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Grams of Milk (Whole) to Teaspoons
How many teaspoons of milk are in a given weight? Type a number of grams below to see the volume. Math uses milk's density of 1.030 g/mL.
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100 g of milk = 19.6975 tsp
Grams of Milk (Whole) to Teaspoons Conversion Table
Common values for milk:
| Grams of milk | Teaspoons |
|---|---|
| 10 g | 1.9697 tsp |
| 25 g | 4.9244 tsp |
| 50 g | 9.8487 tsp |
| 100 g | 19.6975 tsp |
| 150 g | 29.5462 tsp |
| 200 g | 39.395 tsp |
| 250 g | 49.2437 tsp |
| 500 g | 98.4875 tsp |
| 1000 g | 196.97 tsp |
How this works
Milk has a density of about 1.030 g/mL (usda fooddata central). That means 1 mL of milk weighs 1.030 grams.
Teaspoons = grams × 0.1970
Note: Whole milk. 2% is ~1.029, skim ~1.033.
Why a cup of milk doesn't always weigh the same
Volume measurements are forgiving in some ways and brutal in others. A cup of milk can vary by 10-20% in weight depending on how it's measured: spooned vs scooped, packed vs loose, sifted vs unsifted. The density figure used here (1.030 g/mL) matches the most common published recipe conventions, but if you're after baking precision, weighing on a kitchen scale is more accurate than measuring by volume.
Sourced from USDA FoodData Central. Whole milk. 2% is ~1.029, skim ~1.033.
Volume vs weight in cooking
The American convention of measuring ingredients by volume (cups, tablespoons, teaspoons) is convenient but introduces variability that doesn't exist in weight-based recipes. Most professional bakers and bakeries weigh ingredients to within a gram because the structure of baked goods depends on precise ingredient ratios. For everyday cooking — soups, sauces, sautés — the volume-to-weight imprecision rarely matters. For baking that depends on rising or texture (cakes, breads, laminated doughs), it matters a lot.
The conversion
Multiplying the volume of milk by its density (1.030 g/mL) gives the weight in grams. The calculator at the top of this page does the math automatically; the formula box above shows the resulting linear factor for the specific volume and weight units selected here.