how many grams in a cup of coconut?

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things people ask

• How much does a cup of shredded coconut weigh?
  Spooned and leveled, a cup of shredded coconut is about 85 g. Sweetened, moister flake compacts more easily and can land 95-100 g if you press it down, while bone-dry unsweetened desiccated tends to sit right at 85 g or a touch under. For macaroons or granola where the ratio matters, weighing beats scooping.
• Should I pack coconut into the cup like brown sugar?
  No — treat it like flour. Spoon it loosely into the cup and level the top with a straight edge. Packing sweetened flake adds 15-20 g to the cup and will throw off bind in macaroons, where the egg white-to-coconut ratio dictates whether the cookie holds shape or slumps. Loose-fill is the standard convention King Arthur and most US recipes assume.
• Does sweetened versus unsweetened coconut measure the same by cup?
  Roughly, but not exactly. Sweetened shredded coconut carries added moisture and sugar coating, so a cup runs a little heavier — figure 90-100 g rather than the 85 g you'd get from unsweetened desiccated. If a recipe specifies one type, swapping volumes 1:1 usually works, but for macaroons or coconut cream pie where texture is central, weigh both versions.

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