Quinoa (uncooked): grams to cups

One cup of quinoa (uncooked) weighs 177 grams. So 100 g is about 0.56 cup, 250 g is about 1.41 cups, and 500 g is about 2.82 cups.

1 ⅜ cups
1.41 cups · 8.8 oz

Worth knowing. Rinse it before cooking to wash off the saponin coating, which is what makes badly rinsed quinoa taste soapy.

Density reference: King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart

Quinoa (uncooked) conversion chart

GramsCupsOunces
50 g¼1.8 oz
100 g3.5 oz
125 g¾4.4 oz
150 g5.3 oz
200 g1 ⅛7.1 oz
250 g1 ⅜8.8 oz
300 g1 ¾10.6 oz
375 g2 ⅛13.2 oz
500 g2 ⅞17.6 oz
1000 g5 ⅝35.3 oz

Worth knowing. Rinse it before cooking to wash off the saponin coating, which is what makes badly rinsed quinoa taste soapy.

Density reference: King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart

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