Cups of cocoa powder to grams
1 cup of cocoa = 86 g
Cocoa powder in USDA's data: ½ cup = 43 g · ¼ cup = 21.5 g · 1 tbsp = 5.4 g.
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Ingredient: unsweetened cocoa powder, 86 g per US cup
86 g
That is 3.03 oz by weight.
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Cups of cocoa in grams
US cups, level. Spoon amounts are worked out from the cup weight.
| Amount | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tsp | 1.8 g | 0.06 oz |
| 1 tbsp | 5.4 g | 0.19 oz |
| ⅛ cup | 10.8 g | 0.38 oz |
| ¼ cup | 21.5 g | 0.76 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 28.7 g | 1.01 oz |
| ½ cup | 43 g | 1.52 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 57.3 g | 2.02 oz |
| ¾ cup | 64.5 g | 2.28 oz |
| 1 cup | 86 g | 3.03 oz |
| 1½ cups | 129 g | 4.55 oz |
| 2 cups | 172 g | 6.07 oz |
| 3 cups | 258 g | 9.1 oz |
| 4 cups | 344 g | 12.1 oz |
Grams of cocoa in cups
| Grams | Cups | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.29 | ≈ ¼ cup + 1 tbsp |
| 50 g | 0.58 | ≈ ½ cup + 1 tbsp |
| 75 g | 0.87 | ≈ ¾ cup + 2 tbsp |
| 100 g | 1.16 | ≈ 1 cup + 3 tbsp |
| 125 g | 1.45 | ≈ 1⅓ cups + 2 tbsp |
| 150 g | 1.74 | ≈ 1¾ cups |
| 200 g | 2.33 | ≈ 2⅓ cups |
| 250 g | 2.91 | ≈ 2¾ cups + 3 tbsp |
| 300 g | 3.49 | ≈ 3½ cups |
| 400 g | 4.65 | ≈ 4⅔ cups |
| 500 g | 5.81 | ≈ 5¾ cups + 1 tbsp |
Unsweetened cocoa powder is light: a cup weighs 86 g, less than half of a cup of granulated sugar (200 g).
Where this number comes from
USDA FoodData Central lists 1 cup of “Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened” at 86 g (FDC ID 169593, SR Legacy).
Everything else is worked out from that figure: spoons from 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons, and ounces and pounds from their exact definitions (1 oz = 28.349523125 g, 1 lb = 453.59237 g, NIST).
Source: FoodData Central, USDA Agricultural Research Service.
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