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How many grams in a tablespoon of soy sauce?

About 16 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 5.3 g in a level teaspoon (about 5 ml).

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Cup size

Soy sauce

1 tbsp = 16 g

  • Cups0.1
  • Teaspoons3
  • Millilitres15
  • Grams16

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 tsp2.7 g
1 tsp5.3 g
2 tsp11 g
½ tbsp8 g
1 tbsp16 g
2 tbsp32 g
3 tbsp48 g
4 tbsp64 g
8 tbsp128 g

Cups to grams

CupsGrams
⅛32 g
¼64 g
⅓85 g
½128 g
⅔170 g
¾191 g
1255 g
1½383 g
2510 g
3765 g

Grams to cups

GramsCups
25 g⅛
50 g0.2
100 g0.4
150 g0.6
200 g¾
250 g1
300 g1.2
500 g2

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 soy sauce?
About 16 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 5.3 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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