How much does a cup of salt weigh?
290g
A cup of salt (240 ml) weighs 290 g. A tablespoon weighs 18 g, a teaspoon 6 g. For comparison: the same cup of water weighs 240 g.
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3 tbsp salt in grams
- tsp
- 9
- ml
- 45
1 cup = 240 ml (US cup), 1 tbsp = 15 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml. Rounded the way you'd measure in a kitchen. Where the values come from
Also known as
- table salt
- fine salt
- iodized salt
- fine table salt
- namak
- garam
- garam halus
- garem
- uyah
- refined salt
- shio
- shokuen
- seiseien
- seisei-en
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- shíyán
- jīngzhìyán
- kluea
- kluea pon
- muối
- asin
- iodised salt
- uppu
- mith
- lavan
- loon
- sare
- sare fină
- druska
- sāls
- sool
- peen sool
- chumvi
- munyu
- omunnyo
- sal de cocina
- sal yodada
- sal refinado
- sal de cozinha
- sale
- sale fino
- sal fina
- sal fino
- sal de mesa
- aláti
- alati psilo
- speisesalz
- tafelsalz
- feines salz
- jodsalz
- jodiertes speisesalz
- salz fein
- prise salz
Not to be confused with
- salzkartoffeln
- salzgurken
- salzstangen
- salzbrezeln
- salted butter
- unsalted butter
- garlic salt
- celery salt
- onion salt
- knoblauchsalz
- selleriesalz
- salzwasser
- salted caramel
- salt pork
- salted peanuts
- unsalted
If a recipe says “salted butter” or “unsalted butter”, the converter won't count it as salt.
Source
- USDA FoodData CentralSR 173468: 1 tsp 6 g, 1 tbsp 18 g, 1 cup 292 g
- King Arthur Bakingtable 1 tbsp 18 g
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