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How many grams in a tablespoon of rice?

About 12 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 3.9 g in a level teaspoon (about 5 ml).

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Cup size

Rice (uncooked)

1 tbsp = 12 g

  • Cups0.1
  • Teaspoons3
  • Millilitres15
  • Grams12

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

SpoonsGrams
½ tsp1.9 g
1 tsp3.9 g
2 tsp7.7 g
½ tbsp5.8 g
1 tbsp12 g
2 tbsp23 g
3 tbsp35 g
4 tbsp46 g
8 tbsp93 g

Cups to grams

CupsGrams
⅛23 g
¼46 g
⅓62 g
½93 g
⅔123 g
¾139 g
1185 g
1½278 g
2370 g
3555 g

Grams to cups

GramsCups
25 g⅛
50 g¼
100 g0.5
150 g0.8
200 g1.1
250 g1⅓
300 g1.6
500 g2⅔

Other ingredients (1 tablespoon):

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How to convert spoons to grams:

  1. Pick the ingredient

    each one has its own weight per spoon.

  2. Type the spoons

    whole numbers or fractions like ½.

  3. Choose tablespoon or teaspoon

    and read off grams, cups and millilitres.

Questions:

How many grams in a tablespoon of rice?
About 12 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 3.9 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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