Grams to cups for cocoa powder
One US cup of cocoa powder weighs about 85 g, so 100 g is about 1.18 cups (1 cup + 1/6). Unsweetened, spooned. Real-world range: 75 to 100 g depending on clumping and sifting. The calculator and table below use this figure for any amount.
Conversion table
| Grams | Cups | Closest kitchen measure |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.29 | 1/3 cup |
| 50 g | 0.59 | 5/8 cup |
| 75 g | 0.88 | 7/8 cup |
| 100 g | 1.18 | 1 cup + 1/6 |
| 125 g | 1.47 | 1 cup + 1/2 |
| 150 g | 1.76 | 1 cup + 3/4 |
| 200 g | 2.35 | 2 cups + 1/3 |
| 250 g | 2.94 | 3 cups |
| 300 g | 3.53 | 3 cups + 1/2 |
| 400 g | 4.71 | 4 cups + 2/3 |
| 500 g | 5.88 | 5 cups + 7/8 |
How to measure it
Cocoa powder is the lightest ingredient on this site at about 85 g a cup, spooned and levelled. It clumps readily, and a cup with compressed lumps can weigh 100 g while a sifted cup falls to 75 g.
Break up visible lumps before measuring, spoon the powder in loosely, and level without tapping the cup. Sift after measuring if the recipe needs smooth batter.
Natural and Dutch-process cocoa weigh about the same per cup. The difference between them is acidity, which affects how the recipe rises, not how it measures.
Density source: Published baking company ingredient charts. Method assumed: Unsweetened, spooned and levelled without sifting.
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See also: why conversion charts disagree and the full density data.