Grams to Tablespoons Converter: 50g Flour = 6.4 Tbsp [Free]

Grams to Tablespoons Converter

Convert grams to tablespoons instantly for 41 ingredients — 50 grams of flour makes 6.4 tablespoons, sugar makes 4, and butter makes 3.5.

Ingredient

Amount in Grams

Pick your ingredient and enter the grams — your result in tablespoons appears here instantly.

All results use level US tablespoons (1 tablespoon = 14.79 ml = 3 teaspoons), spooned and levelled for dry ingredients. Tap any cell in the charts below to load it here.

How to Use This Grams to Tablespoons Converter

Pick your ingredient. Choose from 41 flours, sugars, fats, liquids and baking staples. Each one carries its own grams-per-tablespoon weight, so you never guess a generic number.
Enter the grams. Type the amount from your recipe — the result appears as you type, with no button to press.
Read the result. You get decimal tablespoons, the nearest spoon fraction, plus teaspoons, milliliters and cups you can measure right away.

Grams to Tablespoons Conversion Chart

This master grams to tablespoons conversion chart covers the amounts cooks search for most, from 1 gram up to 250 grams, for six staple ingredients. Every cell shows US tablespoons. Tap any cell and the converter loads that exact amount and ingredient for you.

Grams	All-Purpose Flour	Granulated Sugar	Butter	Water	Cocoa Powder	Honey
1 g	0.13	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.19	0.05
2 g	0.26	0.16	0.14	0.14	0.38	0.09
3 g	0.38	0.24	0.21	0.2	0.56	0.14
4 g	0.51	0.32	0.28	0.27	0.75	0.19
5 g	0.64	0.4	0.35	0.34	0.94	0.24
10 g	1.28	0.8	0.7	0.68	1.88	0.47
12 g	1.54	0.96	0.85	0.81	2.26	0.56
15 g	1.92	1.2	1.06	1.01	2.82	0.71
20 g	2.56	1.6	1.41	1.35	3.76	0.94
25 g	3.2	2	1.76	1.69	4.71	1.18
30 g	3.84	2.4	2.11	2.03	5.65	1.41
40 g	5.12	3.2	2.82	2.7	7.53	1.88
50 g	6.4	4	3.52	3.38	9.41	2.35
60 g	7.68	4.8	4.23	4.06	11.29	2.82
80 g	10.24	6.4	5.64	5.41	15.06	3.76
100 g	12.8	8	7.05	6.76	18.82	4.71
125 g	16	10	8.81	8.45	23.53	5.88
150 g	19.2	12	10.57	10.14	28.24	7.06
200 g	25.6	16	14.1	13.52	37.65	9.41
250 g	32	20	17.62	16.91	47.06	11.76

Read the chart by ingredient, never by grams alone: 50 grams fills 6.4 tablespoons with flour, 4 tablespoons with sugar and about 9.4 tablespoons with cocoa powder, because each ingredient packs a different weight into the same spoon.

Quick Answers: Popular Gram Amounts

4 Grams to Tablespoons

Flour: 0.51 tbsp. Granulated sugar: 0.32 tbsp. Butter: 0.28 tbsp. Water: 0.27 tbsp.

10 Grams to Tablespoons

Flour: 1.28 tbsp. Granulated sugar: 0.8 tbsp. Butter: 0.7 tbsp. Water: 0.68 tbsp.

12 Grams to Tablespoons

Flour: 1.54 tbsp. Granulated sugar: 0.96 tbsp. Butter: 0.85 tbsp. Water: 0.81 tbsp.

20 Grams to Tablespoons

Flour: 2.56 tbsp. Granulated sugar: 1.6 tbsp. Butter: 1.41 tbsp. Water: 1.35 tbsp.

30 Grams to Tablespoons

Flour: 3.84 tbsp. Granulated sugar: 2.4 tbsp. Butter: 2.11 tbsp. Water: 2.03 tbsp.

50 Grams to Tablespoons

Flour: 6.4 tbsp. Granulated sugar: 4 tbsp. Butter: 3.52 tbsp. Water: 3.38 tbsp.

100 Grams to Tablespoons

Flour: 12.8 tbsp. Granulated sugar: 8 tbsp. Butter: 7.05 tbsp. Water: 6.76 tbsp.

These cards answer the searches people type every day — 4 grams to tablespoons, 12 grams to tablespoons, 10 grams to tablespoons, 20 grams to tablespoons, 30 grams to tablespoons and 50 grams to tablespoons. The short forms ask the same questions: 20g to tbsp, 50 g to tbsp, 30 g to tbsp, 30g to tbsp and how many tbsp is 50 grams. Notice how honey always gives the fewest spoons at the same weight: one tablespoon of honey weighs 21.25 grams, nearly three times one tablespoon of flour.

Grams to Tablespoons for Flour

Flour produces the most conversion mistakes, so this table uses the standard all-purpose value of 7.81 grams per level tablespoon, spooned and levelled. It covers the full working range, from 4 grams to tablespoons for a light dusting to 250 grams for a full bread dough.

Flour (grams)	Tablespoons	Approx. Fraction	Teaspoons
1 g	0.13	1/8	0.4
2 g	0.26	1/4	0.8
3 g	0.38	3/8	1.2
4 g	0.51	1/2	1.5
5 g	0.64	5/8	1.9
10 g	1.28	1 1/4	3.8
12 g	1.54	1 1/2	4.6
15 g	1.92	1 7/8	5.8
20 g	2.56	2 3/5	7.7
25 g	3.2	3 1/5	9.6
30 g	3.84	3 5/6	11.5
40 g	5.12	5 1/8	15.4
50 g	6.4	6 2/5	19.2
60 g	7.68	7 2/3	23
80 g	10.24	10 1/4	30.7
100 g	12.8	12 4/5	38.4
125 g	16	16	48
150 g	19.2	19 1/5	57.6
200 g	25.6	25 3/5	76.8
250 g	32	32	96

Flour type changes the answer. Cake flour weighs 7.13 grams per tablespoon, so 50 grams fills about 7 tablespoons, while rice flour weighs 9.88 grams per tablespoon and fills only about 5.1 tablespoons. Spoon flour into the spoon and level it with a knife. A scooped tablespoon packs in extra flour, and a heaped spoon can hold almost double the level amount.

Grams to Tablespoons for Sugar

Granulated sugar weighs 12.5 grams per level tablespoon, which makes its maths clean: 10 grams equals 0.8 tablespoons, 20 grams equals 1.6 tablespoons, and 50 grams equals exactly 4 tablespoons.

Sugar (grams)	Granulated (tbsp)	Approx. Fraction	Powdered (tbsp)
1 g	0.08	1/8	0.13
2 g	0.16	1/6	0.27
3 g	0.24	1/4	0.4
4 g	0.32	1/3	0.53
5 g	0.4	2/5	0.67
10 g	0.8	4/5	1.33
12 g	0.96	1	1.6
15 g	1.2	1 1/5	2
20 g	1.6	1 3/5	2.67
25 g	2	2	3.33
30 g	2.4	2 2/5	4
40 g	3.2	3 1/5	5.33
50 g	4	4	6.67
60 g	4.8	4 4/5	8
80 g	6.4	6 2/5	10.67
100 g	8	8	13.33
125 g	10	10	16.67
150 g	12	12	20
200 g	16	16	26.67
250 g	20	20	33.33

Sugar type matters just as much as flour type. Powdered sugar weighs only 7.5 grams per tablespoon because it traps air, so 50 grams of powdered sugar fills about 6.67 tablespoons against 4 tablespoons of granulated sugar. Packed brown sugar weighs 13.75 grams per tablespoon, and caster sugar weighs 14.06 grams per tablespoon. Select the exact sugar in the converter instead of borrowing the granulated number.

Grams to Tablespoons for Butter

Butter weighs 14.19 grams per level tablespoon, so 10 grams equals about 0.7 tablespoons, 30 grams equals about 2.11 tablespoons, and 50 grams equals about 3.5 tablespoons. One US stick of butter weighs 113.4 grams and equals exactly 8 tablespoons, which gives you a fast check on every butter answer.

Butter (grams)	Tablespoons	Approx. Fraction	Teaspoons
1 g	0.07	1/8	0.2
2 g	0.14	1/8	0.4
3 g	0.21	1/5	0.6
4 g	0.28	1/4	0.8
5 g	0.35	1/3	1.1
10 g	0.7	2/3	2.1
12 g	0.85	5/6	2.5
15 g	1.06	1	3.2
20 g	1.41	1 2/5	4.2
25 g	1.76	1 3/4	5.3
30 g	2.11	2 1/8	6.3
40 g	2.82	2 5/6	8.5
50 g	3.52	3 1/2	10.6
60 g	4.23	4 1/4	12.7
80 g	5.64	5 5/8	16.9
100 g	7.05	7	21.1
125 g	8.81	8 4/5	26.4
150 g	10.57	10 3/5	31.7
200 g	14.1	14 1/8	42.3
250 g	17.62	17 5/8	52.9

Measure butter by weight whenever a recipe gives grams, because melted, softened and cold butter fill a spoon differently. When you must use spoons, cut cold butter into tablespoon marks on the wrapper first, then level each piece into the spoon.

Why Use This Grams to Tablespoons Converter

It converts by ingredient, not by guesswork. Forty-one ingredients carry verified grams-per-tablespoon values drawn from King Arthur Baking, USDA FoodData Central and FAO density data.
It speaks measuring-spoon language. Every result includes a spoon fraction plus teaspoons, milliliters and cups, so you measure 6.4 tablespoons as 6 tablespoons plus about 1 teaspoon instead of hunting for a decimal line that does not exist.
It shows its working. Every result prints the exact division behind it, so you trust the number and check it yourself.
It covers the small amounts other charts skip. The charts start at 1 gram and answer 4 grams, 12 grams and 15 grams directly — the doses sauces, spice blends and coffee recipes actually use.
It loads instantly with no sign-up. The tool sits at the top of the page and answers as you type, on any phone, tablet or computer.

Who Is This Converter For?

Home bakers following metric recipes: your recipe says 50 grams of butter and your spoons say nothing — convert and bake with confidence.
American cooks without a kitchen scale: turn any gram amount into level tablespoons and teaspoons you already own.
Sauce, dressing and coffee makers: convert small gram doses of oil, cocoa, salt and spices straight into spoons, with no full-cup detour.
Recipe developers and food bloggers: publish recipes in both grams and tablespoons so readers on both measurement systems follow you.
Meal preppers and macro trackers: nutrition labels state grams, while portioning tools use spoons — convert between them in seconds.
Students and new cooks: learn why a tablespoon of flour and a tablespoon of honey weigh so differently, with the formula shown on every result.

What Is a Grams to Tablespoons Converter?

A grams to tablespoons converter turns a weight in grams into a volume in tablespoons for a specific ingredient. Recipes force this conversion on cooks every day, because the world cooks in two systems at once. Most of Europe, Australia and professional bakeries everywhere weigh ingredients in grams, while most American home kitchens measure small amounts by the spoon. When a metric recipe meets a spoon-based kitchen, somebody must convert g to tbsp — accurately, per ingredient — or the recipe drifts.

Grams Measure Weight and Tablespoons Measure Volume

A gram is a unit of mass in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a kilogram. A tablespoon is a unit of volume in the US customary system, equal to 3 teaspoons, half a fluid ounce or 14.7868 milliliters. Because mass and volume describe different properties, no single number converts every gram to tablespoon amount. Density — how tightly an ingredient packs into a space — forms the bridge between them.

Why Grams to Tablespoons Depends on the Ingredient

One level tablespoon of all-purpose flour weighs about 7.81 grams. One tablespoon of granulated sugar weighs 12.5 grams. One tablespoon of butter weighs 14.19 grams, and one tablespoon of honey weighs 21.25 grams — nearly three times the flour in the same spoon. Air explains most of the gap: loose powders trap air and weigh little, while dense syrups trap none and weigh a lot. That single fact drives every grams to tablespoons dry and liquid difference on this page, and it explains why this converter asks for the ingredient first.

How Many Grams in a Tablespoon?

Use these anchor values and you cover most recipes. Flour: 7.81 grams per tablespoon. Cocoa powder: 5.31 grams. Powdered sugar: 7.5 grams. Granulated sugar: 12.5 grams. Packed brown sugar: 13.75 grams. Butter: 14.19 grams. Water: 14.79 grams. Milk: 15.31 grams. Olive oil: 13.5 grams. Honey: 21.25 grams. Table salt: 17.06 grams. Whenever the amount matters, run the exact ingredient through the converter rather than rounding from memory, because a 1-gram error per spoon compounds across a ten-spoon batch.

The Grams to Tablespoons Formula

The formula stays simple once you know the ingredient’s weight per spoon: tablespoons = grams ÷ grams per tablespoon. Converting 50 grams of flour gives 50 ÷ 7.81 = 6.4 tablespoons. Converting the same 50 grams of sugar gives 50 ÷ 12.5 = exactly 4 tablespoons. When a source gives density in grams per milliliter instead, multiply the density by 14.7868 to get grams per tablespoon first, then divide: tablespoons = grams ÷ (14.7868 × density in g/ml). This converter performs both steps for you and prints the exact division on every result.

US, Metric and Australian Tablespoons

Spoon size changes the destination as surely as density does. The US tablespoon holds 14.7868 milliliters. The metric tablespoon, used in most of Europe, holds 15 milliliters — close enough that cooks swap them freely. The Australian tablespoon holds 20 milliliters and equals 4 teaspoons, so it holds about 35 percent more than a US spoon: 50 grams of flour fills 6.4 US tablespoons but only about 4.73 Australian tablespoons. US nutrition labels round one tablespoon to 15 milliliters. Every value on this page uses the US tablespoon, so match the spoon to your recipe’s country of origin. When an Australian recipe matters, weigh the ingredient instead of counting spoons.

Level, Heaped and Dry Tablespoons

Technique swings dry results more than any other factor. A level tablespoon — spooned full and swept flat with a knife — gives every value in this converter. A heaped tablespoon mounds above the rim and can hold 50 to 100 percent more powder, which ruins any grams to tablespoons dry conversion you base on it. Recipes assume level spoons unless they say heaped, rounded or packed. Brown sugar runs the other way: recipes mean it pressed firmly into the spoon. Liquids forgive technique, because they self-level, but sticky liquids like honey cling to the spoon — coat the spoon with oil first and the full amount slides out.

When to Convert Grams to Tablespoons

Convert grams to tablespoons whenever a recipe crosses a measurement border in a small amount: a European sauce that lists 30 grams of olive oil, a spice blend written in grams against your spoon set, a coffee recipe that doses 12 grams of grounds, or the morning your digital scale runs out of batteries mid-recipe. Converting also protects small, powerful ingredients — salt, baking powder, baking soda and yeast — where one extra spoon changes the whole dish and a full-cup conversion would round the amount away.

Tips for Accurate Measuring

Weigh when you can. A basic digital kitchen scale removes every conversion error at once. Use spoons for small amounts and the scale for anything over about 60 grams.
Spoon and level dry ingredients. Spoon powder into the tablespoon and sweep a knife across the top. Never scoop straight from the bag.
Pack brown sugar firmly. Press it until it holds the spoon’s shape when you turn it out.
Sift cocoa and powdered sugar when they clump. Lumps inflate volume and under-deliver weight.
Read liquids at eye level. Fill the spoon over the bowl, not over the pot, so a spill never doubles the dose.
Count the fraction, not the decimal. Measure 6.4 tablespoons as 6 level tablespoons plus about 1 teaspoon, and 3.5 tablespoons as 3 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 teaspoons.

What Is a Gram?

A gram is an SI unit of mass in the metric system, equal to 1/1,000 of a kilogram or about 0.035274 ounces. One gram equals the mass of one cubic centimeter of water. Cooks treat grams as weight in everyday language, and scales worldwide report grams because small kitchen amounts — a pinch of yeast, a spoon of salt — need that fine resolution.

What Is a Tablespoon?

A tablespoon is a unit of volume equal to 3 teaspoons or 1/2 fluid ounce. One US tablespoon equals 14.7868 milliliters, and 16 tablespoons equal exactly 1 US cup. Cooks abbreviate it as tbsp, T, Tbls or Tb. The FDA rounds one tablespoon to 15 milliliters on nutrition labels, which explains why label maths and recipe maths sometimes differ by a drop.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many tbsp is 50 grams?

It depends on the ingredient, because grams measure weight and tablespoons measure volume. For 50 grams to tablespoons, the answers bakers need most are: all-purpose flour 6.4 tablespoons, granulated sugar exactly 4 tablespoons, butter about 3.5 tablespoons, water about 3.38 tablespoons, cocoa powder about 9.4 tablespoons and honey about 2.35 tablespoons. Pick your exact ingredient in the converter above and you get the exact figure, not a generic one.

How do I convert g to tbsp?

Divide the grams by the grams in one tablespoon of your ingredient: tablespoons = grams divided by grams per tablespoon. One tablespoon of all-purpose flour weighs 7.81 grams, one tablespoon of granulated sugar weighs 12.5 grams, and one tablespoon of butter weighs 14.19 grams. So 50 g to tbsp for flour is 50 divided by 7.81, which equals 6.4 tablespoons. This converter does that division for 41 ingredients the moment you type.

How many is 10 grams to tablespoons?

10 grams to tablespoons equals 1.28 tablespoons of all-purpose flour, 0.8 tablespoons of granulated sugar, about 0.7 tablespoons of butter and 0.68 tablespoons of water. Small amounts magnify the density difference: the same 10 grams of cocoa powder fills about 1.88 tablespoons, while 10 grams of honey fills only about 0.47 tablespoons.

How many is 20 grams to tablespoons?

20 grams to tablespoons equals 2.56 tablespoons of all-purpose flour, 1.6 tablespoons of granulated sugar, about 1.41 tablespoons of butter and 1.35 tablespoons of water. Cooks who search 20g to tbsp usually measure a sauce or dressing ingredient, so confirm whether your recipe counts a level or a heaped spoon before you round the answer.

How many is 30 grams to tablespoons?

30 grams to tablespoons equals 3.84 tablespoons of all-purpose flour, 2.4 tablespoons of granulated sugar, about 2.11 tablespoons of butter and 2.03 tablespoons of water. The short forms 30g to tbsp and 30 g to tbsp ask the same question, and the answer always changes with the ingredient, because 30 grams of a light powder takes far more spoon space than 30 grams of a dense liquid.

How many grams are in a tablespoon?

One level US tablespoon holds 7.81 grams of all-purpose flour, 12.5 grams of granulated sugar, 14.19 grams of butter, 14.79 grams of water, 7.5 grams of powdered sugar, 5.31 grams of cocoa powder and 21.25 grams of honey. No single gram value fits every tablespoon, which is why each gram to tablespoon conversion on this page starts with the ingredient, not with a fixed number.

Is 15 grams the same as 1 tablespoon?

Only for water and near-water liquids. 15 grams of water equals 1.01 tablespoons, so cooks safely treat 15 grams as 1 tablespoon for water, milk and stock. The shortcut fails for dry goods: 15 grams of flour equals 1.92 tablespoons, 15 grams of sugar equals 1.2 tablespoons, and 15 grams of honey equals only 0.71 tablespoons. Check the ingredient before you trust the 15-gram rule.

Why do grams to tablespoons dry conversions differ from liquids?

Dry ingredients pack air between their particles, and how firmly you spoon, scoop or pack them changes their density. Flour, cocoa and powdered sugar shift the most, so grams to tablespoons dry answers always assume a level, spooned tablespoon unless a recipe says packed or heaped. Liquids fill a spoon completely and keep one steady density, so liquid conversions stay stable. A kitchen scale removes the guesswork entirely, and this converter gives you the next-best answer when no scale sits on the counter.

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