500 grams to cups

500 grams — half a kilo — converts to 4.17 cups of all-purpose flour, 2.5 cups of granulated sugar, 2.2 cups of butter or just 1.47 cups of honey. This is the amount in a standard bag of flour or sugar across much of the world.

Ingredient

Amount in grams

500 g all-purpose flour = 4.17 cups

Nearest kitchen measure: about 4 1/8 cups · 66.7 tablespoons · 200 teaspoons (1 cup = 120 g of all-purpose flour)

500 grams of every ingredient, in cups

Ingredient	500 g in cups	Nearest kitchen measure	Tablespoons
All-purpose flour	4.17	about 4 1/8 cups	66.7
Bread flour	3.94	about 3 7/8 cups	63
Cake flour	4.39	about 4 1/3 cups	70.2
Granulated sugar	2.5	about 2 1/2 cups	40
Brown sugar	2.27	about 2 1/4 cups	36.4
Powdered sugar (icing sugar)	4.17	about 4 1/8 cups	66.7
Butter	2.2	about 2 1/4 cups	35.2
Cocoa powder	5.88	about 5 7/8 cups	94.1
Honey	1.47	about 1 1/2 cups	23.5
Rolled oats	5.56	about 5 1/2 cups	88.9
Cornstarch (cornflour)	3.91	about 3 7/8 cups	62.5
Rice, uncooked	2.7	about 2 2/3 cups	43.2
Milk	2.08	about 2 1/8 cups	33.3
Water	2.11	about 2 1/8 cups	33.8
Vegetable oil	2.29	about 2 1/3 cups	36.7
Almond flour	5.21	about 5 1/4 cups	83.3
Peanut butter	1.94	about 2 cups	31
Chopped nuts	4.17	about 4 1/8 cups	66.7
Shredded cheese	4.42	about 4 1/2 cups	70.8
Sour cream	2.17	about 2 1/8 cups	34.8
Cream cheese	2.16	about 2 1/8 cups	34.5

At 500 g the errors from using the wrong ingredient weight get big: treating 500 g of flour as if it were sugar would short you nearly two cups. Check your ingredient in the table, or set it in the converter and scale from there.

Frequently asked questions

How many cups is 500 grams of flour?

500 g of all-purpose flour is 4.17 cups — about 4 1/4 cups.

How many cups is 500 grams of sugar?

500 g of granulated sugar is 2.50 cups, since sugar weighs 200 g per cup.

Why is 500 grams different in cups for every ingredient?

A cup measures volume and grams measure weight. Light, airy ingredients like cocoa powder (85 g per cup) fill a cup with little mass; dense ones like honey (340 g per cup) pack in four times as much. The gram amount is fixed — the cup amount follows the ingredient's density.

Is 500 grams a lot in baking?

It depends on the ingredient: 500 g is a full standard bag of flour or sugar — over four cups of flour.