Cooking ingredient

Light Brown Sugar Measurement Reference

Light Brown Sugar is represented as a cooking ingredient in Conversion Encyclopedia and is grouped under Sugars & Sweeteners. Its measurement model uses a reference basis of 213 grams per US cup and supports 14 canonical mass-volume conversion tools.

Entity type: Cooking ingredient
Dataset group: Sugars & Sweeteners

Primary measurement reference

1 US cup of Light Brown Sugar = 213 g

This is the stored ingredient reference basis. The US cup measurement standard is 236.588 mL; it is not a second ingredient reference.

Derived reference density: 0.9003 g/mL
Canonical conversion tools: 14

Derived properties

Measurement profile

Each value is derived from the same 213 g per US cup reference basis.

Reference density: 0.9003 g/mL
Per US tablespoon: 13.31 g
Per US teaspoon: 4.438 g
Per US fluid ounce: 26.63 g

Evidence

Reference & provenance

Reference source: King Arthur Ingredient Weight Chart (Brown sugar (dark or light, packed): 1 cup = 213g)
Recorded basis: Light Brown Sugar — 1 US cup = 213 g
Dataset confidence: high

Navigation

Light Brown Sugar conversion tools

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Volume to weight

Weight to volume

Available to apps and AI agents

Light Brown Sugar has a stable machine-readable identity in Conversion Encyclopedia's cooking entity model. Its canonical ingredient slug is used when supported cooking conversions resolve a material.

Machine-readable entity identity

Entity ID: ingredient:cooking:light-brown-sugar
Type: ingredient
Context: cooking
Slug: light-brown-sugar
Dataset group: Sugars & Sweeteners
Canonical conversions: 14

Dataset comparison

Light Brown Sugar within Sugars & Sweeteners

17 ingredients in this dataset group have a grams-per-US-cup reference. Comparisons below use that reference only.

Current entity: Light Brown Sugar 213 g/cup
Equal reference: Dark Brown Sugar — 213 g/cup
Nearest lower: Vanilla Sugar — 200 g/cup 13 g/cup lower
Nearest higher: Maple Syrup — 322 g/cup 109 g/cup higher
Group range: Stevia — 96 g/cup to Honey — 340 g/cup

Methodology

Method & scope

These measurements describe Conversion Encyclopedia’s reference mass-volume model for Light Brown Sugar. Derived measurements use the reference basis shown above. They are measurement references, not nutritional or ingredient-substitution guidance.