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Table salt: cups to grams
One US cup of table salt weighs 273 g, and one tablespoon weighs 17 g. Convert any amount below, in either direction.
table salt
273 g
9.6 oz
of table salt
Fine table salt. Coarse kosher salt is much lighter (a cup of Diamond Crystal is about 145 g), so never swap the two by volume.
Table salt conversion table
Every amount a recipe is likely to ask for. Half a cup is 137 g.
| Table salt | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 teaspoon | 5.7 g | 0.2 oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 17 g | 0.6 oz |
| 1/4 cup | 68 g | 2.4 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 91 g | 3.2 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 137 g | 4.8 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 182 g | 6.4 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 205 g | 7.2 oz |
| 1 cup | 273 g | 9.6 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 410 g | 14.5 oz |
| 2 cups | 546 g | 19.3 oz |
| 3 cups | 819 g | 28.9 oz |
| 4 cups | 1092 g | 38.5 oz |
Fine table salt. Coarse kosher salt is much lighter (a cup of Diamond Crystal is about 145 g), so never swap the two by volume.
Other everything else
- cocoa powder, 85 g per cup
- chocolate chips, 170 g per cup
- peanut butter, 258 g per cup
- baking powder, 192 g per cup
- baking soda, 220 g per cup
- raisins, 165 g per cup
- chopped nuts, 117 g per cup
- shredded coconut, 85 g per cup
- mayonnaise, 220 g per cup
Questions
How many grams is a cup of table salt?
273 g. That is one US customary cup, 236.6 ml. Fine table salt. Coarse kosher salt is much lighter (a cup of Diamond Crystal is about 145 g), so never swap the two by volume.
How many grams is a tablespoon of table salt?
17 g. A tablespoon is a sixteenth of a cup. A teaspoon of table salt is 5.7 g.
Which cup does this use?
The US customary cup, 236.6 ml, which is the one American recipes mean. A UK or Australian metric cup is 250 ml, about 6% larger, and a Japanese cup is 200 ml. If your recipe is metric, type the millilitres in directly.
Why is my cup of flour heavier than 120 g?
Because of how you filled it. Scooping straight from the bag compacts the flour and can give you 145 g or more; the standard 120 g assumes you spooned it in and levelled it off. That 20% swing is the reason bakers weigh instead of scooping, and it is why halved and doubled recipes go wrong so often.
Are these conversions exact?
They are the standard US baking-reference values, and each ingredient page says how the cup was filled to get its number. For liquids and sugars they are good to within a gram or two. For anything fluffy or packable, like flour, brown sugar or grated cheese, measuring by volume carries more error than the conversion does.
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