One cup of sliced strawberries is 166 grams, so converting cups of sliced strawberries to grams means multiplying by 166. That factor is specific to this ingredient — it comes from its density, not from any relationship between the two units.
The density behind that figure is 0.70164 g per mL, against 1.00 for water. A cup of water weighs 236.6 g and a cup of sliced strawberries weighs 166 g, so this ingredient is 70.16% as heavy as the same volume of water — the single fact the whole page rests on.
A cup of sliced strawberries is 166 g when it is measured the standard way, but how it gets into the cup changes the answer: between about 156 g and 185.9 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 0.602% of a cup of sliced strawberries, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 3.012 cups, and a 1 kg pack 6.024.
How the figure is arrived at: Sliced. Whole berries leave much larger gaps and weigh less per cup.
The formula
cups- The amount of sliced strawberries you are converting, in cups
166- Grams per cup for sliced strawberries, from its density of 0.70164 g/mL
grams- The equivalent quantity in grams
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in cups.
- It is multiplied by 166, the grams-per-cup figure for sliced strawberries.
- The result appears in grams, with a second reading in oz beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
1/3 cup of sliced strawberries in grams
A recipe calling for 1/3 cup of sliced strawberries needs 55.3333 grams on the scale. The arithmetic is 0.333333 × 166 = 55.333333, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 27.6667 grams.
3/4 cup of sliced strawberries in grams
Take 3/4 cup of sliced strawberries: 0.75 × 166 gives 124.5 grams. Doubling the batch takes it to 249 grams, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
3 cup of sliced strawberries in grams
3 cup of sliced strawberries weighs out at 498 grams. Divide 498 by 166 and you get back to 3 cup, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
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Frequently asked questions
How many grams are in 1 cup of sliced strawberries?
One cup of sliced strawberries is 166 grams. Half that quantity is 83 grams and double it is 332 grams, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of sliced strawberries not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Sliced strawberries has a density of 0.70164 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 166 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 70.6 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 strawberries by roughly 12% — about 9.96 g either side of 166 g — because sliced. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of sliced strawberries 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 strawberries weighs 0.7319 oz, so the two readings differ by 26.8%. 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 strawberries would weigh 175.41 g instead of 166 g — 9.41 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 strawberries — roughly 19.9 g on a 166 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 many cups of sliced strawberries is 500 g?
500 g of sliced strawberries is 3.012 cups — 0.0060241 cups to one gram, so 500 × 0.0060241 = 3.012. Going that way is a division by 166, or a multiplication by 0.0060241 if you prefer.
Sliced strawberries in cups and grams
| Cups | Grams | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8 cup | 20.75 g | 20.75 |
| 1/4 cup | 41.5 g | 41.5 |
| 1/3 cup | 55.3333 g | 55.33333333 |
| 1/2 cup | 83 g | 83 |
| 2/3 cup | 110.667 g | 110.6666667 |
| 3/4 cup | 124.5 g | 124.5 |
| 1 cup | 166 g | 166 |
| 1 1/2 cup | 249 g | 249 |
| 2 cup | 332 g | 332 |
| 3 cup | 498 g | 498 |
| 4 cup | 664 g | 664 |
Based on 166 g per cup of sliced strawberries. One cup of sliced strawberries is 166 grams.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 166 g | 5.86 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 124.5 g | 4.39 oz | 177.4 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 110.7 g | 3.9 oz | 157.7 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 83 g | 2.93 oz | 118.3 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 55.33 g | 1.95 oz | 78.86 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 41.5 g | 1.46 oz | 59.15 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 10.38 g | 0.366 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 1 tsp | 3.458 g | 0.122 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberries | 148 g | 5.221 oz | 0.6256 |
| Crumbled feta | 150 g | 5.291 oz | 0.634 |
| Corn kernels | 150 g | 5.291 oz | 0.634 |
| Whole flaxseed | 165 g | 5.82 oz | 0.6974 |
| Sliced strawberries (this page) | 166 g | 5.855 oz | 0.7016 |
| Chocolate chips | 170 g | 5.997 oz | 0.7185 |
| Chia seeds | 192 g | 6.773 oz | 0.8115 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.