Grams to Tablespoons Converter
Convert grams to tablespoons and back for butter, oil, honey, peanut butter, flour, sugar and more than 30 other ingredients, in US, metric or Australian tablespoons, or use the grams-per-tablespoon figure from a nutrition label.
tablespoons = grams ÷ grams per tablespoon
Grams per Tablespoon Depends on the Ingredient
A tablespoon is a volume, about 15 mL, and grams are weight. A level US tablespoon holds about 14.2 g of butter, 7.8 g of flour and 21 g of honey, so there is no single grams-to-tablespoons number. Pick the ingredient and the converter divides by its weight per tablespoon.
Only water comes close to the "1 mL = 1 g" shortcut, at 14.8 g per US tablespoon. Oils are lighter than water, and syrups and nut butters heavier.
Grams in a Tablespoon: Fats, Liquids, Flour and Sugar
Level US tablespoons. The last column answers the common metric-recipe question "how much is 30 g?". Flour and sugar weights match this site's cup converters (1 cup = 16 tbsp). Spices and leaveners are on the grams to teaspoons page.
| Ingredient | g per tbsp | 30 g in tbsp |
|---|---|---|
| Butter | 14.2 | 2.1 |
| Vegetable or olive oil | 13.6 | 2.2 |
| Water | 14.8 | 2 |
| Milk (whole) | 15.3 | 2 |
| Heavy cream | 14.9 | 2 |
| Honey | 21.2 | 1.4 |
| Maple syrup | 19.7 | 1.5 |
| Molasses | 20.8 | 1.4 |
| Soy sauce | 17 | 1.8 |
| Peanut butter | 16 | 1.9 |
| Mayonnaise | 13 | 2.3 |
| Tomato paste | 16 | 1.9 |
| All-purpose flour | 7.8 | 3.8 |
| Bread flour | 8 | 3.8 |
| Almond flour | 6 | 5 |
| Granulated sugar | 12.5 | 2.4 |
| Brown sugar (packed) | 13.8 | 2.2 |
| Powdered sugar | 7.5 | 4 |
| Cocoa powder | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| Cornstarch | 8 | 3.8 |
| Rolled oats | 5.1 | 5.9 |
Butter: Grams to Tablespoons and Sticks
A US stick of butter is ½ cup, 8 tablespoons or 113 g (4 oz), and the wrapper is marked in tablespoons, so cutting along the lines is the easiest way to measure grams without a scale. In the UK, Europe and Australia butter comes in 250 g blocks with no markings, so you'll more often need the reverse.
| Butter | Tablespoons | Measure out | US sticks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 g | 0.7 | 2 tsp + ⅛ tsp | 0.09 |
| 15 g | 1.1 | 1 tbsp + ⅛ tsp | 0.13 |
| 20 g | 1.4 | 1 tbsp + 1 tsp + ¼ tsp | 0.18 |
| 25 g | 1.8 | 1 tbsp + 2 tsp + ¼ tsp | 0.22 |
| 30 g | 2.1 | 2 tbsp + ¼ tsp + ⅛ tsp | 0.26 |
| 50 g | 3.5 | 3 tbsp + 1 tsp + ½ tsp + ⅛ tsp | 0.44 |
| 75 g | 5.3 | 5 tbsp + ½ tsp + ¼ tsp + ⅛ tsp | 0.66 |
| 100 g | 7 | 7 tbsp + ⅛ tsp | 0.88 |
| 113 g | 8 | 7 tbsp + 2 tsp + ½ tsp + ¼ tsp + ⅛ tsp | 1 |
| 125 g | 8.8 | 8 tbsp + 2 tsp + ¼ tsp + ⅛ tsp | 1.1 |
| 250 g | 17.6 | 17 tbsp + 1 tsp + ½ tsp + ¼ tsp + ⅛ tsp | 2.2 |
Worked Example: Weighing Peanut Butter Against the Label
A jar says "Serving size 2 tbsp (32 g), 190 calories". You spread some on toast and the scale reads 45 g. How many tablespoons is that, and how many calories?
Step 1: Grams per tablespoon from the label
Step 2: Convert what you weighed
Step 3: Scale the calories by weight, not spoons
A generous "tablespoon" of peanut butter is often closer to two. Using the label's grams, as in step 3, is more reliable than counting spoons, because a heaped spoon of a thick spread can hold far more than a level one. Choose Custom in the converter to use any label's figure.
What “1 tbsp (14 g)” on a Nutrition Label Means
US Nutrition Facts labels must give the serving in a household measure and in grams. For labeling, the FDA defines a tablespoon as exactly 15 mL and a teaspoon as 5 mL, slightly larger than the 14.8 mL cooking tablespoon. The grams figure comes from the manufacturer weighing its own product, so it's the best grams-per-tablespoon number for that exact product.
Serving sizes follow FDA reference amounts: oils, butter and mayonnaise are labelled per 1 tbsp, while peanut butter and other nut butters are labelled per 2 tbsp. That's why one jar may say 2 tbsp (32 g) and the butter next to it 1 tbsp (14 g).
US, Metric and Australian Tablespoons
Most countries use a 15 mL tablespoon and the US one is within 2% of it, so they can be swapped in any recipe. Australia is the exception: its tablespoon is 20 mL, or four teaspoons, so an Australian recipe's tablespoon holds a third more.
| Tablespoon | mL | Teaspoons | Butter (g) | Flour (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US tablespoon | 14.8 | 3 | 14.2 | 7.8 |
| Metric tablespoon | 15 | 3 | 14.4 | 7.9 |
| Australian tablespoon | 20 | 4 | 19.2 | 10.6 |
Level, Heaped and Sticky Tablespoons
Every figure on this page is for a level tablespoon. How you fill the spoon changes the weight more than the spoon size does:
- Dry ingredients: spoon flour or sugar in loosely and sweep the top flat with a knife. Scooping straight from a packed bag of flour can add 20% or more.
- Heaped spoons: a "heaped" or "rounded" tablespoon in older British recipes can hold roughly twice a level one. Weigh instead when the recipe allows it.
- Honey, syrup and molasses: wipe the spoon with a little oil first so the whole measure slides out. Otherwise several grams stay on the spoon.
- Butter and nut butters: press into the spoon to remove air pockets, then level. Or use the wrapper markings, or weigh.
Frequently asked questions
How many tablespoons is 100 g of butter?
About 7 US tablespoons (7.05). That is just under one US stick, which is 113 g.
How many grams is 1 tablespoon of olive oil?
About 13.6 g. Oil is lighter than water, so a tablespoon weighs less than its 14.8 mL volume suggests.
How many tablespoons are in 50 g of sugar?
About 4 level tablespoons of granulated sugar (12.5 g each). For powdered sugar, 50 g is closer to 6⅔ tablespoons.
Is a tablespoon 15 g?
Only for ingredients about as dense as water. It is 15 mL, but the weight runs from about 5 g for cocoa to 21 g for honey.
Sources
- USDA FoodData Central: gram weights per tablespoon for oils, syrups and spreads.
- King Arthur Baking: Ingredient weight chart: weights for flours, sugars, butter and honey by volume.
- 21 CFR 101.9: Nutrition labeling of food: 1 tbsp = 15 mL and 1 tsp = 5 mL for label serving sizes.
- 21 CFR 101.12: Reference amounts customarily consumed: 1 tbsp servings for oils and butter, 2 tbsp for nut butters.
- NIST: Approximate conversions from US customary measures to metric: the US tablespoon as about 14.8 mL.
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