1/3 cup of heavy cream in grams

1/3 cup of heavy cream weighs about 79 grams.

Grams79 g
Ounces2.8 oz
Tablespoons5.33 tbsp
Teaspoons16 tsp
Milliliters (volume)79 ml

This is based on 1 cup of heavy cream = 238 g, so 1/3 cup of heavy cream is 1/3 × 238 ≈ 79 g.

Searching for “1/3 cup cream” or “1/3 cup whipping cream”? The answer is about the same: 79 g.

How to measure 1/3 cup of heavy cream

By weight (most accurate): set your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add 79 g of heavy cream.

By volume: Use a 1/3-cup measure, or 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon.

Heavy cream roughly doubles in volume when whipped, but its weight stays the same.

Why heavy cream weighs what it does

Heavy cream weighs about the same as water by volume: a cup of water is about 237 g.

1/3 cup of other ingredients

The same 1/3 cup holds a very different weight depending on the ingredient:

Ingredient1/3 cup in grams
Heavy cream79 g
Butter76 g
Milk82 g
Greek yogurt82 g
Sour cream80 g
All-purpose flour40 g
Granulated sugar67 g
Water79 g

Other amounts of heavy cream

Full heavy cream conversion chart → · Heavy cream by the tablespoon →

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