How many tablespoons is 1 gram of granulated sugar?
How many tablespoons is 1 gram of granulated sugar?
Answer
One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of granulated sugar weighs 12.5 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169655 “Sugars, granulated”, portion “1 cup” = 200 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.
1 gram of granulated sugar equals 0.08 US tablespoons; the way back, from tablespoons to grams, is the Tablespoons to Grams converter.
The same 1 gram of granulated sugar is 0.005 US cups or 0.24 US teaspoons.
This is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml. The metric tablespoon of 15 ml (UK, New Zealand, Canada) is 1.4 % larger and takes 0.0789 tablespoons; the Australian tablespoon of 20 ml is 35.3 % larger, so the same weight fills only 0.0591 tablespoons of those.
How 1 gram of granulated sugar was converted to tablespoons
A tablespoon is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US tablespoon of granulated sugar weighs 12.5 grams (twelve point five), so divide 1 by 12.5.
1 g ÷ 12.5 g
=0.08 tablespoons
(zero point zero eight tablespoons)
The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169655 “Sugars, granulated”, portion “1 cup” = 200 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.
1 gram of other ingredients in tablespoons
The same weight fills a different number of tablespoons for every ingredient: light, airy ones take many, dense ones few. Your ingredient is highlighted.
| Ingredient | 1 gram in tablespoons | One US tablespoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 0.13 tablespoons | 7.81 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 0.08 tablespoons | 12.5 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 0.0727 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 0.11 tablespoons | 9.06 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 0.13 tablespoons | 7.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 0.16 tablespoons | 6.25 grams |
| Butter | 0.0705 tablespoons | 14.2 grams |
| Water | 0.0676 tablespoons | 14.8 grams |
| Whole milk | 0.0656 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 0.0865 tablespoons | 11.6 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 0.1 tablespoons | 9.88 grams |
| Rolled oats | 0.2 tablespoons | 5.06 grams |
| Honey | 0.0472 tablespoons | 21.2 grams |
| Table salt | 0.0548 tablespoons | 18.3 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 0.19 tablespoons | 5.38 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 0.0653 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| Olive oil | 0.0741 tablespoons | 13.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 0.0734 tablespoons | 13.6 grams |
| Heavy cream | 0.0672 tablespoons | 14.9 grams |
| Sour cream | 0.0696 tablespoons | 14.4 grams |
| Peanut butter | 0.062 tablespoons | 16.1 grams |
| Cornstarch | 0.13 tablespoons | 8 grams |
| Baking powder | 0.0725 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Baking soda | 0.0725 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 0.0833 tablespoons | 12 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 0.13 tablespoons | 7.8 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many tablespoons 1 gram is across every ingredient at once.
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 granulated sugar is 12.5 grams there and here.
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See Also
- Tablespoons to Grams - How many grams a US tablespoon of butter, sugar, flour, honey or another ingredient weighs — by USDA data
- Cups to Tablespoons - Convert Cups to Tablespoons
- Tablespoons to Cups - Convert Tablespoons to Cups
- Grams to Teaspoons - How many US teaspoons a weight of sugar, salt, baking powder, yeast or another ingredient fills — by USDA weights
- Grams to Cups - How many US cups a weight of flour, sugar, butter, rice or another ingredient fills — by USDA cup weights
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Grams of granulated sugar to US tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 1 g | 0.08 tablespoons |
| 1.5 g | 0.12 tablespoons |
| 2 g | 0.16 tablespoons |
| 2.5 g | 0.2 tablespoons |
| 3 g | 0.24 tablespoons |
| 3.5 g | 0.28 tablespoons |
| 4 g | 0.32 tablespoons |
| 5 g | 0.4 tablespoons |
| 6 g | 0.48 tablespoons |
| 7 g | 0.56 tablespoons |
| 7.5 g | 0.6 tablespoons |
| 8 g | 0.64 tablespoons |
| 8.5 g | 0.68 tablespoons |
| 8.6 g | 0.69 tablespoons |
| 8.7 g | 0.7 tablespoons |