How many tablespoons is 240 grams?
How many tablespoons is 240 grams?
Answer
A tablespoon measures volume and grams measure weight, so 240 grams 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.
| Ingredient | 240 grams in tablespoons | One US tablespoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 30.7 tablespoons | 7.81 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 19.2 tablespoons | 12.5 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 17.5 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 26.5 tablespoons | 9.06 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 32 tablespoons | 7.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 38.4 tablespoons | 6.25 grams |
| Butter | 16.9 tablespoons | 14.2 grams |
| Water | 16.2 tablespoons | 14.8 grams |
| Whole milk | 15.7 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 20.8 tablespoons | 11.6 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 24.3 tablespoons | 9.88 grams |
| Rolled oats | 47.4 tablespoons | 5.06 grams |
| Honey | 11.3 tablespoons | 21.2 grams |
| Table salt | 13.2 tablespoons | 18.3 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 44.7 tablespoons | 5.38 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 15.7 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| Olive oil | 17.8 tablespoons | 13.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 17.6 tablespoons | 13.6 grams |
| Heavy cream | 16.1 tablespoons | 14.9 grams |
| Sour cream | 16.7 tablespoons | 14.4 grams |
| Peanut butter | 14.9 tablespoons | 16.1 grams |
| Cornstarch | 30 tablespoons | 8 grams |
| Baking powder | 17.4 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Baking soda | 17.4 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 20 tablespoons | 12 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 30.8 tablespoons | 7.8 grams |
How 240 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 240 by 14.1875.
240 g ÷ 14.1875 g
≈16.9 tablespoons
(sixteen point nine 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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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 to US tablespoons for the most asked ingredients
| Grams | Butter, tablespoons | Granulated sugar, tablespoons | All-purpose flour, tablespoons |
|---|---|---|---|
| 130 g | 9.16 tablespoons | 10.4 tablespoons | 16.6 tablespoons |
| 140 g | 9.87 tablespoons | 11.2 tablespoons | 17.9 tablespoons |
| 150 g | 10.6 tablespoons | 12 tablespoons | 19.2 tablespoons |
| 160 g | 11.3 tablespoons | 12.8 tablespoons | 20.5 tablespoons |
| 170 g | 12 tablespoons | 13.6 tablespoons | 21.8 tablespoons |
| 175 g | 12.3 tablespoons | 14 tablespoons | 22.4 tablespoons |
| 180 g | 12.7 tablespoons | 14.4 tablespoons | 23 tablespoons |
| 200 g | 14.1 tablespoons | 16 tablespoons | 25.6 tablespoons |
| 225 g | 15.9 tablespoons | 18 tablespoons | 28.8 tablespoons |
| 240 g | 16.9 tablespoons | 19.2 tablespoons | 30.7 tablespoons |
| 250 g | 17.6 tablespoons | 20 tablespoons | 32 tablespoons |
| 300 g | 21.1 tablespoons | 24 tablespoons | 38.4 tablespoons |
| 350 g | 24.7 tablespoons | 28 tablespoons | 44.8 tablespoons |
| 400 g | 28.2 tablespoons | 32 tablespoons | 51.2 tablespoons |
| 500 g | 35.2 tablespoons | 40 tablespoons | 64 tablespoons |