Grams to Tablespoons Converter
40 grams of butter is about 2.8 tablespoons, but 40 grams of flour is 5.1 tablespoons. This grams to tablespoons converter picks the right density for your ingredient, because a tablespoon is a volume and a gram is a weight. Choose the ingredient, enter the amount, and convert in either direction.
Quick answer
A US tablespoon is 1/16 of a cup, about 14.8 ml, and how many grams fit depends on the ingredient.
Result
2.8189 tbsp
Grams
40
Tablespoons
2.8189
Grams per tbsp
14.19
What this tells you
- •A US tablespoon is 1/16 of a cup, about 14.8 ml, and how many grams fit depends on the ingredient.
- •A tablespoon of water weighs 14.8 g, flour only 7.8 g, and honey a heavy 21.3 g.
- •Grams to tablespoons: divide grams by the ingredient's grams-per-tablespoon.
- •Tablespoons to grams: multiply the spoons by the same number.
How to Use
- 1Pick your ingredient.
- 2Enter the amount you have.
- 3Choose the direction, grams to tablespoons or the reverse.
- 4Read the result, with the grams-per-tablespoon constant shown for checking.
How It Works
Formula
tablespoons = grams / grams per tablespoonEach ingredient has a weight per US tablespoon, one sixteenth of its weight per cup. Butter runs 14.2 g per tablespoon, so 40 g of butter is 40 / 14.2 = 2.8 tablespoons. Flour is far lighter at 7.8 g per tablespoon, so the same 40 g fills 5.1 spoons.
Calculation note: values are processed in the order shown above, using the current input units.
Worked Examples
40 grams of butter
Divide 40 by butter's 14.19 g per tablespoon, just under 3 spoons.
30 grams of flour
Flour is light, so 30 g is nearly 4 tablespoons.
2 tablespoons of honey to grams
Honey is dense at 21.25 g per spoon, so 2 spoons weigh 42.5 g.
Grams per Tablespoon by Ingredient
How much one US tablespoon of each ingredient weighs.
| Ingredient | Grams per tbsp |
|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 7.81 |
| Granulated sugar | 12.5 |
| Brown sugar (packed) | 13.75 |
| Butter | 14.19 |
| Water | 14.79 |
| Milk | 15.25 |
| Olive oil | 13.5 |
| Honey | 21.25 |
| Table salt | 18 |
| Cocoa powder | 6.25 |
Common mistakes
- Using one conversion for everything. 15 grams is 1 tablespoon of water but 2.4 tablespoons of cocoa powder.
- Heaping the spoon. These weights assume a level tablespoon, and a heaped one carries 50 to 100 percent more.
- Confusing tablespoons with teaspoons. A tablespoon is 3 teaspoons, and swapping them triples or thirds a recipe's seasoning.