How many tablespoons is 20 grams of unsifted powdered sugar?
How many tablespoons is 20 grams of unsifted powdered sugar?
Answer
One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of unsifted powdered sugar weighs 7.5 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169656 “Sugars, powdered”, portion “1 cup unsifted” = 120 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons. In kitchen measures that is just over 2 5/8 tablespoons.
USDA FoodData Central also lists a spoon portion of unsifted powdered sugar — “1 tbsp unsifted” = 8 grams, 6.7 % above the 7.5 grams this page takes from the USDA cup (1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons). The page keeps the derived weight, so that the cup, tablespoon and teaspoon of one ingredient never contradict each other; spoon portions are small, and how full the spoon is moves them most.
20 grams of unsifted powdered sugar equals 2.67 US tablespoons; the way back, from tablespoons to grams, is the Tablespoons to Grams converter.
Sifted powdered sugar weighs 6.25 grams per tablespoon, so the same 20 grams of it is 3.2 tablespoons.
The same 20 grams of unsifted powdered sugar is 0.17 US cups or 8 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 2.63 tablespoons; the Australian tablespoon of 20 ml is 35.3 % larger, so the same weight fills only 1.97 tablespoons of those.
How 20 grams of unsifted powdered sugar was converted to tablespoons
A tablespoon is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US tablespoon of unsifted powdered sugar weighs 7.5 grams (seven point five), so divide 20 by 7.5.
20 g ÷ 7.5 g
≈2.67 tablespoons
(two point six seven tablespoons)
The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169656 “Sugars, powdered”, portion “1 cup unsifted” = 120 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.
20 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 | 20 grams in tablespoons | One US tablespoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 2.56 tablespoons | 7.81 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 1.6 tablespoons | 12.5 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 1.45 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 2.21 tablespoons | 9.06 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 2.67 tablespoons | 7.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 3.2 tablespoons | 6.25 grams |
| Butter | 1.41 tablespoons | 14.2 grams |
| Water | 1.35 tablespoons | 14.8 grams |
| Whole milk | 1.31 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 1.73 tablespoons | 11.6 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 2.03 tablespoons | 9.88 grams |
| Rolled oats | 3.95 tablespoons | 5.06 grams |
| Honey | 0.94 tablespoons | 21.2 grams |
| Table salt | 1.1 tablespoons | 18.3 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 3.72 tablespoons | 5.38 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 1.31 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| Olive oil | 1.48 tablespoons | 13.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 1.47 tablespoons | 13.6 grams |
| Heavy cream | 1.34 tablespoons | 14.9 grams |
| Sour cream | 1.39 tablespoons | 14.4 grams |
| Peanut butter | 1.24 tablespoons | 16.1 grams |
| Cornstarch | 2.5 tablespoons | 8 grams |
| Baking powder | 1.45 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Baking soda | 1.45 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 1.67 tablespoons | 12 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 2.56 tablespoons | 7.8 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many tablespoons 20 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 unsifted powdered sugar is 7.5 grams there and here.
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- 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 unsifted powdered sugar to US tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 13 g | 1.73 tablespoons |
| 14 g | 1.87 tablespoons |
| 15 g | 2 tablespoons |
| 16 g | 2.13 tablespoons |
| 17 g | 2.27 tablespoons |
| 18 g | 2.4 tablespoons |
| 19 g | 2.53 tablespoons |
| 20 g | 2.67 tablespoons |
| 21 g | 2.8 tablespoons |
| 22 g | 2.93 tablespoons |
| 23 g | 3.07 tablespoons |
| 24 g | 3.2 tablespoons |
| 25 g | 3.33 tablespoons |
| 26 g | 3.47 tablespoons |
| 27 g | 3.6 tablespoons |