Cups to grams / Grated cheddar
How many cups is 250g of grated cheddar?
250g of grated cheddar (shredded cheddar) is
2 cups + 3 tbsp
That's 2.21 US cups, 2.09 metric cups, or 35 level tablespoons.
Worked out from 1 US cup = 113g. Cups are rounded to the nearest kitchen fraction, with what's left over in level tablespoons. If you have scales, weighing is more accurate.
Other amounts of grated cheddar
- 100g: ¾ cup + 2 tbsp
- 200g: 1¾ cups
- 1 cup: 113g
- Half a cup: 57g
- A quarter cup: 28g
- 1 tablespoon: 7.1g
- Full table for grated cheddar
Where these numbers come from
USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, food 01009: “Cheese, cheddar”. USDA lists these household measures for it:
- 1 cup, diced = 132g
- 1 cup, melted = 244g
- 1 cup, shredded = 113g
- 1 oz = 28.35g
- 1 cubic inch = 17g
- 1 slice (1 oz) = 28g
Fractions of a cup are the cup weight scaled down. The tablespoon figure is the cup weight divided by 16, since USDA doesn't list a tablespoon for this ingredient. The teaspoon is a third of the tablespoon. Metric-cup figures assume a 250ml cup, and Australian tablespoons hold 20ml. Weights under 10g are rounded to 0.1g, everything else to the nearest gram. Full source list.