how much is a gram?

JenniTheVeggie
JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I see some food measurements are in grams on here. How much is that in tsp or tbls measurements?

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  • Toddrific
    Toddrific Posts: 1,114 Member
    Gram is weight
    tsp and TSBP are volume.
    it would vary.
  • MrsR0SE
    MrsR0SE Posts: 313 Member
    One tablespoon is 15ml/15g approx, I guess, but grams are weight not volume. If you have food scales they usually can measure in either imperial or metric (or at least mine can!) :)
  • Kirsty_UK
    Kirsty_UK Posts: 964 Member
    For liquid, generally 1ml = 1g, but it does vary. 1 tbsp is approx 15mls, and I think 1tsp is approx 5mls, so about 5g and 15g for 1 tsp and 1 tbsp.

    For solids weight doesn't = volume.
  • vjrose
    vjrose Posts: 809 Member
    Most packages will list the grams in a serving (in parenthesis) so that will likely help you since the weight versus volume would be hard to say what the equivalent is, ie" 1 tbsp peanut butter, vs 1 Tbsp of flour"
  • JenniTheVeggie
    JenniTheVeggie Posts: 2,474 Member
    Hmmm I do have a food scale. I have to get it from my office. I used to use it for weighing ebay items. Lol
  • MelissaGraham7
    MelissaGraham7 Posts: 406 Member
    0r 28.349 grams = 1 ounce in weight. You typically need to weight your food to get the correct servings. My scale does grams or ounces.
  • MaryPhillips90
    MaryPhillips90 Posts: 236 Member
    A paperclip is a gram. Not sure that helps though :)
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    why not buy a foodscale ? less than 30 bucks
  • Amburglar
    Amburglar Posts: 32
    I bought a food scale and that has helped a ton...along with this website, which is a gram to ounce conversion calculator.

    http://www.metric-conversions.org/weight/grams-to-ounces.htm
  • mfp_1
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    As others have said: most digital food scales do grams or ounces with just button press.
    No conversion needed.

    Does your food scale have a gram option?
  • Redbird99ky
    Redbird99ky Posts: 305 Member
    For the record, there are 28 grams in an ounce. So, 1 gram is 1/28'th of an ounce. Typical serving portions are 28, 100, 150, which would roughly be 1, 4, and 6 ounces respectively. Hope this helps.
  • kar3nyc0leman
    kar3nyc0leman Posts: 1
    Thank you, everyone

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