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Cream cheese — Cups to Grams

One US cup of cream cheese weighs about 227 grams. That makes it heavier than all-purpose flour, which is 120 grams per cup. Softened cream cheese presses into the cup like butter — one cup is 227 grams. Use the converter below to switch cream cheese between cups, grams, ounces, tablespoons and millilitres — or read the full chart underneath.

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Cream cheese conversion chart

Cream cheese — cups to grams chart
Cups	Grams	Ounces	Tablespoons	Millilitres
⅛ cup	28.38 g	1 oz	2	29.57 ml
¼ cup	56.75 g	2 oz	4	59.15 ml
⅓ cup	75.67 g	2.67 oz	5.33	78.86 ml
½ cup	113.5 g	4 oz	8	118.3 ml
⅔ cup	151.3 g	5.34 oz	10.67	157.7 ml
¾ cup	170.3 g	6.01 oz	12	177.4 ml
1 cup	227 g	8.01 oz	16	236.6 ml
1¼ cups	283.8 g	10.01 oz	20	295.7 ml
1½ cups	340.5 g	12.01 oz	24	354.9 ml
2 cups	454 g	16.01 oz	32	473.2 ml
3 cups	681 g	24.02 oz	48	709.8 ml

Grams to cups: cream cheese

Cream cheese — grams to cups chart
Grams	Cups	Ounces	Tablespoons
10 g	0.044	0.353 oz	0.705
25 g	0.11	0.882 oz	1.76
50 g	0.22	1.76 oz	3.52
75 g	0.33	2.65 oz	5.29
100 g	0.441	3.53 oz	7.05
125 g	0.551	4.41 oz	8.81
150 g	0.661	5.29 oz	10.57
200 g	0.881	7.05 oz	14.1
250 g	1.1	8.82 oz	17.62
300 g	1.32	10.58 oz	21.15
400 g	1.76	14.11 oz	28.19
500 g	2.2	17.64 oz	35.24

How to measure cream cheese

Softened cream cheese presses into the cup like butter — one cup is 227 grams.

Because a cup measures volume rather than weight, the most reliable way to measure cream cheese is with a digital kitchen scale. If you are working from cups, keep your technique consistent every time so your results are repeatable. For more, see our guide on baking by weight versus volume.

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Substitutes for cream cheese

1 cup cream cheese = 1 cup whole-milk ricotta, strained and pureed smooth (Food52)
Works in spreads and some cheesecakes; texture is lighter and slightly grainier. Not a true match for a New York-style cheesecake.
1 cup cream cheese = 1 cup mascarpone (with a squeeze of lemon for tang) (Food52)
Richer and sweeter than cream cheese; best in frostings, dips, and no-bake fillings rather than classic baked cheesecake.

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Compare cream cheese

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Cream cheese conversions: FAQ

Why doesn't a cup of cream cheese weigh the same as a cup of water?

A cup measures volume, not weight. Cream cheese is less dense than water (227 g versus 237 g per cup), so the same volume has a different weight. Weighing in grams is the most accurate way to measure it.

Common cream cheese conversions

Quick-answer pages for the conversions people search for most.

100 g to cups

100 g cream cheese ≈ 0.441 cups

200 g to cups

200 g cream cheese ≈ 0.881 cups

250 g to cups

250 g cream cheese ≈ 1.1 cups

500 g to cups

500 g cream cheese ≈ 2.2 cups

¼ cup to grams

¼ cup cream cheese ≈ 56.75 g

½ cup to grams

½ cup cream cheese ≈ 113.5 g

1 cup to grams

1 cup cream cheese ≈ 227 g

2 cups to grams

2 cups cream cheese ≈ 454 g

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* Conversion figures are typical average weights for one US customary cup (236.6 ml), based on the King Arthur Baking Ingredient Weight Chart and cross-referenced with the U.S. Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. Actual weight varies with packing, brand and humidity — see our methodology.