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Sugar Syrup Calculator

Calculate sugar and water amounts for light, medium, or heavy canning syrup.

Inputs

quarts

Results

Sugar

4 cups

≈ 3 soda cans

Water

15 cups

≈ 10 soda cans

Sugar1.8 lbs
Water120 fl oz
Sugar Concentration20%
Total Cups16
How to Use This Calculator
  1. Enter the total syrup volume needed in quarts.
  2. Select syrup type (extra light, light, medium, heavy, or extra heavy).
  3. The calculator returns sugar in cups, water in cups, sugar in lbs, and water in oz.
  4. Combine sugar and water, heat to dissolve, and pour over packed fruit leaving ½ inch headspace.

How the result changes with Syrup Needed

Syrup NeededSugarWater
5.95.9 cups22.1 cups
1818 cups67.5 cups
3333 cups123.8 cups
4545 cups168.8 cups

What each input means

Syrup Needed
Total quarts of finished syrup needed. Each quart jar needs about 1-1.5 cups syrup as packing liquid.
Syrup Type
1 = Light (10% sugar — for naturally sweet fruit), 2 = Medium (20% — most common), 3 = Heavy (40% — for tart fruit like sour cherries).

How this is calculated

Worked example, using the default values

  1. Identify Input Parameters
    Syrup Needed = 4, Syrup Type = 2 = 2 input(s) provided
  2. Calculate Sugar
    Sugar = 1
    4 = 4
  3. Calculate Water
    Water = number
    15 = 15
  4. Calculate Sugar
    Sugar
    1.8 = 1.8
  5. Calculate Water
    Water
    120 = 120

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