Grams to tablespoons converter
15 grams of all-purpose flour is 2 tbsp: pick the ingredient, type the grams, get tablespoons and teaspoons.
15 g all-purpose flour
2 tbsp
- 1 tbsp×2
US cup of 236.6 mL, spooned and leveled
How this is measured
1 US cup of all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled, weighs 120 g. Based on King Arthur's ingredient weight chart: fluff, spoon into the cup until overflowing, level with a straight edge (as King Arthur's guide to measuring flour describes).
Other values: Scooped, 142 g a cup (America's Test Kitchen baking conversion chart): 1.69 tbsp; Sifted, 115 g a cup (USDA Nutritive Value of Foods, Home and Garden Bulletin No. 72): 2.09 tbsp.
How to convert grams to tablespoons
Divide the grams by what one tablespoon of the ingredient weighs. A gram is a unit of weight and a tablespoon is a unit of volume, so the answer depends on the density of what is in the spoon: there is no single number of grams per tablespoon.
A US tablespoon is exactly 1/16 of a US cup (NIST Handbook 44), so a tablespoon weighs a sixteenth of what a cup of the same ingredient weighs. A cup of all-purpose flour is 120 grams by King Arthur Baking's chart, which makes a tablespoon 7.5 grams, and 15 grams of flour is 2 tbsp. The converter does this for every ingredient it has a sourced cup weight for, and says which source each answer rests on.
Grams to tablespoons conversion chart
Gram amounts from recipes in level US tablespoons, for the ingredients people spoon most often:
US tablespoons (1/16 cup). Flour spooned and leveled, powdered sugar unsifted. The converter splits any amount into the spoons to fill.
| Grams | All-purpose flour | Granulated sugar | Butter | Powdered sugar | Cocoa powder | Honey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 0.667 tbsp | 0.404 tbsp | 0.352 tbsp | 0.708 tbsp | 0.952 tbsp | 0.236 tbsp |
| 10 g | 1.33 tbsp | 0.808 tbsp | 0.705 tbsp | 1.42 tbsp | 1.9 tbsp | 0.472 tbsp |
| 15 g | 2 tbsp | 1.21 tbsp | 1.06 tbsp | 2.12 tbsp | 2.86 tbsp | 0.708 tbsp |
| 20 g | 2.67 tbsp | 1.62 tbsp | 1.41 tbsp | 2.83 tbsp | 3.81 tbsp | 0.944 tbsp |
| 25 g | 3.33 tbsp | 2.02 tbsp | 1.76 tbsp | 3.54 tbsp | 4.76 tbsp | 1.18 tbsp |
| 30 g | 4 tbsp | 2.42 tbsp | 2.11 tbsp | 4.25 tbsp | 5.71 tbsp | 1.42 tbsp |
| 40 g | 5.33 tbsp | 3.23 tbsp | 2.82 tbsp | 5.66 tbsp | 7.62 tbsp | 1.89 tbsp |
| 50 g | 6.67 tbsp | 4.04 tbsp | 3.52 tbsp | 7.08 tbsp | 9.52 tbsp | 2.36 tbsp |
| 60 g | 8 tbsp | 4.85 tbsp | 4.23 tbsp | 8.5 tbsp | 11.43 tbsp | 2.83 tbsp |
| 75 g | 10 tbsp | 6.06 tbsp | 5.29 tbsp | 10.62 tbsp | 14.29 tbsp | 3.54 tbsp |
| 100 g | 13.33 tbsp | 8.08 tbsp | 7.05 tbsp | 14.16 tbsp | 19.05 tbsp | 4.72 tbsp |
For the weight of one tablespoon and one teaspoon of every ingredient, see tablespoons to grams.
Why grams to tablespoons depends on the ingredient
Thirty grams is 4 tbsp of all-purpose flour but 2.42 tbsp of granulated sugar and 1.42 tbsp of honey. Each has its own density: flour is light and full of air, sugar crystals pack closer, honey is a dense liquid. That is why the converter asks for the ingredient before it answers, and why a chart that gives one figure for "grams per tablespoon" is only right for one ingredient.
How the spoon is filled matters too, the same way it does for a cup. King Arthur Baking puts a cup of all-purpose flour at around 120 grams when the flour is fluffed, spooned in and leveled, and up to 160 grams when it is packed more densely. The spoon weights here assume a level spoon, filled the way the source filled its cup.
Small amounts: grams to teaspoons
Under a tablespoon, teaspoons read better: a US teaspoon is a third of a tablespoon. 5 grams of granulated sugar is 1.21 tsp, 5 grams of all-purpose flour 2 tsp and 5 grams of table salt 0.833 tsp. Switch the "to" unit in the converter to tsp, or let the answer card split the amount into tablespoons and teaspoons for you.
Leaveners by King Arthur Baking's spoon weights: 12 grams of baking powder is 1 tbsp, 18 grams of baking soda 1 tbsp and 9 grams of instant yeast 1 tbsp.
For a gram or two of a powder, spoons stop being reliable: a little packing or a rounded top changes the weight by more than the amount itself. A small scale that reads tenths of a gram is the honest tool there.
Which tablespoon? Weight in grams for US and metric spoons
The answers use the US tablespoon, 14.79 mL. US nutrition labels round it to 15 mL (21 CFR 101.9), and metric measuring spoons are 15 mL as well, so a label or metric tablespoon holds a little more: 15 grams of flour is 1.97 tbsp of label tablespoons. Switch the cup standard in the converter if your spoons are metric.
Questions
How many grams is 1 tablespoon?
It depends on the ingredient. A level US tablespoon holds 7.5 grams of all-purpose flour, 12.38 grams of granulated sugar, 14.19 grams of butter and 14.76 grams of water.
What is 85 grams of butter in tablespoons?
5.99 tbsp, which you can measure as ≈ ¼ cup + 2 tbsp. In US sticks that is 0.75 sticks; the butter converter does sticks directly.
Is 1 spoon 5 grams?
Only for some ingredients. A US teaspoon holds 4.93 mL, and its weight follows the ingredient: 4.92 grams of water, 4.13 grams of granulated sugar, 6 grams of table salt, 2.5 grams of all-purpose flour.
How many tablespoons is 5 grams of powder?
That depends on the powder: 5 grams of cocoa powder is 0.952 tbsp, 5 grams of powdered sugar 0.708 tbsp. For a powder the converter doesn't list, weigh it.
How do I measure grams without a scale?
Convert the grams to spoons or cups for that ingredient and measure level spoonfuls. Use spoons for small amounts and the grams to cups converter for anything over a quarter cup, where fewer fills mean less error.
Sources
- 21 CFR 101.9 (US nutrition labeling)
- America's Test Kitchen baking conversion chart
- America's Test Kitchen, Baking Basics: Measuring Ingredients
- King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart
- King Arthur Baking, How to measure flour
- Manufacturer's label serving size, as listed in USDA FoodData Central (Branded Foods)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook (Standard Reference Database 69), water
- NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C
- NIST Special Publication 430, Household Weights and Measures
- USDA FoodData Central, FNDDS survey foods
- USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy
- USDA Nutritive Value of Foods, Home and Garden Bulletin No. 72
- Weights and Measures Act 1985 (UK), Schedule 1
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