How many tablespoons is 30 grams of uncooked white rice?
How many tablespoons is 30 grams of uncooked white rice?
Answer
One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of uncooked white rice weighs 11.6 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168877 “Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched”, portion “1 cup” = 185 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons. In kitchen measures that is just under 2 5/8 tablespoons.
30 grams of uncooked white rice equals 2.59 US tablespoons; the way back, from tablespoons to grams, is the Tablespoons to Grams converter.
Cooked white rice weighs 9.88 grams per tablespoon, so the same 30 grams of it is 3.04 tablespoons.
The same 30 grams of uncooked white rice is 0.16 US cups or 7.78 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 2.56 tablespoons; the Australian tablespoon of 20 ml is 35.3 % larger, so the same weight fills only 1.92 tablespoons of those.
How 30 grams of uncooked white rice was converted to tablespoons
A tablespoon is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US tablespoon of uncooked white rice weighs 11.6 grams (eleven point six), so divide 30 by 11.5625.
30 g ÷ 11.5625 g
≈2.59 tablespoons
(two point five nine tablespoons)
The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168877 “Rice, white, long-grain, regular, raw, enriched”, portion “1 cup” = 185 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.
30 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 | 30 grams in tablespoons | One US tablespoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 3.84 tablespoons | 7.81 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 2.4 tablespoons | 12.5 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 2.18 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 3.31 tablespoons | 9.06 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 4 tablespoons | 7.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 4.8 tablespoons | 6.25 grams |
| Butter | 2.11 tablespoons | 14.2 grams |
| Water | 2.03 tablespoons | 14.8 grams |
| Whole milk | 1.97 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 2.59 tablespoons | 11.6 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 3.04 tablespoons | 9.88 grams |
| Rolled oats | 5.93 tablespoons | 5.06 grams |
| Honey | 1.42 tablespoons | 21.2 grams |
| Table salt | 1.64 tablespoons | 18.3 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 5.58 tablespoons | 5.38 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 1.96 tablespoons | 15.3 grams |
| Olive oil | 2.22 tablespoons | 13.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 2.2 tablespoons | 13.6 grams |
| Heavy cream | 2.02 tablespoons | 14.9 grams |
| Sour cream | 2.09 tablespoons | 14.4 grams |
| Peanut butter | 1.86 tablespoons | 16.1 grams |
| Cornstarch | 3.75 tablespoons | 8 grams |
| Baking powder | 2.17 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Baking soda | 2.17 tablespoons | 13.8 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 2.5 tablespoons | 12 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 3.85 tablespoons | 7.8 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many tablespoons 30 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 uncooked white rice is 11.6 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
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Grams of uncooked white rice to US tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 23 g | 1.99 tablespoons |
| 24 g | 2.08 tablespoons |
| 25 g | 2.16 tablespoons |
| 26 g | 2.25 tablespoons |
| 27 g | 2.34 tablespoons |
| 28 g | 2.42 tablespoons |
| 29 g | 2.51 tablespoons |
| 30 g | 2.59 tablespoons |
| 31 g | 2.68 tablespoons |
| 32 g | 2.77 tablespoons |
| 33 g | 2.85 tablespoons |
| 34 g | 2.94 tablespoons |
| 35 g | 3.03 tablespoons |
| 36 g | 3.11 tablespoons |
| 37 g | 3.2 tablespoons |