Butter Grams to Cups: Best Chart, Sticks & Calculator

Converting butter grams to cups is useful when a recipe lists butter by weight but your kitchen uses cups, tablespoons, or sticks. On Grams To Cup Hub, one US cup of butter equals 227 grams. That means 113.5g is about ½ cup, 227g equals 1 cup, 454g equals 2 cups, and 500g is about 2.20 cups. Use the converter below for any amount.

Butter Grams to Cups Conversion Chart

The following butter grams to cups conversion chart uses 227 grams per US cup. The tablespoon and stick values are included for quick recipe conversions.

How Many Grams Are in 1 Cup of Butter?

Grams To Cup Hub uses 227 grams per US cup of butter. That means ½ cup is about 113.5g, 1 cup is 227g, 2 cups are 454g, and 4 cups are 908g.

Butter is often easier to convert than flour because it is relatively compact and is also sold in standardized blocks or sticks in some countries. However, package sizes vary by country, so grams remain the clearest reference.

Common Butter Amounts in Cups

How to Convert Butter Grams to Cups

For more detail about our method, see How We Calculate Grams to Cups .

Butter Cups, Tablespoons, and Sticks

Butter recipes often use more than one type of measurement. A recipe may list grams, cups, tablespoons, or sticks depending on the country and publisher.

Does Melted Butter Measure the Same?

For a grams-to-cups conversion, the amount of butter itself does not disappear when it melts. However, recipes may distinguish between butter measured solid and melted butter measured by volume.

If a recipe provides a gram weight, it is usually safest to weigh the butter directly. If it provides a cup measurement, follow the recipe’s instructions about whether the butter should be softened, melted, or solid.

Salted vs Unsalted Butter

Salted and unsalted butter are usually close enough in density that the same practical cup conversion is useful for everyday kitchen calculations. The main recipe difference is the added salt, not a major change in cup volume.

Still, follow the exact butter type requested by the recipe, especially in baking where salt balance matters.

How to Measure Butter Without a Scale

If your butter wrapper has measurement markings, you can use those as a quick guide. For US-style sticks, half a stick is approximately ¼ cup, one stick is about ½ cup, and two sticks make about 1 cup.

For recipes written in grams, a digital kitchen scale remains the simplest and most repeatable method.

US Cup vs Metric Cup for Butter

Our default conversion uses the US customary cup of 236.588 ml. The converter can also adjust butter results for US Legal, Metric, and Imperial cup standards.

For general kitchen measurement information, see the NIST Metric Kitchen measurement guide .

Why Butter Conversion Charts May Differ Slightly

Different conversion charts may round butter weights to nearby values such as 225g, 226g, 227g, or another convenient number per cup. Packaging standards and editorial rounding can also create small differences.

For additional ingredient-weight references, see the King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart . You can also explore food portion information through USDA FoodData Central .

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Final Answer

For butter grams to cups, Grams To Cup Hub uses 227 grams per US cup. That means 113.5g is about ½ cup, 227g equals 1 cup, 454g equals 2 cups, and 500g is about 2.20 cups.

One US cup of butter also equals about 16 tablespoons or 2 US sticks, making butter easy to convert between several common recipe measurements.