Grams to Teaspoons Converter
3 grams of table salt is half a teaspoon, but 3 grams of flour is more than a full teaspoon. This grams to teaspoons converter handles the small measurements where precision matters most, salt, sugar, baking powder, spices, using each ingredient's real density. Enter the amount, pick the ingredient, and convert in either direction.
Quick answer
A US teaspoon is 1/48 of a cup, about 4.9 ml, and its weight in grams depends on what fills it.
Result
0.5 tsp
Grams
3
Teaspoons
0.5
Grams per tsp
6
What this tells you
- •A US teaspoon is 1/48 of a cup, about 4.9 ml, and its weight in grams depends on what fills it.
- •A teaspoon of table salt weighs 6 g, sugar 4.2 g, and flour only 2.6 g.
- •Grams to teaspoons: divide grams by the ingredient's grams-per-teaspoon.
- •Small-quantity ingredients like salt and yeast are where volume-to-weight mistakes hurt recipes most.
How to Use
- 1Pick the ingredient you are measuring.
- 2Enter the amount in grams or teaspoons.
- 3Choose the direction of conversion.
- 4Read the result, with the density constant shown so you can verify.
How It Works
Formula
teaspoons = grams / grams per teaspoonEach ingredient has a weight per level US teaspoon. Table salt runs 6 g per teaspoon, so 3 g of salt is 3 / 6 = 0.5 teaspoons. Flour is much lighter at 2.6 g per teaspoon, so the same 3 grams fills 1.15 spoons. The constants are one forty-eighth of the ingredient's per-cup weight.
Calculation note: values are processed in the order shown above, using the current input units.
Worked Examples
3 grams of salt
Salt weighs 6 g per level teaspoon, so 3 g is exactly half a spoon.
5 grams of sugar
Sugar runs 4.17 g per teaspoon, so 5 g is just over one spoon.
2 teaspoons of baking powder to grams
Baking powder weighs about 4.8 g per teaspoon.
Grams per Teaspoon by Ingredient
How much one level US teaspoon of each ingredient weighs.
| Ingredient | Grams per tsp |
|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 2.6 |
| Granulated sugar | 4.17 |
| Powdered sugar | 2.5 |
| Table salt | 6 |
| Baking powder | 4.8 |
| Butter | 4.73 |
| Water | 4.93 |
| Honey | 7.08 |
| Cocoa powder | 2.08 |
Common mistakes
- Assuming 1 gram equals 1 teaspoon. A teaspoon of salt is 6 g and a teaspoon of cocoa barely 2 g. There is no universal rate.
- Heaping the spoon. All these weights are for level teaspoons, and a heap can double the dose, which ruins salt and baking powder amounts.
- Swapping salt types. A teaspoon of fine table salt is 6 g, but coarse kosher salt is only about 3 g per spoon, half the sodium per scoop.