Teaspoons to Grams Calculator — tsp to g by Ingredient
A teaspoon holds the same volume for every ingredient but weighs differently depending on density — honey is almost twice as heavy as flour per teaspoon. Select the ingredient, enter the number of teaspoons, and instantly get the weight in grams plus tablespoon, cup, mL and ounce equivalents.
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Ingredient
1 tsp of Granulated sugar ≈ 4.16 g
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Density (g per teaspoon)
4.16Tabulated grams per US teaspoon for the selected ingredient (volume × bulk density). - 2
Weight in grams
1 × 4.16 = 4.16
How does this calculator work?
Grams = teaspoons × 4.93 mL × density. One teaspoon equals 4.93 g of water, 5.69 g of table salt, 4.16 g of granulated sugar, 2.60 g of all-purpose flour, or 7.08 g of honey. Select the ingredient above for an accurate conversion, since density varies greatly between baking and cooking ingredients.
Formula
How this is calculated
One US teaspoon is exactly 4.92892 mL of volume. The weight of that volume depends entirely on the ingredient's density: water at 1.00 g/mL gives 4.93 g per teaspoon, while honey at about 1.44 g/mL gives 7.08 g and all-purpose flour at about 0.53 g/mL gives only 2.60 g. This calculator multiplies the number of teaspoons by an ingredient-specific grams-per-teaspoon value derived from standard density measurements.
The density values represent each ingredient as it is typically measured: brown sugar is packed (denser), powdered sugar is sifted (lighter), and table salt refers to fine-grain. The actual weight you measure at home may vary slightly by brand, grind size, humidity and scooping technique — all of which change the effective bulk density.
For casual cooking these conversions are accurate enough, but for precision baking — especially with flour, powdered sugar or cocoa — a digital kitchen scale gives more reproducible results than a volume measurement, since the same cup of flour can weigh anywhere from 115 g (sifted and spooned) to 160 g (scooped from the bag).
Frequently asked questions
One teaspoon of granulated white sugar weighs approximately 4.16 grams, based on a bulk density of about 0.845 g/mL and the US teaspoon volume of 4.93 mL. Brown sugar packed into the spoon weighs slightly more, around 4.60 g.
One teaspoon of fine table salt weighs approximately 5.69 grams. Coarse sea salt or kosher salt weighs less per teaspoon — roughly 4–5 g — because the larger crystals leave more air gaps between particles.
Flour has a lower bulk density (about 0.53 g/mL) than granulated sugar (0.85 g/mL) because its fine particles trap considerably more air between them. One teaspoon of all-purpose flour holds about 2.60 g, compared to 4.16 g for granulated sugar — nearly 60% more mass for the same volume.
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