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Teaspoons of Granulated Sugar (White Sugar) to Grams
How many grams are in teaspoons of granulated sugar? Type a value below to see the result instantly. Cooking conversions depend on the density of each ingredient — the math here uses 0.837 g/mL for granulated sugar.
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1 tsp of granulated sugar = 4.1255 g
Teaspoons of Granulated Sugar (White Sugar) to Grams Conversion Table
Common values for granulated sugar:
| Teaspoons of granulated sugar | Grams |
|---|---|
| 0.25 tsp | 1.0314 g |
| 0.5 tsp | 2.0628 g |
| 1 tsp | 4.1255 g |
| 2 tsp | 8.251 g |
| 3 tsp | 12.3765 g |
| 4 tsp | 16.502 g |
| 5 tsp | 20.6275 g |
| 8 tsp | 33.004 g |
| 10 tsp | 41.2551 g |
How this works
Granulated sugar has a density of about 0.837 g/mL (king arthur baking: 1 cup = 198g). That means 1 mL of granulated sugar weighs 0.837 grams.
Grams = teaspoons × 4.1255
Note: Standard white table sugar.
Why a cup of granulated sugar doesn't always weigh the same
Volume measurements are forgiving in some ways and brutal in others. A cup of granulated sugar 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 (0.837 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 King Arthur Baking: 1 cup = 198g. Standard white table sugar.
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 granulated sugar by its density (0.837 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.