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Chicken broth: weights & conversions
A US cup of chicken broth weighs about 240 g. 100 g is 4 calories and 0.7 g of protein.
Also written as: chicken stock, low sodium chicken broth, chicken bouillon.
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1 cup of chicken broth is about 240 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of chicken broth weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 240 g | 8.47 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 180 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 160 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 120 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 80 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 60 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 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) | 4 | 0.7 g | 0.1 g | 0.4 g | 0 g | 358 mg |
| Per cup (240 g) | 10 | 1.68 g | 0.24 g | 0.96 g | 0 g | 859 mg |
| Per tablespoon (15 g) | 1 | 0.11 g | 0.02 g | 0.06 g | 0 g | 54 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 5 | 0.79 g | 0.11 g | 0.45 g | 0 g | 406 mg |
If you have run out
- A bouillon cube dissolved in a cup of hot water.
- Vegetable broth, measure for measure.
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- How many grams are in a cup of chicken broth?
- One US cup of chicken broth weighs about 240 g (8.47 oz). A tablespoon is about 15 g and a teaspoon about 5 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of chicken broth?
- 100 g of chicken broth is about 0.42 cups — near enough to 3/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in chicken broth?
- Chicken broth has about 4 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 10 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of chicken broth?
- A bouillon cube dissolved in a cup of hot water. Or: Vegetable broth, measure for measure.