Cooking Ingredients — Cups to Grams

Precise conversions for all your cooking staples. Tap any ingredient for an instant result.

White Rice
1 cup = 185g
Dry Pasta
1 cup = 100g
Table Salt
1 cup = 292g
Breadcrumbs
1 cup = 108g
Chickpeas
1 cup = 164g
Lentils
1 cup = 192g
Quinoa
1 cup = 170g
Couscous
1 cup = 173g
Mixed Nuts
1 cup = varies
Almonds
1 cup = 143g
Walnuts
1 cup = 120g
Raisins
1 cup = 145g
Fresh Spinach
1 cup = 30g
Mashed Potatoes
1 cup = 210g
Shredded Cheese
1 cup = 113g
Parmesan
1 cup = 100g
Frozen Berries
1 cup = 140g

Cooking by Weight vs Volume

While baking is where precision matters most, getting cooking measurements right prevents oversalting, over-portioning pasta, or adding too little rice for your guests. Measuring by weight is also faster — tare the bowl, pour, done.

Grains and Legumes

Dry grains like rice, quinoa, and lentils expand significantly when cooked. Our converters show the dry weight per cup, which is what most recipes specify. A cup of dry rice (185g) yields roughly 3 cups of cooked rice.

Cheese and Dairy in Cooking

Shredded cheese is particularly variable — loosely packed vs firmly packed can change the weight by 30%. Our converters default to loosely packed (113g per cup for shredded cheddar), which is the typical assumption in US recipes.