3 cups of rolled oats in grams

3 cups of rolled oats weighs about 270 grams.

Grams270 g
Ounces9.52 oz
Tablespoons48 tbsp
Teaspoons144 tsp
Milliliters (volume)710 ml

This is based on 1 cup of rolled oats = 90 g, so 3 cups of rolled oats is 3 × 90 ≈ 270 g.

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How to measure 3 cups of rolled oats

By weight (most accurate): set your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add 270 g of rolled oats.

By volume: Use a 1-cup measure three times, leveling each one. For this much, weighing is quicker and more accurate.

Rolled (old-fashioned) oats are bulky and light. Quick oats pack tighter and weigh a little more per cup.

Why rolled oats weighs what it does

Rolled oats is about 62% lighter than the same volume of water, which weighs about 237 g per cup. That is why you can't convert cups to grams without knowing the ingredient.

3 cups of other ingredients

The same 3 cups holds a very different weight depending on the ingredient:

Ingredient3 cups in grams
Rolled oats270 g
White rice (uncooked)555 g
Chocolate chips510 g
Peanut butter774 g
Chopped walnuts351 g
Raisins450 g
Table salt864 g
All-purpose flour360 g
Granulated sugar600 g

Other amounts of rolled oats

Full rolled oats conversion chart → · Rolled oats by the tablespoon →

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