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Grated parmesan: cups to grams

One US cup of grated parmesan weighs 90 g, and one tablespoon weighs 5.6 g. Convert any amount below, in either direction.

Unit
Ingredient

grated parmesan

90 g

3.2 oz

of grated parmesan

Finely grated. Coarsely shredded parmesan is lighter still, around 80 g.

Grated parmesan conversion table

Every amount a recipe is likely to ask for. Half a cup is 45 g.

grated parmesan measured by volume, converted to grams and ounces
Grated parmesanGramsOunces
1 teaspoon1.9 g0.1 oz
1 tablespoon5.6 g0.2 oz
1/4 cup23 g0.8 oz
1/3 cup30 g1.1 oz
1/2 cup45 g1.6 oz
2/3 cup60 g2.1 oz
3/4 cup68 g2.4 oz
1 cup90 g3.2 oz
1 1/2 cups135 g4.8 oz
2 cups180 g6.3 oz
3 cups270 g9.5 oz
4 cups360 g12.7 oz

Finely grated. Coarsely shredded parmesan is lighter still, around 80 g.

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Questions

How many grams is a cup of grated parmesan?

90 g. That is one US customary cup, 236.6 ml. Finely grated. Coarsely shredded parmesan is lighter still, around 80 g.

How many grams is a tablespoon of grated parmesan?

5.6 g. A tablespoon is a sixteenth of a cup. A teaspoon of grated parmesan is 1.9 g.

Which cup does this use?

The US customary cup, 236.6 ml, which is the one American recipes mean. A UK or Australian metric cup is 250 ml, about 6% larger, and a Japanese cup is 200 ml. If your recipe is metric, type the millilitres in directly.

Why is my cup of flour heavier than 120 g?

Because of how you filled it. Scooping straight from the bag compacts the flour and can give you 145 g or more; the standard 120 g assumes you spooned it in and levelled it off. That 20% swing is the reason bakers weigh instead of scooping, and it is why halved and doubled recipes go wrong so often.

Are these conversions exact?

They are the standard US baking-reference values, and each ingredient page says how the cup was filled to get its number. For liquids and sugars they are good to within a gram or two. For anything fluffy or packable, like flour, brown sugar or grated cheese, measuring by volume carries more error than the conversion does.

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