How many teaspoons is 20 grams of butter?
How many teaspoons is 20 grams of butter?
Answer
One US teaspoon (4.93 ml) of butter weighs 4.73 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 grams, and 1 US cup = 48 US teaspoons. In kitchen measures that is just under 4 1/4 teaspoons.
20 grams of butter equals 4.23 US teaspoons; the way back, from teaspoons to grams, is the Teaspoons to Grams converter.
The same 20 grams of butter is 0.0881 US cups or 1.41 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 4.17 teaspoons of that size.
How 20 grams of butter was converted to teaspoons
A teaspoon is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US teaspoon of butter weighs 4.73 grams (four point seven three), so divide 20 by (227 ÷ 48).
20 g ÷ (227 ÷ 48) g
≈4.23 teaspoons
(four point two three teaspoons)
The weight of the teaspoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 173430 “Butter, without salt”, portion “1 cup” = 227 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.
20 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 | 20 grams in teaspoons | One US teaspoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 7.68 teaspoons | 2.6 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 4.8 teaspoons | 4.17 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 4.36 teaspoons | 4.58 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 6.62 teaspoons | 3.02 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 8 teaspoons | 2.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 9.6 teaspoons | 2.08 grams |
| Butter | 4.23 teaspoons | 4.73 grams |
| Water | 4.06 teaspoons | 4.93 grams |
| Whole milk | 3.93 teaspoons | 5.08 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 5.19 teaspoons | 3.85 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 6.08 teaspoons | 3.29 grams |
| Rolled oats | 11.9 teaspoons | 1.69 grams |
| Honey | 2.83 teaspoons | 7.06 grams |
| Table salt | 3.29 teaspoons | 6.08 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 11.2 teaspoons | 1.79 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 3.92 teaspoons | 5.1 grams |
| Olive oil | 4.44 teaspoons | 4.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 4.4 teaspoons | 4.54 grams |
| Heavy cream | 4.03 teaspoons | 4.96 grams |
| Sour cream | 4.17 teaspoons | 4.79 grams |
| Peanut butter | 3.72 teaspoons | 5.38 grams |
| Cornstarch | 7.5 teaspoons | 2.67 grams |
| Baking powder | 4.35 teaspoons | 4.6 grams |
| Baking soda | 4.35 teaspoons | 4.6 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 5 teaspoons | 4 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 7.69 teaspoons | 2.6 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many teaspoons 20 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 butter is 4.73 grams there and here.
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See Also
- Teaspoons to Grams - How many grams a US teaspoon of sugar, salt, baking powder, yeast or another ingredient weighs — by USDA data
- Ml to Tsp - Convert Milliliters to Teaspoons
- Tsp to Ml - Convert Teaspoons to Milliliters
- Grams to Tablespoons - How many US tablespoons a weight of butter, sugar, flour, salt 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 teaspoons
| Grams | Teaspoons |
|---|---|
| 13 g | 2.75 teaspoons |
| 14 g | 2.96 teaspoons |
| 15 g | 3.17 teaspoons |
| 16 g | 3.38 teaspoons |
| 17 g | 3.59 teaspoons |
| 18 g | 3.81 teaspoons |
| 19 g | 4.02 teaspoons |
| 20 g | 4.23 teaspoons |
| 21 g | 4.44 teaspoons |
| 22 g | 4.65 teaspoons |
| 23 g | 4.86 teaspoons |
| 24 g | 5.07 teaspoons |
| 25 g | 5.29 teaspoons |
| 26 g | 5.5 teaspoons |
| 27 g | 5.71 teaspoons |