How many grams is 1 teaspoon?

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How many grams is 1 teaspoon?

Answer

There is no single number — it depends on the ingredient. 1 US teaspoon weighs
from 1.69 grams (rolled oats) to 7.06 grams (honey)

A teaspoon measures volume, and every ingredient packs a different weight into it, so 1 teaspoon has no single weight. The table gives all 23 ingredients, with the packed, sifted and cooked states on rows of their own, each from the USDA FoodData Central weight of one US cup ÷ 48 — one US teaspoon (4.93 ml) is 1/48 of a US cup — or of one US teaspoon itself for baking powder, baking soda, active dry yeast and ground cinnamon; water is counted from its volume.

1 US teaspoon of each ingredient in grams
Ingredient1 teaspoon in gramsOne US teaspoon weighs
All-purpose flour2.6 grams2.6 grams
Granulated sugar4.17 grams4.17 grams
Brown sugar, packed4.58 grams4.58 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked3.02 grams3.02 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted2.5 grams2.5 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted2.08 grams2.08 grams
Butter4.73 grams4.73 grams
Water4.93 grams4.93 grams
Whole milk5.08 grams5.08 grams
White rice, uncooked3.85 grams3.85 grams
White rice, cooked3.29 grams3.29 grams
Rolled oats1.69 grams1.69 grams
Honey7.06 grams7.06 grams
Table salt6.08 grams6.08 grams
Cocoa powder1.79 grams1.79 grams
Plain yogurt5.1 grams5.1 grams
Olive oil4.5 grams4.5 grams
Vegetable oil4.54 grams4.54 grams
Heavy cream4.96 grams4.96 grams
Sour cream4.79 grams4.79 grams
Peanut butter5.38 grams5.38 grams
Cornstarch2.67 grams2.67 grams
Baking powder4.6 grams4.6 grams
Baking soda4.6 grams4.6 grams
Active dry yeast4 grams4 grams
Ground cinnamon2.6 grams2.6 grams

How 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar was converted to grams

grams = teaspoons × grams in one US teaspoon

One US teaspoon of granulated sugar weighs 4.17 grams (four point one seven), so multiply 1 by (200 ÷ 48).

1 × (200 ÷ 48) g

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4.17 grams

(four point one seven grams)

The weight of the teaspoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 169655 “Sugars, granulated”, portion “1 cup” = 200 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.

The other way round: how many teaspoons a weight fills

This page starts from teaspoons and answers in grams. The opposite question — how many teaspoons a weight from a recipe fills — is what the grams to teaspoons converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: 100 grams of granulated sugar is 24 teaspoons there.

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About "Teaspoons to Grams" Calculator

This converter turns US teaspoons (tsp) of an ingredient into grams. The weight of a teaspoon depends on what fills it: a teaspoon of granulated sugar weighs 4.17 grams, of table salt 6.08 grams and of ground cinnamon 2.6 grams. Type the spoons the way a recipe writes them — 1/8, 1/2 or 1 1/2 — 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 1 teaspoon? Weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the spoon is the level US teaspoon of 4.93 ml — 1/3 of a US tablespoon.
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US teaspoons to grams for the most asked ingredients

TeaspoonsGranulated sugar, gramsTable salt, gramsBaking powder, grams
1/8 teaspoon0.52 grams0.76 grams0.58 grams
1/4 teaspoon1.04 grams1.52 grams1.15 grams
1/3 teaspoon1.39 grams2.03 grams1.53 grams
1/2 teaspoon2.08 grams3.04 grams2.3 grams
2/3 teaspoon2.78 grams4.06 grams3.07 grams
3/4 teaspoon3.13 grams4.56 grams3.45 grams
1 teaspoon4.17 grams6.08 grams4.6 grams
1 1/4 teaspoons5.21 grams7.6 grams5.75 grams
1 1/2 teaspoons6.25 grams9.13 grams6.9 grams
1 3/4 teaspoons7.29 grams10.6 grams8.05 grams
2 teaspoons8.33 grams12.2 grams9.2 grams
2 1/4 teaspoons9.38 grams13.7 grams10.4 grams
2 1/2 teaspoons10.4 grams15.2 grams11.5 grams
3 teaspoons12.5 grams18.3 grams13.8 grams
3 1/2 teaspoons14.6 grams21.3 grams16.1 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 1 teaspoon?

There is no single number — it depends on the ingredient. 1 US teaspoon weighs from 1.69 grams (rolled oats) to 7.06 grams (honey)

Why is there no single answer for 1 teaspoon?

Because a teaspoon measures volume and each ingredient packs a different weight into it. 1 teaspoon of honey is several times heavier than the same 1 teaspoon of rolled oats. The table on this page lists all 23 ingredients side by side.

How many grams is 1 teaspoon of granulated sugar?

4.17 grams — 1/48 of the USDA FoodData Central weight of one US cup of granulated sugar.

How many grams is 1 teaspoon of table salt?

6.08 grams — 1/48 of the USDA FoodData Central weight of one US cup of table salt.

How many grams is 1 teaspoon of baking powder?

4.6 grams — the weight of one US teaspoon of baking powder in USDA FoodData Central.

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