Unsalted butter: weights & conversions
A US cup of unsalted butter weighs about 227 g. 100 g is 717 calories and 0.85 g of protein.
Also written as: sweet butter, sweet cream butter.
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1 cup of unsalted butter is about 227 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of unsalted butter weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 227 g | 8.01 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 170 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 151 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 114 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 75.7 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 56.8 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 14.2 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 4.73 g |
Ounces and pounds
The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.
| Weight | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | |
| 4 oz (1/4 lb) | 113 g | |
| 8 oz (1/2 lb) | 227 g | |
| 1 lb | 454 g | |
| 100 g | 100 g |
Nutrition
Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.
| Measure | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g (100 g) | 717 | 0.85 g | 81.1 g | 0.06 g | 0 g | 11 mg |
| Per cup (227 g) | 1628 | 1.93 g | 184 g | 0.14 g | 0 g | 25 mg |
| Per tablespoon (14.2 g) | 102 | 0.12 g | 11.5 g | 0.01 g | 0 g | 2 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 813 | 0.96 g | 92 g | 0.07 g | 0 g | 12 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of unsalted butter?
- One US cup of unsalted butter weighs about 227 g (8.01 oz). A tablespoon is about 14.2 g and a teaspoon about 4.73 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of unsalted butter?
- 100 g of unsalted butter is about 0.44 cups — near enough to 1/2 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in unsalted butter?
- Unsalted butter has about 717 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 1628 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of unsalted butter?
- Salted butter with a quarter teaspoon less salt per half cup added elsewhere in the recipe.