Grams to Tablespoons Converter

One US tablespoon is exactly half of a US fluid ounce, or 14.78676478125 mL. The shortened value 14.7867648 mL is approximate, and most recipes round it to 14.79 mL. A modern UK metric tablespoon is exactly 15 mL, while an Australian tablespoon is exactly 20 mL.

Because density varies, and a US tablespoon is approximately 14.79 mL regardless of what is in it. The same volume holds different masses of water, sugar, flour, oil, or honey. The calculator applies the selected ingredient's estimated density.

No. The US tablespoon is approximately 14.79 mL, the modern UK metric tablespoon is exactly 15 mL, and the Australian tablespoon is exactly 20 mL. This calculator uses the US definition, so check the recipe origin before converting.

Recipe-typical values, the same ones this calculator uses: water 1.0 g/mL, whole milk 1.03 g/mL, honey 1.42 g/mL, granulated sugar 0.845 g/mL, powdered sugar 0.561 g/mL, sifted all-purpose flour 0.529 g/mL, packed all-purpose flour 0.59 g/mL, olive oil 0.92 g/mL, vegetable oil 0.92 g/mL, melted butter 0.911 g/mL, table salt 1.217 g/mL, baking powder 0.72 g/mL, cornstarch 0.529 g/mL, uncooked white rice 0.85 g/mL, cocoa powder 0.521 g/mL. Real densities shift with humidity, packing, brand, and temperature, especially for flours and powdered sugars, so treat these as typical-recipe values rather than lab constants. The actual deviation in a home kitchen is usually within 5 to 10 percent.

Any time the recipe ratio matters more than the convenience. Bread, cake, pastry, cookies, macarons, choux, and chocolate work all live or die on the flour-to-fat-to-liquid ratio, and a tablespoon-measured cup of flour can swing 20 percent between sifted and packed (7.8 g vs 9.5 g per tbsp for the same flour). Professional bakers and modern recipe sites (King Arthur, America's Test Kitchen, Serious Eats) publish gram weights for that reason. For everyday cooking (soups, stews, marinades, salad dressings) tablespoons are fine because small variations do not change the outcome. A 1 g resolution kitchen scale costs about 15 to 25 USD, lets you tare between additions, and removes the packing variance entirely.