Teaspoons to grams
A US teaspoon of all-purpose flour weighs about 2.6 g, of granulated sugar 4.2 g and of table salt 6.1 g. The ingredient decides it: a teaspoon measures space, not weight.
1 teaspoon of all-purpose flour
About 2.6 grams
A level tablespoon of it holds about 7.8 g.
USDA weighs a US cup of all-purpose flour at 125 g. A teaspoon is 1/48 of that cup, so it holds about 2.6 g.
Use plain all-purpose flour. A cup changes with how you fill it; use the recipe's gram weight when it gives one.
Going the other way? Grams to teaspoons →
Common amounts
Level US measuring spoons; each answer is rounded and the cup weight behind it is USDA’s.
1/4 teaspoon to grams
- Granulated sugar: about 1 gram
- Table salt: about 1.5 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 0.65 grams
- Cocoa powder, unsweetened: about 0.45 grams
1/2 teaspoon to grams
- Granulated sugar: about 2.1 grams
- Table salt: about 3 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 1.3 grams
- Cocoa powder, unsweetened: about 0.9 grams
1 teaspoon to grams
- Granulated sugar: about 4.2 grams
- Table salt: about 6.1 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 2.6 grams
- Cocoa powder, unsweetened: about 1.8 grams
2 teaspoons to grams
- Granulated sugar: about 8.3 grams
- Table salt: about 12 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 5.2 grams
- Cocoa powder, unsweetened: about 3.6 grams
3 teaspoons to grams
- Granulated sugar: about 13 grams
- Table salt: about 18 grams
- All-purpose flour: about 7.8 grams
- Cocoa powder, unsweetened: about 5.4 grams
Grams in a teaspoon, by ingredient
35 ingredients measured by the spoon or the jug. The converter above takes all 86, from nuts to chopped onion.
35 of 35 rows
| Ingredient | 1 tsp weighs | 1/4 tsp in grams | 1/2 tsp in grams | 2 tsp in grams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 2.6 g | 0.65 | 1.3 | 5.2 |
| Bread flour | 2.9 g | 0.71 | 1.4 | 5.7 |
| Whole-wheat flour | 2.5 g | 0.63 | 1.3 | 5 |
| Self-rising flour | 2.6 g | 0.65 | 1.3 | 5.2 |
| Granulated sugar | 4.2 g | 1 | 2.1 | 8.3 |
| Brown sugar, packed | 4.6 g | 1.1 | 2.3 | 9.2 |
| Powdered sugar, unsifted | 2.5 g | 0.63 | 1.3 | 5 |
| Butter, unsalted | 4.7 g | 1.2 | 2.4 | 9.5 |
| Butter, salted | 4.7 g | 1.2 | 2.4 | 9.5 |
| Water | 4.9 g | 1.2 | 2.5 | 9.9 |
| Whole milk | 5.1 g | 1.3 | 2.5 | 10 |
| Heavy cream, unwhipped | 5 g | 1.2 | 2.5 | 9.9 |
| Plain whole-milk yogurt | 5.1 g | 1.3 | 2.6 | 10 |
| Coconut milk, canned | 4.7 g | 1.2 | 2.4 | 9.4 |
| Honey | 7.1 g | 1.8 | 3.5 | 14 |
| Molasses | 7 g | 1.8 | 3.5 | 14 |
| Olive oil | 4.5 g | 1.1 | 2.3 | 9 |
| Canola oil | 4.5 g | 1.1 | 2.3 | 9.1 |
| Table salt | 6.1 g | 1.5 | 3 | 12 |
| Cocoa powder, unsweetened | 1.8 g | 0.45 | 0.9 | 3.6 |
| Cornstarch | 2.7 g | 0.67 | 1.3 | 5.3 |
| Rolled or quick oats, dry | 1.7 g | 0.42 | 0.84 | 3.4 |
| Long-grain white rice, raw | 3.9 g | 0.96 | 1.9 | 7.7 |
| Almonds, ground | 2 g | 0.49 | 0.99 | 4 |
| Chickpea flour | 1.9 g | 0.48 | 0.96 | 3.8 |
| White rice flour | 3.3 g | 0.82 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| Brown rice flour | 3.3 g | 0.82 | 1.6 | 6.6 |
| Semolina, enriched | 3.5 g | 0.87 | 1.7 | 7 |
| Yellow cornmeal, degermed enriched | 3.3 g | 0.82 | 1.6 | 6.5 |
| Sesame kernels, dried, hulled | 3.1 g | 0.78 | 1.6 | 6.3 |
| Flaxseed, whole | 3.5 g | 0.88 | 1.8 | 7 |
| Peanut butter, smooth, unsalted | 5.4 g | 1.3 | 2.7 | 11 |
| Ricotta, whole milk | 5.1 g | 1.3 | 2.6 | 10 |
| Pumpkin, canned, unsalted | 5.1 g | 1.3 | 2.6 | 10 |
| Semisweet chocolate chips, mini | 3.6 g | 0.9 | 1.8 | 7.2 |
Measuring by the spoon
These are level US measuring spoons: a tablespoon is 14.8 mL and a teaspoon 4.93 mL, three to the tablespoon. Fill the spoon and sweep it flat with the back of a knife: a heaped spoon holds more than the figures here. A flatware soup spoon or teaspoon is not a measuring spoon.
Spoons mean different things in different countries. NIST notes that metric cups and spoons are slightly larger than US ones and can often stand in for them. When a recipe gives its spoon in mL, the unit converter turns milliliters into US spoons.
The spoon and mL figures are worked out from USDA’s weight for a whole US cup of each ingredient, divided by the size of the teaspoon, so a cup, its spoons and its milliliters always agree. Salt is table salt; flaky and coarse salts pack differently, so weigh those. For yeast, go by the packet: how much yeast is in a packet.
Cup weights: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy release 2018-04. Cup, spoon and mL sizes: NIST Handbook 44. How the conversions work.