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700 Grams to Cups: Exact Conversion

700 grams doesn't match a typical recipe round number, so the cup equivalent can look like an odd fraction. Of all-purpose flour, 700g is close to 5⅝ cups. Every ingredient below is calculated from its own density, not a shared estimate.

Ingredient
Cup standard
Cups (US Customary)
5.60 (5⅝)
Tablespoons
89.6
Teaspoons
268.8
Milliliters
1325 ml

700 Grams to Cups by Ingredient

IngredientGramsCupsFractionTablespoons
Honey700g2.062⅛32.9
Maple Syrup700g2.172⅛34.8
Table Salt700g2.432⅜38.9
Peanut Butter700g2.712¾43.4
Baking Soda700g3.043⅛48.7
Butter700g3.083⅛49.3
Cream Cheese700g3.113⅛49.8
Brown Sugar700g3.183⅛50.9
Olive Oil700g3.243¼51.9
Granulated Sugar700g3.503½56.0
White Rice700g3.783¾60.5
Chocolate Chips700g4.124⅛65.9
Quinoa700g4.124⅛65.9
Cornstarch700g5.475½87.5
Bread Flour700g5.515½88.2
All-Purpose Flour700g5.605⅝89.6
Powdered Sugar700g5.835⅞93.3
Almond Flour700g7.297⅓116.7
Rolled Oats700g7.787¾124.4
Cocoa Powder700g8.248¼131.8

Density: Why 700g Gives Different Cup Values

700g of flour and 700g of honey have identical mass, but flour is airy while honey is thick and heavy. That difference in density, not the weight itself, decides how much space each one takes up in a cup. A cup is a fixed volume, so a lighter ingredient needs more of it to reach the same weight, and a heavier ingredient needs less.

This is also why a single all-purpose grams to cups converter can't use one shared number for every ingredient. Each row in the table above is calculated from that ingredient's own density, sourced from USDA FoodData Central where available.

Granulated Sugar

700g ≈ 3½ cups

Butter

700g ≈ 3⅛ cups

Honey

700g ≈ 2⅛ cups

All-Purpose Flour

700g ≈ 5⅝ cups

Bar chart comparing grams per cup for flour, sugar, and butterFlour125gSugar200gButter227g

How 700g Is Converted, Step by Step

cups = grams ÷ grams per cup

Every value on this page comes from that formula. For all-purpose flour, 125g fills one US cup, so 700g of flour divided by 125 gives 5.60 cups. Tablespoon and teaspoon figures scale from the cup result: 1 cup equals 16 tablespoons and 48 teaspoons, so multiplying the cup value by those factors gives the spoon measurements shown in the converter above.

Sifted: 115g. Scooped and packed: up to 150g. Recipes that specify sifted or packed flour will land on a different cup value even at the same 700g, since sifting and packing change how much air sits between the particles.

Cup Standards: US vs. Metric vs. Imperial

Bar chart comparing US customary, US legal, metric, and imperial cup sizes in millilitersUS Customary236.6mlUS Legal240mlMetric250mlImperial284ml

Not every "cup" holds the same volume. A US customary cup is 236.588ml, a metric cup is 250ml, and an imperial (UK) cup is 284.131ml. That difference shifts the cup count even when the gram amount and the ingredient stay the same.

700g of all-purpose flour: 5⅝ US Customary cups, 5⅓ Metric cups, 4⅔ Imperial (UK) cups.

Use the cup standard switch in the converter above if your recipe was written outside the US.

Getting an Accurate 700g Measurement

Spoon-and-level versus scoop-and-pack measuring methodsSpoon & LevelScoop & PackKitchen Scale
  • Most accurate

    A kitchen scale reads 700g directly and removes scooping error entirely.

  • Dry ingredients

    Spoon the flour into the cup, then level it off with a straight edge. Never scoop directly from the bag — that packs it down and adds extra weight.

  • Liquids

    Pour into a liquid measuring cup and read the line at eye level, not from above.

  • Packed ingredients

    Brown sugar and similar ingredients should be pressed firmly if a recipe calls for a packed cup.

Looking for a specific ingredient instead of the general list above? Search any of the 50+ ingredient pages on the site, such as the all-purpose flour conversion chart, for every common gram amount at once.

Nearby Common Amounts

Frequently Asked Questions

Why isn't 700 grams a clean fraction of a cup?+

Recipes are usually written in round numbers, so 700g falls between common markers. The math still works the same way: divide by the ingredient's grams-per-cup value.

What's a common amount close to 700 grams?+

750g is the nearest round figure most recipes use. See the nearby amounts below if your recipe might actually mean that instead.

How accurate is a 700 gram measurement using cups?+

Cup measurements for dry ingredients can vary by 10 to 20 percent depending on how they're scooped. For a specific amount like 700g, a kitchen scale gives a more reliable result than a measuring cup.

Does the cup size (US, metric, or imperial) change the answer for 700g?+

Yes. 700g of all-purpose flour is about 5⅝ US cups, 5⅓ metric cups, or 4⅔ imperial cups, since each standard defines a different cup volume.