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Table salt: Cups to Grams

Table salt uses approximately 288 grams per level US cup. Half a cup weighs 144 g; 100 g is 0.3472 US cups. Packing, humidity and brand change actual mass.

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What this tool does

Table salt uses approximately 288 grams per level US cup. Half a cup weighs 144 g; 100 g is 0.3472 US cups. Packing, humidity and brand change actual mass.

How to use the Table salt: Cups to Grams

  1. Check Ingredient: table-salt.
  2. Check US cups: 1.
  3. Review the Table salt: Cups to Grams result and its exact-value comparison table.
  4. Verify assumptions before applying the result.

Formula

grams=cups×ingredient gramsPerCup
value
US cups
ingredient
Ingredient

Static US-cup ingredient masses; packing and humidity alter results. Spoon-and-level flour; brown sugar is packed.

Worked example

Table salt: Cups to Grams: Ingredient = table-salt; US cups = 1. Table salt uses approximately 288 grams per level US cup. Half a cup weighs 144 g; 100 g is 0.3472 US cups. Packing, humidity and brand change actual mass.

Inputs

  • US cups1
  • IngredientTable salt

Result

  • Grams288

Table salt US cup weights

US cupsGramsOunces
0.125361.27
0.25722.54
0.3333963.386
0.51445.079
0.752167.619
128810.159
1.543215.238
257620.318
386430.477
4115240.636

Results explained

Grams
Grams from the formula above. Static US-cup ingredient masses; packing and humidity alter results. Spoon-and-level flour; brown sugar is packed.

Frequently asked questions

Approximately 288 g per US cup (236.5882365 mL).

100 ÷ 288 = 0.3472 US cups.

0.5 × 288 = 144 g.

A US tablespoon is 1/16 US cup: about 18.000 g with the same packing assumption.

Yes. 288 g/cup is approximate; direct weighing avoids volume and packing uncertainty, especially when scaling recipes.