Grated Gruyère: Cups to Grams
1 cup of grated gruyère weighs about 100 g. Most people arrive here holding a packet, so the chart below runs from grams to cups: 100 g is about 1 cup, and 400 g is about 4 cups.
💡 Tip: Gruyère grates finer and lighter than cheddar, so a cup weighs less. It melts smoothly — the classic choice for fondue, gratins and quiche.
Grams to cups chart for grated gruyère
| Grams | Amount | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | 1/4 cup | 0.88 |
| 50 | 1/2 cup | 1.76 |
| 100 | 1 cup | 3.53 |
| 113 | 1 1/8 cups | 3.99 |
| 150 | 1 1/2 cups | 5.29 |
| 200 | 2 cups | 7.05 |
| 225 | 2 1/4 cups | 7.94 |
| 250 | 2 1/2 cups | 8.82 |
| 340 | 3 3/8 cups | 12 |
| 400 | 4 cups | 14.1 |
| 500 | 5 cups | 17.6 |
Why grated Gruyère weighs less than cheddar
Gruyère grates finer and lighter than cheddar, so a cup weighs only about 100 g rather than 113 g — worth knowing when you swap one for the other in a gratin or quiche. It melts exceptionally smoothly without turning oily, which is why it's the classic choice for fondue, French onion soup and croque monsieur. A pound of block Gruyère grates to roughly 4–4½ cups. If a recipe blends it with cheddar or Emmental, weigh each cheese separately, since their cup weights differ.
Cups to grams chart for grated gruyère
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/4 | 25 | 0.88 |
| 1/3 | 33.3 | 1.18 |
| 1/2 | 50 | 1.76 |
| 2/3 | 66.7 | 2.35 |
| 3/4 | 75 | 2.65 |
| 1 | 100 | 3.53 |
| 1 1/2 | 150 | 5.29 |
| 2 | 200 | 7.05 |
For smaller amounts: a tablespoon of grated gruyère is about 6.25 g, and a teaspoon about 2.08 g.
Grated Gruyère against the other cheeses
At 100 g per cup, grated gruyère is the lightest of the 4 cheeses charted on this site. At the other end of the range, crumbled feta weighs 150 g — 50% more for the very same cup.
That gap matters when you substitute by volume: use a cup of shredded cheese where the recipe wanted grated gruyère and you have added about 13 g extra — 13% more than intended. Weighing instead of scooping removes the problem.
Grated Gruyère conversion questions
- How many cups is 100g of grated gruyère?
- About 1 cup — that is 100 divided by the 100 g a cup weighs.
- How many grams is 2 cups of grated Gruyère?
- About 200 g, at roughly 100 g per cup.
- How many cups is 150g of grated Gruyère?
- Around 1½ cups.
- Can I substitute Gruyère with another cheese?
- Yes — Emmental, Comté or a good Swiss melt similarly; for a sharper note, blend in a little aged cheddar.
- Why does Gruyère melt so smoothly?
- It's an aged, low-moisture alpine cheese that melts evenly without separating, making it ideal for fondue and sauces.
- How many cups does a pound of Gruyère grate to?
- About 4 to 4½ cups, since grated Gruyère is light at roughly 100 g per cup.
- How many grams is 1 cup of grated gruyère?
- 1 US cup of grated gruyère weighs about 100 grams, or 3.53 ounces.
- How many grams is ½ cup of grated gruyère?
- 50 grams — half of the 100 g a full cup weighs.
- How many ounces is 1 cup of grated gruyère?
- About 3.53 oz. Note that is weight, not fluid ounces — a cup is always 8 fl oz whatever is in it.