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What weight in grammes is a tablespoon?

A level tablespoon of sugar weighs around 12.5, whereas a level tablespoon of butter weighs approximately 14.2. The density of the ingredient being measured determines how many grammes are equal to one tablespoon.

Grammes to tablespoons conversion

You must divide the number of grammes by the component density ratio to convert grammes to tablespoons, as shown below:

Cooking is a hobby, but also a necessity for living on this planet. To keep the flavour of food consistent, we must take note of the weight and amount of ingredients. In some recipes, the ingredients are weighed in Kilograms, while in others the weight of the ingredients is indicated in Pounds and ounces. To ensure the correct amount of ingredients are added, it is necessary to convert the Pounds to Kilograms.

Divide your number by 12.5, or by 14.2, to get tablespoons from 1 gramme of granulated sugar or 1 gramme of butter, respectively.

Divide your total by 17.8 to get one tablespoon of salt, which is one gramme.

Like the cup and teaspoon, the gramme is a unit of weight, while the tablespoon is a unit of volume. Therefore, it is impossible to translate between these different units directly without taking the ingredient's density into account. A tablespoon of sugar weighs less than a tablespoon of milk, for instance.

Any food writer worth their salt (no pun intended) will advise you to use a set of kitchen scales to measure your dry ingredients by weight rather than volume. The easiest method to be sure your measurements are accurate is to do this. Having said that, we acknowledge that sometimes it's not practical to accomplish this, especially if you're given an outdated recipe that lists dry ingredients in tablespoons. You might also grab for your ultra-modern electronic kitchen scales only to find that the batteries are dead.

We've made the calculator at the top of the page and the conversion tables below for sugar, butter, and other baking ingredients to make it easier for you to convert between grammes and tablespoons.

Measures of sugar

Let's start by looking at granulated and powdered sugar conversions between grammes and tablespoons.

How many grammes of sugar are in a tablespoon?

Granulated sugar weighs around 12.5 grammes per level tablespoon. When using powdered sugar, a tablespoon typically contains 7.5 grammes.

tablespoons to grammes of sugar is 12.5 grammes to a tablespoon.

Grams

Tablespoons (granulated)

Tablespoons (powdered)

5 grammes

2/5 tbsp

2/3 tbsp

10 grammes

4/5 tbsp

20 grammes in 1 1/3 tbsp

1 3/5 tbsp

30 grammes in 2 2/3 tbsp

40 grammes from two and a half tablespoons, four tablespoons, and two tablespoons.

3 1/5 tbsp

50 grammes of 5 1/3 tbsp

4 tbsp

60 grammes of 6 2/3 tbsp

4 4/5 tbsp

8 tbsp., or 70 grammes

5 3/5 tbsp

80 grammes in 9 1/3 tbsp.

6 2/5 tbsp

90 grammes in 10 2/3 tbsp

100 grammes of 7 1/5 teaspoons and 12 teaspoons

8 tbsp

13 1/3 tbsp

Sugar conversion from teaspoons to grammes

Grams (granulated) Tablespoons (powdered)

1 tbsp. 12.5g, 7.5g, 2tbsp. 25,g, 15g, 3tbsp. 37.5g, 22.5g, 4tbsp.

50 g, 30 g, 5 tbsp, 62.5 g, 37.5 g, 75 g, 45 g, and 7 tbsp, 87.5 g, 52.5 g

10 tbsp 125 g 75 g 8 tbsp 100 g 60 g 9 tbsp 112.5 g 67.5 g

Measurements for butter

Now let's look at butter conversions from grammes to tablespoons.

How many grammes of butter are there in a tablespoon?

Assuming that the tablespoon is level, one tablespoon carries roughly 14.2 grammes of butter. The butter brand can have a modest impact on this number.

Tablespoons to grammes for butter

Grams Tablespoons

10 grammes

20 grammes of 0.7 tbsp.

1.4 tbsp. 30 grammes

40 grammes 2.1 teaspoons

50 grammes of 2.8 tbsp

60 grammes of 3.5 tbsp.

70 grammes of 4.2 tbsp.

80 grammes of 4.9 tbsp

90 grammes of 5.6 tbsp.

7 tbsp, 100 grammes, and 6.3 tbsp

Butter conversion from teaspoons to grammes

Tablespoons Grams

1 tablespoon 14.2 grammes, 2 tablespoons 28.4 grammes, 3 tablespoons 42.6 grammes, 5 tablespoons 71 grammes, 6 tablespoons 85.2, 8 tablespoons 99.4, 9 tablespoons 113.6 grammes, and 10 tablespoons 142 grammes

Other ingredients for baking

A list of conversions between grammes and tablespoons for additional typical baking ingredients is also supplied. Please take note that the amounts listed are reference level tablespoons, not heaped tablespoons.

Ingredient

Tablespoons Grams

Water

1 tbsp is 14.8 grammes.

Brown sugar, 1 tablespoon, 12.2 grammes

Sugar (powdered) (powdered)

7.5 grammes in 1 tbsp.

Flour (all purpose) (all purpose)

7.8 grammes in 1 tbsp.

Salt

17.8 grammes in 1 tbsp.

Almond butter

17.7 grammes in 1 tbsp.

1 tbsp. (21 grammes) of honey

Avocado Oil

1 tbsp is 13.6 grammes.

How many grammes of coffee are in a tablespoon?

Approximately 5 grammes of level ground coffee can fit in a tablespoon. A typical coffee scoop carries around 2 level teaspoons of ground coffee, if you're using one.

I should use which tablespoon.

There are three standard tablespoon sizes used globally. Which are:

In US recipes, the term "US Tablespoon" is frequently used. It has a 14.7868 mL volume.

In the UK, Australia, and the Commonwealth, the Metric Tablespoon is frequently used. It is 15mL in size.

In the past, the UK utilised an outdated imperial tablespoon measurement known as the Imperial Tablespoon (now replaced by the metric tablespoon). It is 17.7582 mL in size.

Try using our cooking converter if you discover that you need to convert any additional units for your recipe.