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Teaspoons of Table Salt to Grams
How many grams are in teaspoons 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 tsp of table salt = 5.9985 g
Teaspoons of Table Salt to Grams Conversion Table
Common values for table salt:
| Teaspoons of table salt | Grams |
|---|---|
| 0.25 tsp | 1.4996 g |
| 0.5 tsp | 2.9992 g |
| 1 tsp | 5.9985 g |
| 2 tsp | 11.997 g |
| 3 tsp | 17.9955 g |
| 4 tsp | 23.994 g |
| 5 tsp | 29.9925 g |
| 8 tsp | 47.988 g |
| 10 tsp | 59.985 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 = teaspoons × 5.9985
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.