Raspberry converter: whole raspberries, cups, grams
Raspberries are hollow once picked, so a cup weighs less than a cup of any other common berry: about 128 g, against 150 g for blackberries. A recipe in cups and a punnet in grams rarely line up as a result. Start from whatever unit you have and the tool below fills in the rest.
Count and weight drift apart fast here: a metric cup is about twenty large raspberries or fifty small ones. For jam and set desserts, weigh them, since the fruit-to-sugar ratio is what decides whether the batch sets.
How much does a raspberry weigh?
Weight runs from about 2.5 g (0.09 oz) for a small raspberry up to 6 g (0.21 oz) for a large one, with a medium, or average, one at 4 g (0.14 oz).
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Raspberry converter tool
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Common Raspberry conversions
Quick reference for raspberry at medium size. Switch the size in the converter above for small or large.
| Cups (chopped) | Grams |
|---|---|
| 0.25 cups | 32 g |
| 0.5 cups | 64 g |
| 0.75 cups | 96 g |
| 1 cup | 128 g |
| 1.5 cups | 192 g |
| 2 cups | 256 g |
| 3 cups | 384 g |
Raspberry conversion chart
The chart below shows how whole raspberries (medium size) convert to cups, grams and ounces.
| cups | raspberries | cups (US) | g | oz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.25 cups | 8 raspberries | 0.26 cups (US) | 32 g | 1.13 oz |
| 0.5 cups | 16 raspberries | 0.52 cups (US) | 64 g | 2.26 oz |
| 1 cup | 32 raspberries | 1.04 cups (US) | 128 g | 4.52 oz |
| 1.5 cups | 48 raspberries | 1.56 cups (US) | 192 g | 6.77 oz |
| 2 cups | 64 raspberries | 2.08 cups (US) | 256 g | 9.03 oz |
Raspberry varieties and best uses
The conversions above are the same whatever variety you use; the difference is what each is good for. Here is how the common raspberry varieties compare.
| Variety | Best for |
|---|---|
| Glen Ample | Tarts and freezing: large, firm berries that keep their shape off the cane. |
| Tulameen | Fresh eating and desserts: crops for weeks, sweeter than most, and holds a glossy red. |
| Autumn Bliss | Jam and coulis: a softer autumn berry that collapses quickly in the pan. |
| Heritage | Freezing and preserves: firm autumn everbearer that thaws without turning to mush. |
| Golden | Raw and garnish: yellow and low in acid, and cooking dulls the colour. |
Which should I pick?
Supermarket raspberries are sold unlabelled, so most of the time the choice is made for you. If you grow or pick your own, Glen Ample and Tulameen are the summer croppers worth the space, sweet and firm enough for tarts. Autumn Bliss and Heritage crop later and go soft faster, which suits jam. Golden raspberries are the low-acid oddity, best raw.
In my kitchen
Raspberries are usually one of those snacks we keep in the fridge when they are in season, and they don't usually last long in our house. When we do manage to keep enough, the other favourite dish is pancakes with mixed berries and maple syrup. An easy dessert that looks fancy is a white chocolate mousse with a raspberry coulis. Make sure that the mousse sets to have a nice red layer on top, otherwise you will end up with a pink syrup that tastes nice but loses out on the presentation.
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Good to know about raspberry
- Raspberries are not actually classified as “berries” in botanical terms, but rather an “aggregate fruit”.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the size of a medium raspberry?
- A medium raspberry weighs about 4 g, which works out to roughly 0.03 cups (0.03 US cups) of chopped flesh. Raspberries come in a range of sizes depending on the season, variety and where they were grown, so weight and cup figures shift accordingly. Use the size selector above to match what you actually have, then read the exact conversion for any amount.
- How much does a medium raspberry weigh?
- A medium raspberry weighs about 4 g, with a small one around 2.5 g and a large one near 6 g. That range changes the weight of any recipe that counts raspberries by the piece, so set the size selector to match what you actually have before trusting a cup or gram figure.
- How much does an average raspberry weigh?
- An average raspberry is the same as a medium one: about 4 g. A small raspberry is lighter at around 2.5 g and a large one heavier at about 6 g, so the size you actually have changes the total for any recipe that counts raspberries by the piece rather than by weight.
- How much does a large raspberry weigh?
- A large raspberry weighs about 6 g, noticeably more than a medium, or average, one at 4 g or a small one at 2.5 g. Set the size selector to large to convert cups, grams and ounces for the bigger raspberries you actually have on the counter.
- How do I convert grams to ounces for any ingredient?
- Converting grams to ounces is pure weight maths that applies to any food, not just raspberries, so 50 grams is always 1.76 ounces. For other amounts, the weight converter at the link below handles grams, ounces, pounds, kilograms and stone in both directions. Grams to ounces converter
Related to Raspberry
Blackberry
Blackberries are generally bigger and have a harder seed, so a coulis or curd with blackberries would need sieving to keep a similar texture to raspberry. Blackberries need a few more minutes in the pan before they collapse, and will end up with a purple rather than red colour if presentation is important. See our Blackberry converter.
Strawberry
Strawberries have to be hulled and chopped where raspberries go in whole, and one cup of hulled strawberries is about 40 g heavier than straight berries. Strawberries are sweeter and much less sharp, so a filling or coulis made this way usually needs lemon juice to make it taste more like raspberry. When swapping strawberry for raspberry in jam, the jam will be slower to set due to the extra water in the fruit. See our Strawberry converter.
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