Flour Converter
Convert flour between cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, grams, ounces and pounds for all-purpose, bread, cake, whole wheat, rye and type 00 flour.
Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.
Enter an amount, choose its measure and the one you want, and pick the type. Spoons and cups convert to weight using the cited weight per cup.
| Unit | Amount |
|---|---|
| milligrams | 125,000 |
| kilograms | 0.125 |
| ounces (avoirdupois) | 4.40925 |
| pounds | 0.275578 |
Show the working
- 1 cup = 236.5882365 mL
- × 0.528344 g/mL (USDA FDC 168894, 1 cup = 125 g) = 125 g
- = 125 g
How to use it
Type an amount of flour, choose the unit it is in and the unit you want, then press Calculate. You can type decimals, fractions such as 3/8, mixed numbers such as 1 1/2, very large or small numbers such as 2.5e6, and simple sums such as 2*3. Swap exchanges the two units.
The answer is worked out with exact fractions and only rounded for display, to 12 significant figures. Below it you get the same value in every other unit on the list, and Show the working gives the factor that was used.
Key definitions
1 cup all-purpose flour ≈ 125 g 1 cup bread flour ≈ 137 g 1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp
Why flour weights vary
A cup of flour can weigh anywhere from about 110 to 150 grams depending on the flour and on how the cup is filled: scooping packs it, while spooning it in and levelling gives a lighter cup. These conversions assume spooned and levelled cups. For reliable baking, weigh flour in grams.
Plain and wholemeal flour
Plain flour is the UK name for all-purpose flour, and wholemeal flour for whole wheat flour; use those entries for UK recipes.
Questions
How many grams is a cup of flour?
About 125 g for all-purpose flour, spooned and levelled; bread flour about 137 g.
How many cups is 1 kg of flour?
About 8 cups of all-purpose flour.
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Limitations
- Volume-to-weight results depend on how the ingredient is measured (spooned, scooped, sifted, packed, chopped); USDA household weights are averages and a scooped cup of flour can weigh 10-20% more than the listed value.
- Only the types listed here are offered; the cooking conversion calculator covers 70+ ingredients and your own density.