Baking & flours
Cooked quinoa: weights & conversions
A US cup of cooked quinoa weighs about 185 g. 100 g is 120 calories and 4.4 g of protein.
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1 cup of cooked quinoa is about 185 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of cooked quinoa weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 185 g | 6.53 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 139 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 123 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 92.5 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 61.7 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 46.3 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 11.6 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.85 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) | 120 | 4.4 g | 1.9 g | 21.3 g | 2.8 g | 7 mg |
| Per cup (185 g) | 222 | 8.14 g | 3.52 g | 39.4 g | 5.18 g | 13 mg |
| Per tablespoon (11.6 g) | 14 | 0.51 g | 0.22 g | 2.46 g | 0.32 g | 1 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 136 | 4.99 g | 2.15 g | 24.2 g | 3.18 g | 8 mg |
If you have run out
- Couscous, the same amount. Cook the couscous first — it does not need simmering the way quinoa does.
Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of cooked quinoa?
- One US cup of cooked quinoa weighs about 185 g (6.53 oz). A tablespoon is about 11.6 g and a teaspoon about 3.85 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of cooked quinoa?
- 100 g of cooked quinoa is about 0.54 cups — near enough to 1/2 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in cooked quinoa?
- Cooked quinoa has about 120 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 222 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of cooked quinoa?
- Couscous, the same amount. Cook the couscous first — it does not need simmering the way quinoa does.