How many grams is 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder?

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How many grams is 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder?

Answer

5 US tablespoons of cocoa powder weighs
26.9 grams

One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of cocoa powder weighs 5.38 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169593 “Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened”, portion “1 cup” = 86 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.

5 tablespoons of cocoa powder equals 26.9 grams; the way back, from grams to tablespoons, is the Grams to Tablespoons converter.

5 US tablespoons of cocoa powder is also 0.3125 US cups or 15 US teaspoons — the same 26.9 grams.

This is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml. A recipe from Australia means the tablespoon of 20 ml, 35.3 % more: 36.4 grams; the metric tablespoon of 15 ml (UK, New Zealand, Canada) gives 27.3 grams.

How 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder was converted to grams

grams = tablespoons × grams in one US tablespoon

One US tablespoon of cocoa powder weighs 5.38 grams (five point three eight), so multiply 5 by 5.375.

5 × 5.375 g

≈

26.9 grams

(twenty-six point nine grams)

The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169593 “Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened”, portion “1 cup” = 86 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.

5 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.

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 5 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 cocoa powder is 18.6 tablespoons there.

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About "Tablespoons to Grams" Calculator

This converter turns US tablespoons (tbsp) of an ingredient into grams. The weight of a tablespoon depends on what fills it: a tablespoon of butter weighs 14.2 grams, of granulated sugar 12.5 grams and of honey 21.2 grams. Type the spoons the way a recipe writes them — 1/2, 1 1/2 or 0.75 — and pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 23 at once. For example, it can help you find out how many grams is 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder? (The answer is: 26.9). Weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the spoon is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml — 1/16 of a US cup.
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US tablespoons of cocoa powder to grams

TablespoonsGrams
1 1/2 tablespoons8.06 grams
2 tablespoons10.8 grams
2 1/2 tablespoons13.4 grams
3 tablespoons16.1 grams
3 1/2 tablespoons18.8 grams
4 tablespoons21.5 grams
4 1/2 tablespoons24.2 grams
5 tablespoons26.9 grams
6 tablespoons32.3 grams
7 tablespoons37.6 grams
8 tablespoons43 grams
9 tablespoons48.4 grams
10 tablespoons53.8 grams
11 tablespoons59.1 grams
12 tablespoons64.5 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder?

5 US tablespoons of cocoa powder weighs 26.9 grams

How do you work out 5 tablespoons of cocoa powder in grams?

Multiply the tablespoons by the weight of one US tablespoon of cocoa powder: 5 × 5.375 ≈ 26.9. The weight of one US tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169593 “Cocoa, dry powder, unsweetened”, portion “1 cup” = 86 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.

How many tablespoons is 100 grams of cocoa powder?

18.6 US tablespoons — 100 g divided by the 5.38 grams (exactly 5.375) that one US tablespoon of it weighs.