Grams in a tablespoon and cup: the weight without scales

An online tool for turning household measures into grams: tablespoon and teaspoon, dessert spoon, 200 and 250 ml glasses, a pinch, a handful and a single piece. For each food it shows every measure at once, level and heaped separately, plus the calories of that exact measure. If your spoon is not standard, measuring it takes half a minute — and every value follows it.

How to use it

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Ask it the way you would out loud

How many · measured with · of what. Start typing the food — salt, flour, milk — and pick it from the suggestions.

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Read the weight and the calories

The answer and the nutrition of that exact portion. Below it, the same food in every other measure — tap one to switch.

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Tighten it up when it matters

“Heaped” changes the weight by 22–50%. You can measure your own spoon in half a minute, or paste a whole recipe at once.

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Measure a food with a spoon or glass and read off its weight

That weighs

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Convert a whole recipe at once paste the list

Paste the ingredients exactly as the recipe writes them — one per line. The tool finds the product and the measure in each line and turns it into grams.

    Measure your own spoon in half a minute

    Fill a glass or measuring jug with water using your spoon, counting the spoons. A standard drinking glass is 200 ml to the rim line, 250 ml to the brim.

    Count to the nearest half spoon for a better result. The value is saved and applies to every food.

    Weights and measures — every food 90

    Values for an 18 ml tablespoon. If you measured your own spoon above, the food card follows it while this table stays as a reference.

    Food tsp tbsp tbsp heaped Glass 200 ml Glass 250 ml kcal/100 g
    Flour and starches
    Wheat flour 3 11 16 118 148 342
    Rye flour 2.8 9.9 15 110 138 298
    Corn flour 3.2 11 17 126 158 331
    Buckwheat flour 3 11 16 120 150 353
    Starch 2.8 10 15 112 140 343
    Semolina 3.9 14 20 156 195 328
    Breadcrumbs 2.3 8.1 12 90 113 347
    Wheat bran 1.3 4.5 6.8 50 63 216
    Sugar and sweets
    Granulated sugar 4.3 15 21 170 213 387
    Powdered sugar 3 11 16 120 150 389
    Brown sugar 4.5 16 23 180 225 377
    Cocoa powder 3.3 12 18 130 163 289
    Vanilla sugar 4 14 20 160 200 398
    Honey 7.1 26 31 284 355 329
    Condensed milk 6.5 23 28 258 323 320
    Jam 6.5 23 29 260 325 271
    Chocolate chips 3.5 13 16 140 175 539
    Salt, spices, additives
    Salt 6.3 23 32 250 313 0
    Coarse salt 5.5 20 26 220 275 0
    Baking soda 3.5 12 19 138 173 0
    Baking powder 3.6 13 19 144 180 53
    Dry yeast 2.8 9.9 14 110 138 325
    Citric acid 4.5 16 23 180 225 0
    Gelatin 3.5 13 18 140 175 355
    Ground black pepper 2.5 9 14 100 125 251
    Paprika 2.3 8.1 12 90 113 282
    Ground cinnamon 2.3 8.1 12 90 113 247
    Turmeric 2.5 9 14 100 125 312
    Ground coriander 2 7.2 11 80 100 298
    Grains and legumes
    White rice 4.3 15 20 170 213 344
    Buckwheat 3.8 14 18 150 188 343
    Rolled oats 1.8 6.3 8.2 70 88 352
    Millet 3.9 14 18 156 195 348
    Pearl barley 4 14 19 160 200 320
    Bulgur 4 14 19 160 200 342
    Couscous 3.6 13 17 144 180 376
    Quinoa 3.8 14 18 150 188 368
    Lentils 4.3 15 20 170 213 295
    Dried peas 4 14 19 160 200 298
    Dried beans 4 14 19 160 200 298
    Chickpeas 4 14 19 160 200 364
    Dry pasta 3 11 14 120 150 344
    Corn grits 4 14 19 160 200 328
    Liquids
    Water 5 18 — 200 250 0
    Milk 3.2% 5.2 19 — 206 258 60
    Kefir 5.2 19 — 206 258 51
    Cream 20% 5.1 18 — 202 253 206
    Vegetable oil 4.6 17 — 184 230 899
    Olive oil 4.6 16 — 182 228 898
    Vinegar 9% 5.1 18 — 202 253 11
    Soy sauce 5.5 20 — 220 275 53
    Lemon juice 5.2 19 — 206 258 16
    Dairy and pastes
    Butter 4.6 16 20 182 228 748
    Margarine 4.5 16 20 180 225 743
    Sour cream 20% 5.2 19 23 208 260 206
    Cottage cheese 9% 5.1 18 22 204 255 155
    Plain yogurt 5.2 19 23 206 258 66
    Mayonnaise 4.7 17 21 188 235 627
    Ketchup 5.7 21 25 228 285 93
    Tomato paste 5.5 20 24 220 275 82
    Mustard 5.3 19 23 210 263 143
    Grated hard cheese 2 7.2 9.4 80 100 364
    Nuts, seeds, dried fruit
    Poppy seeds 3 11 15 120 150 505
    Peanut butter 5.4 19 23 214 268 588
    Walnuts 2.5 9 12 100 125 656
    Almonds 3 11 14 120 150 609
    Peanuts 3.3 12 15 130 163 567
    Hazelnuts 3 11 14 120 150 651
    Cashews 3.3 12 15 130 163 553
    Sunflower seeds 2.8 9.9 13 110 138 601
    Sesame seeds 3 11 15 120 150 573
    Flax seeds 3.3 12 16 130 163 534
    Chia seeds 3.5 13 18 140 175 486
    Raisins 3.3 12 15 130 163 264
    Dried apricots 3 11 14 120 150 232
    Prunes 3.1 11 15 124 155 231
    Dates 3.4 12 16 136 170 292
    Coffee and tea
    Ground coffee 2 7.2 11 80 100 200
    Instant coffee 1.5 5.4 8.1 60 75 241
    Loose leaf tea 1.3 4.5 5.9 50 63 152

    A dash in the heaped column means a liquid: it is leveled at the rim of the spoon and holds no heap.

    What one piece weighs 10

    The average weight of a single fruit, vegetable or egg — for when a recipe says “2 potatoes” and you need grams.

    Food One piece, g kcal per piece kcal/100 g
    Chicken egg 55 86 157
    Potato 130 100 77
    Onion 90 37 41
    Carrot 85 30 35
    Tomato 115 23 20
    Cucumber 100 14 14
    Apple 150 71 47
    Banana 120 107 89
    Lemon 90 31 34
    Garlic (clove) 4 6 143

    These are averages: a potato can be 70 g or 250 g. For exact calorie counting, weigh it; this is a reference point.

    A spoon and a glass are an estimate, not a scale. Even with your own spoon measured, about ±10% remains, because everyone builds a heap differently. Where the error is expensive — dough, medicine, infant feeding — use scales.

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    Features

    Heaped and level as a switch
    A heap adds 22% to pastes and up to 50% to flour or cocoa. Ordinary tables bury this in a footnote, although the difference is larger than the gap between a teaspoon and a dessert spoon.
    Calibrate your own spoon
    Household spoons hold 10 to 20 ml — a twofold spread. Pour water into a glass, count the spoons, and the table becomes yours instead of an average.
    Every measure in one answer
    Teaspoon, dessert spoon and tablespoon, 200 and 250 ml glasses, a pinch, a handful and a piece — without flipping a selector back and forth.
    Calories of that exact spoon
    Next to the grams sit the kcal and macros for what you scooped. A spoon of oil and a spoon of vinegar weigh almost the same and cost 149 kcal against 2.
    Backwards too: 100 g is how many spoons
    The recipe wants 100 g of flour and there are no scales. Enter the weight and the measure, and get the number of spoons with the heap taken into account.
    Densities from engineering references
    Grams are computed as volume × density rather than copied from another table. The formula is shown right under the answer.

    Frequently asked questions

    Why do you say a tablespoon of flour is 11 g when other tables say 25–30 g?

    Because 30 g of flour does not physically fit in a tablespoon. Flour has a density of about 0.59 g/ml, so 30 g occupies roughly 50 ml — nearly three 18 ml spoons. The old tables describe the large spoon of a Soviet cutlery set (about 25 ml) with a very generous heap, and such a spoon is rare today. The check is easy: the same tables give 130 g for a 200 ml glass of flour, and that works out to exactly 11–12 g in an 18 ml spoon.

    How far can a spoon be trusted?

    As an estimate, yes; as a scale, no. Household spoons hold 10 to 20 ml, a twofold spread that is larger than the effect of a heap. Measure your own spoon and about ±10% remains, because everyone builds a heap differently. For dough, medicine and infant feeding, use scales.

    Is a glass 200 or 250 ml?

    Both, depending on where you stop pouring. A classic faceted glass holds exactly 200 ml to the rim line and 250 ml to the brim. Soviet recipes that say "a glass of flour" almost always mean 200 ml. That is a quarter of the volume, so we show the two measures separately.

    How much does a heap add?

    It depends on how steep a slope the food holds. Powders such as flour, starch and cocoa hold about +50%; granules such as sugar and salt about +40%; coarse grains and nuts +30%; pastes +22%. Liquids hold no heap at all.

    Where do the densities and calories come from?

    Densities are bulk values for dry goods and true values for liquids, taken from engineering references; calories and macros come from food-composition tables and USDA FoodData Central. Every value is checked automatically: the stated calories must agree with the protein, fat and carbohydrate, or the build fails.

    How do I measure my spoon without a measuring jug?

    Any container of known volume will do: a faceted glass to the line is 200 ml, a water bottle is 500 ml, a medicine cup is marked. Pour water with your spoon, count the spoons, and enter both numbers. The tool divides one by the other and gets your spoon.

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