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Tablespoons of Table Salt to Grams
How many grams are in tablespoons of table salt? Type a value below to see the result instantly. Cooking conversions depend on the density of each ingredient — the math here uses 1.217 g/mL for table salt.
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1 tbsp of table salt = 17.9955 g
Tablespoons of Table Salt to Grams Conversion Table
Common values for table salt:
| Tablespoons of table salt | Grams |
|---|---|
| 0.25 tbsp | 4.4989 g |
| 0.5 tbsp | 8.9978 g |
| 1 tbsp | 17.9955 g |
| 2 tbsp | 35.9911 g |
| 3 tbsp | 53.9866 g |
| 4 tbsp | 71.9821 g |
| 5 tbsp | 89.9777 g |
| 8 tbsp | 143.96 g |
| 10 tbsp | 179.96 g |
How this works
Table salt has a density of about 1.217 g/mL (reference: 1 tsp = 6g). That means 1 mL of table salt weighs 1.217 grams.
Grams = tablespoons × 17.9955
Note: Fine-grain iodized or non-iodized. Coarser salts are less dense.
Why a cup of table salt doesn't always weigh the same
Volume measurements are forgiving in some ways and brutal in others. A cup of table salt 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 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.