How many grams is 6 tablespoons of sour cream?

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How many grams is 6 tablespoons of sour cream?

Answer

6 US tablespoons of sour cream weighs
86.3 grams

One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of sour cream weighs 14.4 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 171257 “Cream, sour, cultured”, portion “1 cup” = 230 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.

USDA FoodData Central also lists a spoon portion of sour cream — “1 tbsp” = 12 grams, 16.5 % below the 14.4 grams (exactly 14.375) this page takes from the USDA cup (1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons). The page keeps the derived weight, so that the cup, tablespoon and teaspoon of one ingredient never contradict each other; spoon portions are small, and how full the spoon is moves them most.

6 tablespoons of sour cream equals 86.3 grams; the way back, from grams to tablespoons, is the Grams to Tablespoons converter.

6 US tablespoons of sour cream is also 3/8 US cup or 18 US teaspoons — the same 86.3 grams.

This is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml. A recipe from Australia means the tablespoon of 20 ml, 35.3 % more: 116.7 grams; the metric tablespoon of 15 ml (UK, New Zealand, Canada) gives 87.5 grams.

How 6 tablespoons of sour cream was converted to grams

grams = tablespoons × grams in one US tablespoon

One US tablespoon of sour cream weighs 14.4 grams (fourteen point four), so multiply 6 by 14.375.

6 × 14.375 g

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86.3 grams

(eighty-six point three grams)

The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 171257 “Cream, sour, cultured”, portion “1 cup” = 230 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.

6 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 6 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 sour cream is 6.96 tablespoons there.

See Also

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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 6 tablespoons of sour cream? (The answer is: 86.3). 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 sour cream to grams

TablespoonsGrams
2 tablespoons28.8 grams
2 1/2 tablespoons35.9 grams
3 tablespoons43.1 grams
3 1/2 tablespoons50.3 grams
4 tablespoons57.5 grams
4 1/2 tablespoons64.7 grams
5 tablespoons71.9 grams
6 tablespoons86.3 grams
7 tablespoons100.6 grams
8 tablespoons115 grams
9 tablespoons129.4 grams
10 tablespoons143.8 grams
11 tablespoons158.1 grams
12 tablespoons172.5 grams
14 tablespoons201.3 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 6 tablespoons of sour cream?

6 US tablespoons of sour cream weighs 86.3 grams

How do you work out 6 tablespoons of sour cream in grams?

Multiply the tablespoons by the weight of one US tablespoon of sour cream: 6 × 14.375 ≈ 86.3. The weight of one US tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 171257 “Cream, sour, cultured”, portion “1 cup” = 230 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.

How many tablespoons is 100 grams of sour cream?

6.96 US tablespoons — 100 g divided by the 14.4 grams (exactly 14.375) that one US tablespoon of it weighs.