120 Grams to Cups: Full Chart (15 Ingredients)
Every ingredient in our converter at exactly 120 grams. Cups values come from each ingredient's grams-per-cup density.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | 120g in cups | Nearest fraction |
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| All-Purpose Flour | 120 g | 1 cup | 1 cup |
| Granulated Sugar | 200 g | 0.6 cups | ≈ 5/8 cup |
| Brown Sugar (Packed) | 220 g | 0.55 cups | ≈ 1/2 cup |
| Butter | 227 g | 0.53 cups | ≈ 1/2 cup |
| Powdered Sugar | 120 g | 1 cup | 1 cup |
| Water / Milk | 237 g | 0.51 cups | 1/2 cup |
| Oats (Rolled) | 80 g | 1.5 cups | 1 1/2 cups |
| White Rice | 185 g | 0.65 cups | ≈ 2/3 cup |
| Chocolate Chips | 160 g | 0.75 cups | 3/4 cup |
| Honey | 340 g | 0.35 cups | ≈ 1/3 cup |
| Almonds (Whole) | 140 g | 0.86 cups | ≈ 7/8 cup |
| Cocoa Powder | 100 g | 1.2 cups | ≈ 1 1/4 cups |
| Salt | 292 g | 0.41 cups | ≈ 1/3 cup |
| Baking Powder | 192 g | 0.63 cups | 5/8 cup |
| Vegetable Oil | 224 g | 0.54 cups | ≈ 1/2 cup |
Why 120 Grams Isn't a Fixed Number of Cups
Grams measure weight, while cups measure volume. A cup is a fixed amount of space, but 120 grams of different ingredients takes up different amounts of that space depending on how dense the ingredient is. That is why 120 grams of flour fills far more of a cup than 120 grams of honey.
Density is the link. Each ingredient has a grams-per-cup value — flour is about 120 grams per cup, granulated sugar 200, and honey a heavy 340. To find the cups, divide 120 by that number: 120 ÷ 120 = 1 cups of flour, while 120 ÷ 340 = only 0.35 cups of honey.
Light, airy ingredients such as flour, cocoa, and oats give you more cups per 120 grams; dense ones such as honey, salt, and butter give you fewer.
What 120 Grams Looks Like in the Kitchen
120 grams is one of the most common baking measures there is — it is exactly one cup of all-purpose flour, the backbone of countless recipes. For denser ingredients like sugar or butter, the same 120 grams is only a little over half a cup.
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