Cottage Cheese: Grams to Cups
1 cup of cottage cheese = 226 grams
One US cup of cottage cheese weighs 226 grams. One 250 ml metric cup — the one used in the UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada — holds 239 grams. To convert any weight, divide the grams by the figure for your cup.
Cottage cheese weighs about 226 g per cup. USDA FoodData Central lists 225 g for small-curd and 210 g for large-curd (not packed); King Arthur Baking gives 113 g per ½ cup.
Curd size changes the cup
Small curds pack more tightly around each other and trap less air than large ones, so a cup of small-curd cottage cheese weighs about 15 g more. The 226 g used here matches small curd, the most common style in US stores.
A standard 16 oz (454 g) tub is about 2 cups; a 24 oz tub about 3.
Draining and blending
Recipes that blend cottage cheese smooth — for high-protein pancakes, dips or baked goods — are best done by weight, since blended cottage cheese loses its air and a cup of it becomes denser. If a recipe says to drain it, weigh after draining; the whey can account for 10% or more of the weight.
Cottage cheese against ricotta
Cottage cheese and ricotta are often swapped in lasagne and baked dishes. By the cup they are close — about 226 g for cottage cheese and 246 g for whole-milk ricotta on USDA's figures — but cottage cheese is wetter and lumpier. Blend or drain it first if you want a ricotta-like texture, and weigh after draining.
Where the 226 g figure comes from
- USDA FoodData Central: 1 cup, small curd (not packed) of “Cheese, cottage, creamed, large or small curd” = 225 g (FDC ID 172179)
- King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart: Cottage cheese, 1/2 cup = 113 g (about 226 g per cup) (chart)
This site uses 226 g per US cup of cottage cheese, spooned and levelled. References checked September 2026.
How many cups is X grams of cottage cheese?
| Grams | US cups | Metric cups | Tablespoons | Ounces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 g cottage cheese | ⅛ | ⅛ | 1.77 | 0.88 |
| 50 g cottage cheese | ¼ | ¼ | 3.54 | 1.76 |
| 75 g cottage cheese | ⅓ | ⅓ | 5.31 | 2.65 |
| 100 g cottage cheese | ½ | ⅜ | 7.08 | 3.53 |
| 110 g cottage cheese | ½ | ½ | 7.79 | 3.88 |
| 120 g cottage cheese | ½ | ½ | 8.5 | 4.23 |
| 125 g cottage cheese | ½ | ½ | 8.85 | 4.41 |
| 130 g cottage cheese | ⅝ | ½ | 9.2 | 4.59 |
| 140 g cottage cheese | ⅝ | ⅝ | 9.91 | 4.94 |
| 150 g cottage cheese | ⅔ | ⅝ | 10.62 | 5.29 |
| 170 g cottage cheese | ¾ | ¾ | 12.04 | 6.00 |
| 175 g cottage cheese | ¾ | ¾ | 12.39 | 6.17 |
| 200 g cottage cheese | ⅞ | ⅞ | 14.16 | 7.05 |
| 225 g cottage cheese | 1 | 0.94 | 15.93 | 7.94 |
| 240 g cottage cheese | 1.06 | 1 | 16.99 | 8.47 |
| 250 g cottage cheese | 1⅛ | 1.05 | 17.7 | 8.82 |
| 275 g cottage cheese | 1¼ | 1⅛ | 19.47 | 9.70 |
| 300 g cottage cheese | 1⅓ | 1¼ | 21.24 | 10.58 |
| 350 g cottage cheese | 1½ | 1½ | 24.78 | 12.35 |
| 400 g cottage cheese | 1¾ | 1⅔ | 28.32 | 14.11 |
| 450 g cottage cheese | 2 | 1⅞ | 31.86 | 15.87 |
| 500 g cottage cheese | 2¼ | 2⅛ | 35.4 | 17.64 |
How to measure cottage cheese accurately
The 226 g figure assumes the spooned-and-levelled method: spoon the cottage cheese into a dry measuring cup and sweep the top flat with a straight edge. Scooping the cup through the bag compacts it and gives a heavier cup.
- 1 US cup of cottage cheese = 226 g
- 1 metric cup (250 ml) of cottage cheese = 239 g
- ¾ cup = 170 g
- ½ cup = 113 g
- ⅓ cup = 75 g
- ¼ cup = 57 g
- 1 tablespoon = 14.1 g
Frequently asked questions
How many cups is 100 grams of cottage cheese?
100 grams of cottage cheese is about ½ US cups, based on 226 g per cup, or ⅜ metric cups.
How many grams in a cup of cottage cheese?
One US cup of cottage cheese weighs 226 grams. A 250 ml metric cup holds 239 grams.
How many cups is 250 grams of cottage cheese?
250 grams of cottage cheese is about 1⅛ US cups, or 1.05 metric cups.
Does a UK cup of cottage cheese weigh the same as a US cup?
No. A UK, Australian or Canadian metric cup is 250 ml against the US 236.6 ml, so it holds about 5.7% more — 239 g of cottage cheese rather than 226 g.
How many tablespoons is 100 grams of cottage cheese?
100 grams of cottage cheese is about 7.08 tablespoons.
More dairy and cheese conversions: Ricotta Cheese grams to cups.