How many tablespoons is 1 gram?

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How many tablespoons is 1 gram?

Answer

There is no single number — it depends on the ingredient. 1 gram fills
from 0.0472 tablespoons (honey) to 0.2 tablespoons (rolled oats)

A tablespoon measures volume and grams measure weight, so 1 gram of different ingredients fills a different number of tablespoons. The table gives all 23 of them, with the packed, sifted and cooked states on rows of their own, each from the USDA FoodData Central weight of one US cup ÷ 16 — one US tablespoon (14.8 ml) is 1/16 of a US cup — or of one US teaspoon × 3 for baking powder, baking soda, active dry yeast and ground cinnamon; water is counted from its volume.

1 gram of each ingredient in US tablespoons
Ingredient1 gram in tablespoonsOne US tablespoon weighs
All-purpose flour0.13 tablespoons7.81 grams
Granulated sugar0.08 tablespoons12.5 grams
Brown sugar, packed0.0727 tablespoons13.8 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked0.11 tablespoons9.06 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted0.13 tablespoons7.5 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted0.16 tablespoons6.25 grams
Butter0.0705 tablespoons14.2 grams
Water0.0676 tablespoons14.8 grams
Whole milk0.0656 tablespoons15.3 grams
White rice, uncooked0.0865 tablespoons11.6 grams
White rice, cooked0.1 tablespoons9.88 grams
Rolled oats0.2 tablespoons5.06 grams
Honey0.0472 tablespoons21.2 grams
Table salt0.0548 tablespoons18.3 grams
Cocoa powder0.19 tablespoons5.38 grams
Plain yogurt0.0653 tablespoons15.3 grams
Olive oil0.0741 tablespoons13.5 grams
Vegetable oil0.0734 tablespoons13.6 grams
Heavy cream0.0672 tablespoons14.9 grams
Sour cream0.0696 tablespoons14.4 grams
Peanut butter0.062 tablespoons16.1 grams
Cornstarch0.13 tablespoons8 grams
Baking powder0.0725 tablespoons13.8 grams
Baking soda0.0725 tablespoons13.8 grams
Active dry yeast0.0833 tablespoons12 grams
Ground cinnamon0.13 tablespoons7.8 grams

How 1 gram of butter was converted to tablespoons

tablespoons = grams ÷ grams in one US tablespoon

A tablespoon is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US tablespoon of butter weighs 14.2 grams (fourteen point two), so divide 1 by 14.1875.

1 g ÷ 14.1875 g

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0.0705 tablespoons

(zero point zero seven zero five tablespoons)

The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons. Scooped ingredients vary with how they are filled — spooned in lightly, a tablespoon weighs less; packed down, more — so for baking a kitchen scale is the exact tool and this figure the standard reference.

The other way round: how many grams in a tablespoon

This page starts from grams and answers in tablespoons. The opposite question — how many grams a recipe’s tablespoons weigh, fractions like 1/2 and 2 1/2 included — is what the tablespoons to grams converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: one US tablespoon of butter is 14.2 grams there and here.

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  • Grams to Cups - How many US cups a weight of flour, sugar, butter, rice or another ingredient fills — by USDA cup weights

About "Grams to Tablespoons" Calculator

This converter turns grams of an ingredient into US tablespoons (tbsp). A tablespoon is a volume and a gram is a weight, so the answer depends on what is in the spoon: 100 grams of butter fill 7.05 tablespoons, the same 100 grams of all-purpose flour 12.8 tablespoons. Pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 23 side by side. For example, it can help you find out how many tablespoons is 1 gram? Weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the spoon is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml — 1/16 of a US cup.
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Grams to US tablespoons for the most asked ingredients

GramsButter, tablespoonsGranulated sugar, tablespoonsAll-purpose flour, tablespoons
1 g0.0705 tablespoons0.08 tablespoons0.13 tablespoons
1.5 g0.11 tablespoons0.12 tablespoons0.19 tablespoons
2 g0.14 tablespoons0.16 tablespoons0.26 tablespoons
2.5 g0.18 tablespoons0.2 tablespoons0.32 tablespoons
3 g0.21 tablespoons0.24 tablespoons0.38 tablespoons
3.5 g0.25 tablespoons0.28 tablespoons0.45 tablespoons
4 g0.28 tablespoons0.32 tablespoons0.51 tablespoons
5 g0.35 tablespoons0.4 tablespoons0.64 tablespoons
6 g0.42 tablespoons0.48 tablespoons0.77 tablespoons
7 g0.49 tablespoons0.56 tablespoons0.9 tablespoons
7.5 g0.53 tablespoons0.6 tablespoons0.96 tablespoons
8 g0.56 tablespoons0.64 tablespoons1.02 tablespoons
8.5 g0.6 tablespoons0.68 tablespoons1.09 tablespoons
8.6 g0.61 tablespoons0.69 tablespoons1.1 tablespoons
8.7 g0.61 tablespoons0.7 tablespoons1.11 tablespoons

FAQ

How many tablespoons is 1 gram?

There is no single number — it depends on the ingredient. 1 gram fills from 0.0472 tablespoons (honey) to 0.2 tablespoons (rolled oats)

Why is there no single answer for 1 gram?

Because a tablespoon is a volume and grams are a weight. Light, airy ingredients such as rolled oats or cocoa take many tablespoons for the same weight; dense ones such as honey or salt take few. The table on this page lists all 23 ingredients side by side.

How many tablespoons is 1 gram of butter?

1 gram of butter is 0.0705 US tablespoons, because one US tablespoon of it weighs 14.2 grams.

How many tablespoons is 1 gram of granulated sugar?

1 gram of granulated sugar is 0.08 US tablespoons, because one US tablespoon of it weighs 12.5 grams.

How many tablespoons is 1 gram of all-purpose flour?

1 gram of all-purpose flour is 0.13 US tablespoons, because one US tablespoon of it weighs 7.81 grams.

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