Herbs & spices
Bay leaf: weights & conversions
A US cup of bay leaf weighs about 90 g. One weighs about 0.2 g. 100 g is 313 calories and 7.6 g of protein.
Also written as: bay leaves, dried bay leaf.
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1 cup of bay leaf is about 90 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of bay leaf weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 90 g | 3.17 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 67.5 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 60 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 45 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 30 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 22.5 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 5.63 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 1.88 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts bay leaf instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bay leaf | 0.2 g | 0.01 oz |
| 2 bay leafs | 0.4 g | |
| 3 bay leafs | 0.6 g | |
| 4 bay leafs | 0.8 g | |
| 6 bay leafs | 1.2 g | |
| 12 bay leafs | 2.4 g |
Ounces and pounds
The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.
| Weight | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | |
| 4 oz (1/4 lb) | 113 g | |
| 8 oz (1/2 lb) | 227 g | |
| 1 lb | 454 g | |
| 100 g | 100 g |
Nutrition
Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.
| Measure | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g (100 g) | 313 | 7.6 g | 8.4 g | 75 g | 26.3 g | 23 mg |
| Per cup (90 g) | 282 | 6.84 g | 7.56 g | 67.5 g | 23.7 g | 21 mg |
| Per tablespoon (5.63 g) | 18 | 0.43 g | 0.47 g | 4.22 g | 1.48 g | 1 mg |
| Per bay leaf (0.2 g) | 1 | 0.02 g | 0.02 g | 0.15 g | 0.05 g | 0 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 355 | 8.62 g | 9.53 g | 85 g | 29.8 g | 26 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of bay leaf?
- One US cup of bay leaf weighs about 90 g (3.17 oz). A tablespoon is about 5.63 g and a teaspoon about 1.88 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of bay leaf?
- 100 g of bay leaf is about 1.11 cups — near enough to 1 1/8 cups in a measuring cup.
- How much does one bay leaf weigh?
- One bay leaf weighs about 0.2 g (0.01 oz), so a pound is roughly 2268 of them.
- How many calories are in bay leaf?
- Bay leaf has about 313 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 282 calories a cup.
- How much protein is in bay leaf?
- About 7.6 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 8.62 g in a 4 oz portion.