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How many grams in a tablespoon of powdered sugar?
About 7.5 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 2.5 g in a level teaspoon (about 5 ml).
From
Cup size
Powdered sugar
1 tbsp = 7.5 g
- Cups0.1
- Teaspoons3
- Millilitres15
- Grams7.5
Dry ingredients are spooned into the cup and levelled. Scooped straight from the bag, flour can weigh up to 20% more — for baking, a scale is the safest bet.
Conversion tables (US cup · 240 ml):
Spoons to grams
| Spoons | Grams |
|---|---|
| ½ tsp | 1.2 g |
| 1 tsp | 2.5 g |
| 2 tsp | 5 g |
| ½ tbsp | 3.7 g |
| 1 tbsp | 7.5 g |
| 2 tbsp | 15 g |
| 3 tbsp | 22 g |
| 4 tbsp | 30 g |
| 8 tbsp | 60 g |
Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ | 15 g |
| ¼ | 30 g |
| ⅓ | 40 g |
| ½ | 60 g |
| ⅔ | 80 g |
| ¾ | 90 g |
| 1 | 120 g |
| 1½ | 180 g |
| 2 | 240 g |
| 3 | 360 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | Cups |
|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.2 |
| 50 g | 0.4 |
| 100 g | 0.8 |
| 150 g | 1¼ |
| 200 g | 1⅔ |
| 250 g | 2.1 |
| 300 g | 2½ |
| 500 g | 4.2 |
Other ingredients (1 tablespoon):
How to convert spoons to grams:
- Pick the ingredient
each one has its own weight per spoon.
- Type the spoons
whole numbers or fractions like ½.
- Choose tablespoon or teaspoon
and read off grams, cups and millilitres.
Questions:
- How many grams in a tablespoon of powdered sugar?
- About 7.5 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 2.5 g in a level teaspoon (about 5 ml).
- Level or heaped?
- These numbers are for level spoons: fill the spoon and scrape off the top with a knife. A heaped spoon holds about 1½–2 times as much as a level one.
- Is a tablespoon the same everywhere?
- Almost: 15 ml in most countries (14.8 ml in the US), 20 ml in Australia. A teaspoon is 5 ml.
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