How Many Grams in a Cup of Coconut Milk?
One cup of canned coconut milk weighs 226 grams. Coconut milk separates in the can — a solid cap of cream over thin, watery milk — so what a cup contains depends entirely on whether you shook it. Below are the full conversion tables, a converter for any amount, and how to deal with the separation.
Convert canned coconut milk instantly
This converter uses the same chef-reviewed database as our Cups to Grams converter for all 128 ingredients. Weights assume a US cup of 236.588 ml; see our methodology and sources.
Cups to grams: canned coconut milk
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 57 g |
| ⅓ cup | 75 g |
| ½ cup | 113 g |
| ⅔ cup | 151 g |
| ¾ cup | 170 g |
| 1 cup | 226 g |
| 1½ cups | 339 g |
| 2 cups | 452 g |
| 3 cups | 678 g |
| Measure | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon | 14.1 g |
| 1 teaspoon | 4.71 g |
| 1 cup in ounces | 8 oz |
Grams to cups: canned coconut milk
| Grams | Cups (decimal) | Cups (fraction) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.22 cups | ¼ cups |
| 100 g | 0.44 cups | ½ cups |
| 125 g | 0.55 cups | ½ cups |
| 150 g | 0.66 cups | ⅔ cups |
| 200 g | 0.88 cups | ⅞ cups |
| 250 g | 1.11 cups | 1 ⅛ cups |
| 300 g | 1.33 cups | 1 ⅓ cups |
| 400 g | 1.77 cups | 1 ¾ cups |
| 500 g | 2.21 cups | 2 ¼ cups |
Working with more than one ingredient? The grams in a cup chart puts 40 ingredients in one table, and the Whole Recipe Converter converts a full ingredient list in a single paste.
How to measure canned coconut milk properly
Shake the can, or decide not to. An unshaken can gives you a cup of rich coconut cream off the top or a cup of thin milk from the bottom — neither is the 226-gram standard, which assumes the can's contents mixed. Shake hard before opening, or tip the whole can into a jug and whisk.
A standard can is 1⅔ cups. The common 400 ml can holds about 380 grams of coconut milk — call it 1⅔ cups. Recipes written for 'one can' and recipes written in cups meet there; weighing the can's contents is how you check which world your recipe lives in.
Cartons are not cans. The pourable coconut milk drinks sold in cartons are mostly water and weigh noticeably less per cup than the canned kind — this table is for canned. If a curry recipe means canned and you use the carton, no conversion will save the sauce's body.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams are in a cup of coconut milk?
226 grams, for canned coconut milk, shaken so the cream and liquid are mixed. That is a little less than water (236.6 grams) — surprising for something so rich, until you remember that fat is lighter than water.
How many cups are in a can of coconut milk?
About 1⅔ cups from the standard 400 ml can — roughly 380 grams of contents at 226 grams per cup. 'One can' is the natural unit in most curry recipes, and it converts to about a cup and two-thirds.
Is coconut cream the same as coconut milk?
Not quite. Coconut cream is the thick, high-fat layer that rises in the can, also sold separately in smaller cans. It is far richer than mixed coconut milk, so while a gram-for-gram swap will not break the arithmetic, it makes a noticeably heavier dish. GramChef's 226-gram figure is for mixed canned coconut milk.