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Buying in bulk or scaling up? Convert cups of any of 18 pantry staples to pounds so you can shop and scale with confidence.
Cups to pounds for 18 ingredients — scale recipes by weight.
pounds = cups × (grams per cup) ÷ 453.592
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| g/cup | Tested weight of one US cup of the ingredient |
4 cups all-purpose flour → 4 × 125 = 500 g ≈ 1.10 lb. 4 cups honey → 4 × 340 = 1360 g ≈ 3.00 lb.
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About 3.6 cups (453.6 ÷ 125). For sugar it is about 2.3 cups — density decides.
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Content updated: September 2026