Spoon and Cup to Grams

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Grams50
IngredientМука пшеничная
Tablespoons2
Teaspoons6.25
Cups0.313

Density differs, so grams differ

Tablespoons, teaspoons and cups converted to grams and back for fifteen common ingredients.

Recipes are written in spoons and cups while scales read grams, and there is no single conversion between them. A tablespoon of flour weighs 25 grams, salt 30, and vegetable oil only 17 — because weight follows density, not the size of the spoon.

Cups are the other trap. The old Russian faceted glass holds 200 ml to the rim line and 250 to the brim, and older recipes almost always mean the first. The figures here use a 250 ml cup, which is what most people have now.

What this calculator shows

The weight in grams for the ingredient and measure you pick
The same weight expressed in tablespoons, teaspoons and cups
Conversion in both directions, from spoons to grams and back

What to keep in mind

Spoons are level, not heaped; a heaped spoon of a dry ingredient weighs roughly half as much again.
The cup is 250 ml. For a 200 ml glass, multiply the result by 0.8.

FAQs

Level or heaped?

Recipes mean level by default. A heaped tablespoon of flour is about 40 grams against 25 level — enough to matter in baking.

How many grams of flour in a cup?

About 160 in a 250 ml cup and roughly 130 in a 200 ml glass. Flour is light, so a cup holds far less by weight than the same cup of sugar.

Why does oil weigh less than water?

Vegetable oil has a density of about 0.92 against water's 1.0, so a tablespoon holds 17 grams against water's 18.

How accurate are these tables?

Within about ten percent, depending on grind, moisture and how firmly the spoon is filled. For baking, scales are more reliable.

Worked example

Two tablespoons of flour

Input: Flour, 2 tablespoons

Output: 50 grams

Note: The same two spoons of sugar also weigh 50 grams, but of oil only 34. One table cannot cover every ingredient.

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