Grams of sliced almonds to cups runs on one number, 0.011764706 cups per gram. It is a measured property of this ingredient rather than a defined conversion, which is why a generic volume-to-weight tool cannot give you it.
Water is the yardstick: 1 mL of it weighs 1 g. Sliced almonds comes in at 0.35927 g per mL, or 35.93% of water, which is why a cup of it is 85 g rather than 236.6 g. Volume and weight only line up for water, and only in metric.
A cup of sliced almonds is 85 g when it is measured the standard way, but how it gets into the cup changes the answer: between about 79.9 g and 95.2 g covers the range from lightly spooned to firmly packed. That 12% spread is larger than most of the adjustments recipes fuss over, and it disappears entirely the moment the ingredient is weighed instead.
Grams are the unit this conversion is really for. A domestic scale resolves to a gram, which is 1.18% of a cup of sliced almonds, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 5.882 cups, and a 1 kg pack 11.76.
How the figure is arrived at: Thin slices trap a great deal of air — barely half the weight of whole almonds for the same cup.
The formula
grams- The amount of sliced almonds you are converting, in grams
0.0117647058824- Cups per gram for sliced almonds, from its density of 0.35927 g/mL
cups- The equivalent quantity in cups
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 0.0117647058824, the cups-per-gram figure for sliced almonds.
- The result appears in cups, with a second reading in tbsp beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
50 g of sliced almonds in cups
Take 50 g of sliced almonds: 50 × 0.011764706 gives 0.588235 cups. Doubling the batch takes it to 1.17647 cups, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
150 g of sliced almonds in cups
Take 150 g of sliced almonds: 150 × 0.011764706 gives 1.76471 cups. Doubling the batch takes it to 3.52941 cups, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
500 g of sliced almonds in cups
Take 500 g of sliced almonds: 500 × 0.011764706 gives 5.88235 cups. Doubling the batch takes it to 11.7647 cups, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
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Frequently asked questions
How many cups are in 1 g of sliced almonds?
One gram of sliced almonds is 0.011764706 cups. Half that quantity is 0.00588235 cups and double it is 0.0235294 cups, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of sliced almonds not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Sliced almonds has a density of 0.35927 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 85 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 151.6 g per cup, and it is the reason a single volume-to-weight factor cannot be applied to every ingredient.
Does how I measure it change the weight?
Yes, and by more than most people expect. Handling changes the weight of a cup of sliced almonds by roughly 12% — about 5.1 g either side of 85 g — because thin slices trap a great deal of air — barely half the weight of whole almonds for the same cup. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of sliced almonds the same as an ounce?
No. A fluid ounce is a volume — one eighth of a US cup, 29.57 mL — and an ounce is a weight. One fluid ounce of sliced almonds weighs 0.3748 oz, so the two readings differ by 62.5%. They coincide only for something with the density of water, and then only roughly.
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
US customary: 236.59 mL, which is the cup every US recipe means. A metric cup is 250 mL, so the same cup of sliced almonds would weigh 89.818 g instead of 85 g — 4.82 g more, or 5.67%. Australian and some European recipes use the metric cup, and the difference is large enough to matter in baking.
Do I need a scale for this, or will measuring cups do?
A scale, if the result matters. Volume measuring carries a spread of about 12% for sliced almonds — roughly 10.2 g on a 85 g cup — while a domestic scale is accurate to a gram or two. For anything where the ratio of ingredients drives the outcome, bread and pastry above all, weigh it.
How much does 2 cup of sliced almonds weigh?
2 cup of sliced almonds comes to 170 g, or 170 grams. This page runs that calculation in reverse — enter a weight and it returns the volume — and the cups-to-grams page does it in the direction the question is usually asked.
Sliced almonds in grams and cups
| Grams | Cups | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 0.0588235 cup | 0.05882352941 |
| 10 g | 0.117647 cup | 0.1176470588 |
| 25 g | 0.294118 cup | 0.2941176471 |
| 50 g | 0.588235 cup | 0.5882352941 |
| 100 g | 1.17647 cup | 1.176470588 |
| 125 g | 1.47059 cup | 1.470588235 |
| 150 g | 1.76471 cup | 1.764705882 |
| 200 g | 2.35294 cup | 2.352941176 |
| 250 g | 2.94118 cup | 2.941176471 |
| 300 g | 3.52941 cup | 3.529411765 |
| 500 g | 5.88235 cup | 5.882352941 |
| 1000 g | 11.7647 cup | 11.76470588 |
Based on 85 g per cup of sliced almonds. One gram of sliced almonds is 0.011764706 cups.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 85 g | 3 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 63.75 g | 2.25 oz | 177.4 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 56.67 g | 2 oz | 157.7 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 42.5 g | 1.5 oz | 118.3 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 28.33 g | 0.999 oz | 78.86 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 21.25 g | 0.75 oz | 59.15 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 5.312 g | 0.187 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 1 tsp | 1.771 g | 0.0625 oz | 4.929 mL |
US customary measures: 1 cup = 236.59 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | Ounces per cup | Density (g/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mini marshmallows | 50 g | 1.764 oz | 0.2113 |
| Sliced almonds (this page) | 85 g | 2.998 oz | 0.3593 |
| Shredded coconut | 85 g | 2.998 oz | 0.3593 |
| Grated parmesan | 100 g | 3.527 oz | 0.4227 |
| Chopped pecans | 113 g | 3.986 oz | 0.4776 |
| Shredded cheddar | 113 g | 3.986 oz | 0.4776 |
| Chopped walnuts | 117 g | 4.127 oz | 0.4945 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.