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Ounces of Powdered Sugar (Confectioners' Sugar) to Cups

How many cups of powdered sugar are in a given weight? Type a number of ounces below to see the volume. Math uses powdered sugar's density of 0.478 g/mL.

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100 oz of powdered sugar = 25.0683 cup

Ounces of Powdered Sugar (Confectioners' Sugar) to Cups Conversion Table

Common values for powdered sugar:

Ounces of powdered sugarCups
10 oz2.5068 cup
25 oz6.2671 cup
50 oz12.5342 cup
100 oz25.0683 cup
150 oz37.6025 cup
200 oz50.1366 cup
250 oz62.6708 cup
500 oz125.34 cup
1000 oz250.68 cup
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How this works

Powdered sugar has a density of about 0.478 g/mL (king arthur baking: 1 cup = 113g). That means 1 mL of powdered sugar weighs 0.478 grams.

Cups = ounces × 0.2507

Note: Unsifted; sifted is closer to 0.42 g/mL.

Why a cup of powdered sugar doesn't always weigh the same

Volume measurements are forgiving in some ways and brutal in others. A cup of powdered sugar can vary by 10-20% in weight depending on how it's measured: spooned vs scooped, packed vs loose, sifted vs unsifted. The density figure used here matches the most common published recipe conventions, but if you're after baking precision, weighing on a kitchen scale is more accurate than measuring by volume.

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