Tablespoons to Grams Converter

What this does

So a recipe measures in tablespoons, but you would rather weigh the ingredient out in grams for accuracy. This converter does that. Enter the tablespoons, pick the ingredient, and it gives you the weight in grams. The ingredient matters, because a tablespoon of one thing weighs quite differently from a tablespoon of another.

How to use it

1. Enter the amount.
2. Pick the spoon type, US or Imperial tablespoons, or teaspoons.
3. Choose grams, milligrams, or kilograms, pick the ingredient, then press Calculate.

Leave it on US tablespoons and grams for the everyday answer.

Why the ingredient matters

A tablespoon is a measure of volume, and a gram is a measure of weight. The bridge between them is the ingredient's density, which is how heavy it is for its size. A dense ingredient packs more grams into a spoon, a light one fewer.

A tablespoon of water weighs about 15 grams. A tablespoon of a light ingredient like flour weighs less, while a tablespoon of honey weighs more, since honey is dense. That is why the tool asks for the ingredient. Flour is the least consistent, so treat its result as a close guide rather than an exact figure.

How the conversion works

The tool turns your spoons into a volume in millilitres, then multiplies by the density to get the weight:

grams = tablespoons × ml per tablespoon × density

A US tablespoon is about 14.8 millilitres, and water has a density of 1, so 2 tablespoons of water is 2 × 14.8 × 1, which is roughly 29.6 grams. A denser ingredient weighs more for the same spoons, a lighter one less.

Questions people ask

References

1. King Arthur Baking. Ingredient Weight Chart. https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/learn/ingredient-weight-chart
2. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Buying Guide. Guide to Volume Equivalents for Liquids. https://foodbuyingguide.fns.usda.gov/Content/TablesFBG/Table12_FBG_A_Guide_to_Volume_Equivalents_for_Liquids.pdf