 g	0.53	a little over ½ cups
150 g	0.66	a little under ⅔ cups
200 g	0.88	about 0.88 cups
250 g	1.1	a little under 1 ⅛ cups

Cups of butter to grams
Cups	US cup (236.59 ml) → g	Metric cup (250 ml) → g
0.25 cups	56.7	59.91
0.3333 cups	75.6	79.88
0.5 cups	113.4	119.83
0.6667 cups	151.2	159.77
0.75 cups	170.1	179.74
1 cup	226.8	239.65
2 cups	453.59	479.31

Spoons of butter to grams by system
Spoon	US (14.79 / 4.93 ml)	Metric (15 / 5 ml)	Australian (20 / 5 ml)
1 tbsp	14.17	14.38	19.17
1 tsp	4.72	4.79	4.79

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How to convert butter

Our reference is 226.7962 grams per US reference cup of butter, us packaged butter; two 4 oz sticks per us cup. do not substitute melted for solid butter unless the recipe permits.. That works out to about 0.9586 grams per millilitre, so cups = grams ÷ 226.7962 and grams = cups × 226.7962 in US customary measures.

For metric and Australian recipes the cup holds 250 ml, so one cup of butter is about 239.65 grams. Australian tablespoons hold 20 ml rather than 15 ml, which the calculator handles when you pick that system.

Preparation changes the weight

The reference describes butter as: us packaged butter; two 4 oz sticks per us cup. do not substitute melted for solid butter unless the recipe permits.. A different form, such as sifted, packed, melted, chopped or cooked, can hold a different weight in the same cup and needs its own reference. When a recipe gives a gram amount, weigh that amount instead of converting.

Brand, moisture and how firmly the cup is filled all move the practical result. Treat the numbers here as recipe equivalents, not laboratory densities.

Where the number comes from

The reference comes from Land O'Lakes butter conversion table; NIST mass conversion, which lists 1 US stick = 4 oz = 1/2 US cup as 113.3981 grams. Package measure: 4 avoirdupois ounces per stick and two sticks per US cup. This site assigns the published cup weight to its adopted US reference cup of 236.5882365 ml; the source itself does not define an exact millilitre cup volume. Checked September 25, 2026.

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Kitchen questions, answered.

How many grams are in a cup of butter?

About 226.7962 grams per US customary cup (us packaged butter; two 4 oz sticks per us cup. do not substitute melted for solid butter unless the recipe permits.), or about 239.65 grams per 250 ml metric cup, using our reference.

How many cups are 100 grams of butter?

About 0.44 US cups. Use the calculator for any other amount or cup system.

Can I substitute a similar ingredient?

A measurement conversion does not establish a recipe substitution. Two ingredients can weigh the same per cup and still behave differently in a recipe; follow the recipe author's substitution guidance.

Sources behind the numbers

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