| US cup amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1/8 cup | 28 g |
| 1/4 cup | 57 g |
| 1/3 cup | 76 g |
| 1/2 cup | 114 g |
| 3/4 cup | 170 g |
| 1 cup | 227 g |
| 1 1/2 cups | 340 g |
| 2 cups | 454 g |
Cream Cheese Grams to Cups
1 US cup of cream cheese weighs 227 grams, which is exactly one standard US block. That coincidence makes most recipes easy to scale.
Use the converter and charts below for full-fat block cream cheese, softened.
Grams to Cups Converter
Choose the ingredient before converting because every ingredient has a different weight per cup.
Grams to Cups Converter
Results use the documented ingredient state and one US customary cup.
Divide the gram amount by 227 to calculate US cups. The practical fraction is a measuring aid, not a replacement for the exact gram weight.
| Grams | US cups | Practical reference |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.11 cups | about 1/8 cup |
| 30 g | 0.13 cups | about 1/8 cup |
| 40 g | 0.18 cups | about 1/8 cup |
| 50 g | 0.22 cups | about 1/4 cup |
| 60 g | 0.26 cups | about 1/4 cup |
| 75 g | 0.33 cups | about 1/3 cup |
| 80 g | 0.35 cups | about 1/3 cup |
| 100 g | 0.44 cups | about 1/2 cup |
| 120 g | 0.53 cups | about 1/2 cup |
| 125 g | 0.55 cups | about 1/2 cup |
| 150 g | 0.66 cups | about 2/3 cup |
| 200 g | 0.88 cups | about 1 cup |
| 250 g | 1.10 cups | about 1 1/8 cups |
| 300 g | 1.32 cups | about 1 1/3 cups |
| 400 g | 1.76 cups | about 1 3/4 cups |
| 500 g | 2.20 cups | about 2 1/4 cups |
Soften it first, then press into a dry measuring cup and level the top. Cold cream cheese traps air pockets that make a cup measurement unreliable. If your block is 8 ounces, you already have one cup and do not need to measure at all.
Grams = cups × 227
One cup is 227 grams, one-half cup is about 114 grams and one-quarter cup is about 57 grams.
Common uses
- Oatmeal and overnight oats
- Granola
- Cookies and crumble toppings
This page uses full-fat block cream cheese. Tub-style spreadable cream cheese is whipped with air and does not substitute cleanly in baking.
| Type | Grams per US cup | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| Cream cheese, block | 227 g | The reference on this page. One US block. |
| Cream cheese, whipped tub | 170 g | Aerated, so much lighter per cup. |
| Mascarpone | 227 g | Matches block cream cheese by weight. |
| Ricotta, whole milk | 246 g | Denser and much wetter. |
| Neufchatel | 227 g | Lower fat, same weight per cup. |
Whipped tub cream cheese is the one to avoid in cheesecake. A cup of it is about 57 grams lighter, and the extra air changes how the filling sets.
Comparison figures are typical published US baking references. Only the cream cheese, block value above is part of this site's sourced dataset.
One US block of cream cheese is 8 ounces, which is exactly one cup. The value on this page names the exact product state it applies to, so you can check it against your own ingredient rather than trusting a bare number.
The converter does not assume that every cup weighs 237 or 250 grams. It uses the documented value for the exact ingredient and state selected.
If a product label or recipe publisher supplies a different gram weight for one cup, follow that recipe-specific value for the closest match to the original testing.
Method and source
How this conversion was checked
This page uses 227 grams per US cup for full-fat block cream cheese, softened. One US block of cream cheese is 8 ounces, which is exactly one cup.
Primary reference: King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart
Cup standard: NIST US customary cup reference
How many grams are in one cup of cream cheese?
One US cup of full-fat block cream cheese, softened weighs 227 grams.
How many cups is 100 grams of cream cheese?
100 grams of cream cheese is 0.44 US cups.
How many grams is half a cup of cream cheese?
Half a US cup is about 114 grams using the 227 gram full-cup reference.
How many cups is an 8 oz block of cream cheese?
Exactly one cup, or 227 grams.
Can I use whipped cream cheese instead of block?
Not for baking. Whipped cream cheese is aerated, so a cup weighs about 170 grams instead of 227, and the extra air affects how a cheesecake sets.
Are these US cups or metric cups?
The results use a US customary cup of 236.588 millilitres. A metric cup is 250 millilitres and gives a different answer.
Other Ingredient Guides
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