Convert Salt (fine): cups to grams
1 cup of Salt (fine) = 288 grams
Amount of Salt (fine)
Density: 1.217 g/ml · Salt (fine)
Salt (fine): cups to grams at a glance
The amounts people ask for most, worked out for Salt (fine).
How much Salt (fine) weighs
Every figure below is one measured number — 288 g per US cup — scaled. That is why this table and the converter above it cannot disagree.
One cup, side by side
Does this cover coarse, flaked or kosher salt?
No — this figure is fine salt only. King Arthur publishes fine salt at 18 g per tablespoon, and sixteen tablespoons make the 288 g per cup used here. Coarse, flaked and kosher salts have their own published weights and dishscale does not carry them yet, so do not use this page for them.
Source for Salt (fine): King Arthur Baking (18 g per tbsp) · King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1 cup of Salt (fine)?
1 cup of Salt (fine) is 288 grams, because one US cup of Salt (fine) weighs 288 g. That single measured figure is the whole conversion — every other unit on this page is derived from it.
How many cups is 100 grams of Salt (fine)?
100 grams of Salt (fine) is 0.347 cups. It is the same conversion read backwards, so this page and its reverse always agree.
Why doesn't a cup of Salt (fine) 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 Salt (fine) is 288 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 Salt (fine) come from?
One US cup of Salt (fine) is 288 g. The dataset records that as: “King Arthur Baking (18 g per tbsp)”. That is the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart. 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.