How many teaspoons is 12 grams of table salt?
How many teaspoons is 12 grams of table salt?
Answer
One US teaspoon (4.93 ml) of table salt weighs 6.08 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173468 “Salt, table”, portion “1 cup” = 292 grams, and 1 US cup = 48 US teaspoons. In kitchen measures that is just under 2 teaspoons.
12 grams of table salt equals 1.97 US teaspoons; the way back, from teaspoons to grams, is the Teaspoons to Grams converter.
The same 12 grams of table salt is 0.0411 US cups or 0.66 US tablespoons.
This is the level US teaspoon of 4.93 ml. The metric teaspoon of 5 ml is 1.4 % larger, so the same weight fills 1.94 teaspoons of that size.
How 12 grams of table salt was converted to teaspoons
A teaspoon is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US teaspoon of table salt weighs 6.08 grams (six point zero eight), so divide 12 by (292 ÷ 48).
12 g ÷ (292 ÷ 48) g
≈1.97 teaspoons
(one point nine seven teaspoons)
The weight of the teaspoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173468 “Salt, table”, portion “1 cup” = 292 grams, and 1 US cup = 48 US teaspoons. Scooped ingredients vary with how they are filled — spooned in lightly, a teaspoon weighs less; packed down, more — so for baking a kitchen scale is the exact tool and this figure the standard reference.
12 grams of other ingredients in teaspoons
The same weight fills a different number of teaspoons for every ingredient: light, airy ones take many, dense ones few. Your ingredient is highlighted.
| Ingredient | 12 grams in teaspoons | One US teaspoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 4.61 teaspoons | 2.6 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 2.88 teaspoons | 4.17 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 2.62 teaspoons | 4.58 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 3.97 teaspoons | 3.02 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 4.8 teaspoons | 2.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 5.76 teaspoons | 2.08 grams |
| Butter | 2.54 teaspoons | 4.73 grams |
| Water | 2.43 teaspoons | 4.93 grams |
| Whole milk | 2.36 teaspoons | 5.08 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 3.11 teaspoons | 3.85 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 3.65 teaspoons | 3.29 grams |
| Rolled oats | 7.11 teaspoons | 1.69 grams |
| Honey | 1.7 teaspoons | 7.06 grams |
| Table salt | 1.97 teaspoons | 6.08 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 6.7 teaspoons | 1.79 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 2.35 teaspoons | 5.1 grams |
| Olive oil | 2.67 teaspoons | 4.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 2.64 teaspoons | 4.54 grams |
| Heavy cream | 2.42 teaspoons | 4.96 grams |
| Sour cream | 2.5 teaspoons | 4.79 grams |
| Peanut butter | 2.23 teaspoons | 5.38 grams |
| Cornstarch | 4.5 teaspoons | 2.67 grams |
| Baking powder | 2.61 teaspoons | 4.6 grams |
| Baking soda | 2.61 teaspoons | 4.6 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 3 teaspoons | 4 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 4.62 teaspoons | 2.6 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many teaspoons 12 grams is across every ingredient at once.
The other way round: how many grams in a teaspoon
This page starts from grams and answers in teaspoons. The opposite question — how many grams a recipe’s teaspoons weigh, fractions like 1/2 and 2 1/2 included — is what the teaspoons to grams converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: one US teaspoon of table salt is 6.08 grams there and here.
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Grams of table salt to US teaspoons
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