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How many grams in a tablespoon of water?
About 15 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 4.9 g in a level teaspoon (about 5 ml).
From
Cup size
Water
1 tbsp = 15 g
- Cups0.1
- Teaspoons3
- Millilitres15
- Grams15
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 | 2.5 g |
| 1 tsp | 4.9 g |
| 2 tsp | 9.9 g |
| ½ tbsp | 7.4 g |
| 1 tbsp | 15 g |
| 2 tbsp | 30 g |
| 3 tbsp | 44 g |
| 4 tbsp | 59 g |
| 8 tbsp | 119 g |
Cups to grams
| Cups | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ | 30 g |
| ¼ | 59 g |
| ⅓ | 79 g |
| ½ | 119 g |
| ⅔ | 158 g |
| ¾ | 178 g |
| 1 | 237 g |
| 1½ | 356 g |
| 2 | 474 g |
| 3 | 711 g |
Grams to cups
| Grams | Cups |
|---|---|
| 25 g | ⅛ |
| 50 g | ¼ |
| 100 g | 0.4 |
| 150 g | ⅔ |
| 200 g | 0.8 |
| 250 g | 1.1 |
| 300 g | 1¼ |
| 500 g | 2⅛ |
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 water?
- About 15 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 4.9 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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