How Many Grams in a Cup of Sweetened Condensed Milk?
One cup of sweetened condensed milk weighs 306 grams — milk with half its water boiled away and sugar dissolved in, so it pours like warm honey and weighs nearly as much. The standard can is the key to most recipes. Below are the full tables, a converter for any amount, and how can maths works.
Convert sweetened condensed 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: sweetened condensed milk
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 77 g |
| ⅓ cup | 102 g |
| ½ cup | 153 g |
| ⅔ cup | 204 g |
| ¾ cup | 230 g |
| 1 cup | 306 g |
| 1½ cups | 459 g |
| 2 cups | 612 g |
| 3 cups | 918 g |
| Measure | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon | 19.1 g |
| 1 teaspoon | 6.38 g |
| 1 cup in ounces | 10.8 oz |
Grams to cups: sweetened condensed milk
| Grams | Cups (decimal) | Cups (fraction) |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | 0.16 cups | ⅛ cups |
| 100 g | 0.33 cups | ⅓ cups |
| 125 g | 0.41 cups | ⅜ cups |
| 150 g | 0.49 cups | ½ cups |
| 200 g | 0.65 cups | ⅔ cups |
| 250 g | 0.82 cups | ⅞ cups |
| 300 g | 0.98 cups | 1 cup |
| 400 g | 1.31 cups | 1 ⅓ cups |
| 500 g | 1.63 cups | 1 ⅝ 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 sweetened condensed milk properly
Learn the can. The standard can of sweetened condensed milk is 397 grams (14 oz) — that is 1.3 cups by this table. Recipes saying 'one can' mean exactly that; recipes in cups are usually fractions of it. Half a can is about 199 grams, which is ⅔ of a cup.
Scrape the can like it owes you money. Condensed milk is thick enough that a poured-out can keeps back a tablespoon or more — 20 grams of the recipe. A flexible spatula recovers it; weighing the target amount into the bowl avoids the issue entirely.
It is not evaporated milk. Evaporated milk is the unsweetened twin at 252 grams a cup, thin enough to pour into coffee. Condensed milk is a sweetener and a structure in one — in fudge, banoffee and key lime pie there is no substitute that converts by this table.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams are in a cup of sweetened condensed milk?
306 grams. Sweetened condensed milk is heavily reduced and sweetened, which is why a cup of it outweighs whole milk (245 grams) by 61 grams.
How many cups are in a can of sweetened condensed milk?
About 1.3 cups. A standard can is 397 grams, and 397 ÷ 306 ≈ 1.3. If a recipe calls for a cup and you open a can, you will have about 90 grams left over — enough for coffee for days.
How many grams are in half a cup of sweetened condensed milk?
153 grams — exactly half of the 306-gram cup. A tablespoon weighs 19.1 grams, which matters in the small amounts used for Vietnamese coffee and glazes.