Tablespoons to Grams Calculator
Convert tablespoons to grams, or grams back to tablespoons, for flour, sugar, butter, honey, and other common cooking and baking ingredients.
Convert Tablespoons to Grams
Pick your ingredient, choose a direction, and instantly convert between tablespoons and grams for your recipe.
Kitchen Measurement Converter
Switch between tablespoons and grams for common ingredients.
How it Works
Understanding the conversion
Choose an Ingredient
Each ingredient has its own typical weight per tablespoon, based on its density.
Pick a Direction
Convert tablespoons into grams, or enter a gram amount to find out how many tablespoons that is.
Apply the Ratio
We multiply or divide by the grams-per-tablespoon value for your chosen ingredient.
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The result also converts to teaspoons, since 1 tablespoon always equals 3 teaspoons.
Common Ingredient Conversions
Approximate grams per tablespoon for ingredients frequently used in recipes.
| Ingredient | 1 Tablespoon | 2 Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|
| All-Purpose Flour | 8 g | 16 g |
| Granulated Sugar | 12.5 g | 25 g |
| Butter | 14.2 g | 28.4 g |
| Honey | 21 g | 42 g |
| Cocoa Powder | 5.4 g | 10.8 g |
Tablespoons to Grams FAQ
Answers to the most frequently asked questions about converting tablespoons to grams.
It depends on the ingredient, since grams measure weight while tablespoons measure volume. A tablespoon of water weighs about 14.8 grams, while a tablespoon of flour weighs around 8 grams and a tablespoon of honey weighs around 21 grams, because each ingredient has a different density.
A tablespoon is a fixed volume, but different ingredients pack differently into that volume. Dense liquids like honey weigh more per tablespoon than light, airy ingredients like flour or cocoa powder, so the gram conversion changes depending on what you’re measuring.
They are very close but not identical. A UK tablespoon is about 15 ml, while a US tablespoon is about 14.79 ml. For most home cooking and baking, this small difference has little practical impact on the final result.
For baking especially, weighing ingredients on a kitchen scale gives more consistent, accurate results than measuring by volume, since how tightly an ingredient like flour or brown sugar is packed into a spoon can vary considerably between measurements.