Kitchen Index

Cups to grams

Convert US cups, tablespoons and teaspoons using the weight of your ingredient.

Result

3 g

Baking soda: 0.5 US teaspoons weighs approximately 3 g. Break up the lumps and use a dry half-teaspoon measure. The chart’s starting portion is 3 g per half US teaspoon.

Why does the ingredient matter?

Volume measures the space an ingredient occupies. The same cup of flour and packed brown sugar will weigh differently. One US cup contains 16 US tablespoons or 48 US teaspoons. If the recipe lists grams, follow that stated weight.

How to measure it · Baking soda