Tablespoons to Grams Calculator — Cooking Weight Converter
Convert tablespoons to grams for any cooking ingredient — because 1 tablespoon of honey weighs almost three times as much as 1 tablespoon of oats.
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Ingredient
All-purpose flour — density 0.529 g/mL
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Volume (mL)
1 × 14.7868 = 14.791 US tablespoon = 14.7868 mL. - 2
Weight in grams
14.79 × 0.529 = 7.82
How does this calculator work?
grams = tbsp × 14.79 × density. 1 US tbsp = 14.79 mL (3 tsp). Density varies: flour ≈ 0.53 g/mL (7.8 g/tbsp), sugar ≈ 0.85 g/mL (12.5 g/tbsp), butter ≈ 0.96 g/mL (14.2 g/tbsp), honey ≈ 1.42 g/mL (21 g/tbsp). Always weigh with a scale for precision baking.
Formula
How this is calculated
A US tablespoon is a unit of volume (14.7868 mL exactly — one sixteenth of a US cup), not weight. To convert to grams you need the ingredient's density, which can vary enormously: honey is about 1.42 g/mL while rolled oats are only 0.35 g/mL. The calculator stores measured bulk densities for 20 common baking and cooking ingredients and multiplies tablespoon count × 14.7868 mL × density to give weight in grams.
The bar chart below the result shows how the same number of tablespoons weighs differently for flour, sugar, butter, honey and salt side by side — a practical reminder of why volumetric and gravimetric measures diverge in baking.
Note that bulk densities for dry goods (flour, sugar, cocoa) are sensitive to how tightly the ingredient is packed. The values here match the standard "spoon and level" method (scoop loosely into a measuring spoon and level off). If you scoop directly from the bag and pack it in, flour can be 20–30% heavier per tablespoon. For critical baking applications, weigh on a kitchen scale and use this calculator only as a starting guide.
Frequently asked questions
1 level US tablespoon of all-purpose flour weighs about 7.8 g using a standard density of 0.529 g/mL. Packed flour can weigh up to 9–10 g per tablespoon. Most professional recipes give flour in grams for this reason.
1 US tablespoon of granulated white sugar weighs about 12.5 g (density ≈ 0.845 g/mL). Brown sugar (packed) is similar at about 12.6 g. Powdered (icing) sugar is lighter at about 8.3 g per tablespoon.
No. A US tablespoon is 14.7868 mL; an Australian/metric tablespoon is 20 mL; a UK tablespoon is commonly 17.7 mL. This calculator uses the US tablespoon. If your recipe uses Australian or UK tablespoons, the gram weight will be proportionally higher.
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