How many tablespoons is 120 grams of butter?
How many tablespoons is 120 grams of butter?
Answer
One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of butter weighs 14.2 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons. In kitchen measures that is just under 8 1/2 tablespoons.
120 grams of butter equals 8.46 US tablespoons; the way back, from tablespoons to grams, is the Tablespoons to Grams converter.
The same 120 grams of butter is 0.53 US cups or 25.4 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 8.34 tablespoons; the Australian tablespoon of 20 ml is 35.3 % larger, so the same weight fills only 6.25 tablespoons of those.
How 120 grams of butter was converted to tablespoons
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 120 by 14.1875.
120 g ÷ 14.1875 g
≈8.46 tablespoons
(eight point four six 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.
120 grams 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 | 120 grams in tablespoons | One US tablespoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 15.4 tablespoons | 7.81 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 9.6 tablespoons | 12.5 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 8.73 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 13.2 tablespoons | 9.06 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 16 tablespoons | 7.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 19.2 tablespoons | 6.25 grams |
| Butter | 8.46 tablespoons | 14.2 grams |
| Water | 8.12 tablespoons | 14.8 grams |
| Whole milk | 7.87 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 10.4 tablespoons | 11.6 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 12.2 tablespoons | 9.88 grams |
| Rolled oats | 23.7 tablespoons | 5.06 grams |
| Honey | 5.66 tablespoons | 21.2 grams |
| Table salt | 6.58 tablespoons | 18.3 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 22.3 tablespoons | 5.38 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 7.84 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| Olive oil | 8.89 tablespoons | 13.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 8.81 tablespoons | 13.6 grams |
| Heavy cream | 8.07 tablespoons | 14.9 grams |
| Sour cream | 8.35 tablespoons | 14.4 grams |
| Peanut butter | 7.44 tablespoons | 16.1 grams |
| Cornstarch | 15 tablespoons | 8 grams |
| Baking powder | 8.7 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Baking soda | 8.7 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 10 tablespoons | 12 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 15.4 tablespoons | 7.8 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many tablespoons 120 grams 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 butter is 14.2 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 butter to US tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 80 g | 5.64 tablespoons |
| 85 g | 5.99 tablespoons |
| 90 g | 6.34 tablespoons |
| 100 g | 7.05 tablespoons |
| 110 g | 7.75 tablespoons |
| 113 g | 7.96 tablespoons |
| 115 g | 8.11 tablespoons |
| 120 g | 8.46 tablespoons |
| 125 g | 8.81 tablespoons |
| 130 g | 9.16 tablespoons |
| 140 g | 9.87 tablespoons |
| 150 g | 10.6 tablespoons |
| 160 g | 11.3 tablespoons |
| 170 g | 12 tablespoons |
| 175 g | 12.3 tablespoons |