How many grams is 12 tablespoons of water?
How many grams is 12 tablespoons of water?
Answer
One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of water weighs 14.8 grams, from its volume: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g.
12 tablespoons of water equals 177.4 grams; the way back, from grams to tablespoons, is the Grams to Tablespoons converter.
1 ml of water weighs about 1 g, so 12 tablespoons of water weighs what its volume is, 177.4 ml — the question the teaspoons to milliliters converter answers by volume.
12 US tablespoons of water is also 3/4 US cup or 36 US teaspoons — the same 177.4 grams.
This is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml. A recipe from Australia means the tablespoon of 20 ml, 35.3 % more: 240 grams; the metric tablespoon of 15 ml (UK, New Zealand, Canada) gives 180 grams.
How 12 tablespoons of water was converted to grams
One US tablespoon of water weighs 14.8 grams (fourteen point eight), so multiply 12 by 14.78676478125.
12 × 14.78676478125 g
≈177.4 grams
(one hundred seventy-seven point four grams)
The weight of the tablespoon comes from its volume: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g.
12 tablespoons of other ingredients in grams
The same tablespoon weighs differently for every ingredient: airy ones such as oats and cocoa are light, dense ones such as honey and salt heavy. Your ingredient is highlighted.
| Ingredient | 12 tablespoons in grams | One US tablespoon weighs |
|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 93.8 grams | 7.81 grams |
| Granulated sugar | 150 grams | 12.5 grams |
| Brown sugar, packed | 165 grams | 13.8 grams |
| Brown sugar, unpacked | 108.8 grams | 9.06 grams |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 90 grams | 7.5 grams |
| Powdered sugar, sifted | 75 grams | 6.25 grams |
| Butter | 170.3 grams | 14.2 grams |
| Water | 177.4 grams | 14.8 grams |
| Whole milk | 183 grams | 15.3 grams |
| White rice, uncooked | 138.8 grams | 11.6 grams |
| White rice, cooked | 118.5 grams | 9.88 grams |
| Rolled oats | 60.8 grams | 5.06 grams |
| Honey | 254.3 grams | 21.2 grams |
| Table salt | 219 grams | 18.3 grams |
| Cocoa powder | 64.5 grams | 5.38 grams |
| Plain yogurt | 183.8 grams | 15.3 grams |
| Olive oil | 162 grams | 13.5 grams |
| Vegetable oil | 163.5 grams | 13.6 grams |
| Heavy cream | 178.5 grams | 14.9 grams |
| Sour cream | 172.5 grams | 14.4 grams |
| Peanut butter | 193.5 grams | 16.1 grams |
| Cornstarch | 96 grams | 8 grams |
| Baking powder | 165.6 grams | 13.8 grams |
| Baking soda | 165.6 grams | 13.8 grams |
| Active dry yeast | 144 grams | 12 grams |
| Ground cinnamon | 93.6 grams | 7.8 grams |
If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 12 tablespoons is across every ingredient at once.
The other way round: how many tablespoons a weight fills
This page starts from tablespoons and answers in grams. The opposite question — how many tablespoons a weight from a recipe fills — is what the grams to tablespoons converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: 100 grams of water is 6.76 tablespoons there.
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- Tablespoons to Cups - Convert Tablespoons to Cups
- Cups to Tablespoons - Convert Cups to Tablespoons
- Teaspoons to Grams - How many grams a US teaspoon of sugar, salt, baking powder, yeast or another ingredient weighs — by USDA data
- Cups to Grams - How many grams a US cup of flour, sugar, butter, rice or another ingredient weighs — by USDA data

US tablespoons of water to grams
| Tablespoons | Grams |
|---|---|
| 3 tablespoons | 44.4 grams |
| 3 1/2 tablespoons | 51.8 grams |
| 4 tablespoons | 59.1 grams |
| 4 1/2 tablespoons | 66.5 grams |
| 5 tablespoons | 73.9 grams |
| 6 tablespoons | 88.7 grams |
| 7 tablespoons | 103.5 grams |
| 8 tablespoons | 118.3 grams |
| 9 tablespoons | 133.1 grams |
| 10 tablespoons | 147.9 grams |
| 11 tablespoons | 162.7 grams |
| 12 tablespoons | 177.4 grams |
| 14 tablespoons | 207 grams |
| 15 tablespoons | 221.8 grams |
| 16 tablespoons | 236.6 grams |