Cups of shortening to grams
1 cup of shortening = 205 g
Shortening in USDA's data: ½ cup = 102.5 g · ¼ cup = 51.3 g · 1 tbsp = 12.8 g.
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Ingredient: vegetable shortening, 205 g per US cup
205 g
That is 7.23 oz by weight.
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Cups of shortening in grams
US cups, level. Spoon amounts are worked out from the cup weight.
| Amount | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tsp | 4.3 g | 0.15 oz |
| 1 tbsp | 12.8 g | 0.45 oz |
| ⅛ cup | 25.6 g | 0.9 oz |
| ¼ cup | 51.3 g | 1.81 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 68.3 g | 2.41 oz |
| ½ cup | 102.5 g | 3.62 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 136.7 g | 4.82 oz |
| ¾ cup | 153.8 g | 5.42 oz |
| 1 cup | 205 g | 7.23 oz |
| 1½ cups | 307.5 g | 10.8 oz |
| 2 cups | 410 g | 14.5 oz |
| 3 cups | 615 g | 21.7 oz |
| 4 cups | 820 g | 28.9 oz |
Grams of shortening in cups
| Grams | Cups | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.12 | ≈ 2 tbsp |
| 50 g | 0.24 | ≈ ¼ cup |
| 75 g | 0.37 | ≈ ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp |
| 100 g | 0.49 | ≈ ½ cup |
| 125 g | 0.61 | ≈ ½ cup + 2 tbsp |
| 150 g | 0.73 | ≈ ¾ cup |
| 200 g | 0.98 | ≈ 1 cup |
| 250 g | 1.22 | ≈ 1¼ cups |
| 300 g | 1.46 | ≈ 1⅓ cups + 2 tbsp |
| 400 g | 1.95 | ≈ 1¾ cups + 3 tbsp |
| 500 g | 2.44 | ≈ 2⅓ cups + 2 tbsp |
A cup of vegetable shortening weighs 205 g and a tablespoon 12.8 g. The same cup of butter weighs 227 g, so a cup-for-cup swap is not a gram-for-gram swap.
Where this number comes from
USDA FoodData Central lists 1 cup of “Shortening, vegetable, household, composite” at 205 g (FDC ID 173584, 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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