Convert Shredded coconut (desiccated): grams to cups
100 grams of Shredded coconut (desiccated) = 1.08 cups
Amount of Shredded coconut (desiccated)
Density: 0.393 g/ml · Shredded coconut (desiccated)
Shredded coconut (desiccated): grams to cups at a glance
The amounts people ask for most, worked out for Shredded coconut (desiccated).
How much Shredded coconut (desiccated) weighs
Every figure below is one measured number — 93 g per US cup — scaled. That is why this table and the converter above it cannot disagree.
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Desiccated coconut, or flaked?
Desiccated — the fine dry kind — at 93 g per cup. King Arthur's flaked coconut, the coarse sort, is 53 g per cup: a little over half the weight for the same cup. If your recipe means flaked, this page is the wrong one, and the gap between the two is far too wide to ignore.
Source for Shredded coconut (desiccated): Desiccated; KAB's flaked coconut is 53 g per cup
Frequently asked questions
How many cups is 100 grams of Shredded coconut (desiccated)?
100 grams of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 1.08 cups, because one US cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) weighs 93 g. That single measured figure is the whole conversion — every other unit on this page is derived from it.
How many grams is 1 cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated)?
1 cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 93 grams. It is the same conversion read backwards, so this page and its reverse always agree.
Why doesn't a cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) weigh the same as a cup of anything else?
Because a cup is a fixed volume — 236.588 ml — and what it weighs depends entirely on what you put in it. A cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 93 g. The same cup holds 120 g of all-purpose flour, 236.6 g of water, 336 g of honey. Converting without naming the ingredient is guessing, and across this site's ingredients the spread from the lightest cup to the heaviest is fourfold.
Where does dishscale's figure for Shredded coconut (desiccated) come from?
One US cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 93 g. The dataset records that as: “Desiccated; KAB's flaked coconut is 53 g per cup”. Every ingredient on the site carries the reference its weight came from, so any number here can be checked — and corrected if the source disagrees.