Corn: weights & conversions
A US cup of corn weighs about 154 g. One weighs about 90 g. 100 g is 86 calories and 3.3 g of protein.
Also written as: corn kernels, sweet corn, frozen corn, shoepeg corn, canned corn, whole kernel corn.
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1 cup of corn is about 154 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of corn weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 154 g | 5.43 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 116 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 103 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 77 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 51.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 38.5 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 9.63 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.21 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts corn instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 corn | 90 g | 3.17 oz |
| 2 corns | 180 g | |
| 3 corns | 270 g | |
| 4 corns | 360 g | |
| 6 corns | 540 g | |
| 12 corns | 1080 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) | 86 | 3.3 g | 1.35 g | 19 g | 2 g | 15 mg |
| Per cup (154 g) | 132 | 5.08 g | 2.08 g | 29.3 g | 3.08 g | 23 mg |
| Per tablespoon (9.63 g) | 8 | 0.32 g | 0.13 g | 1.83 g | 0.19 g | 1 mg |
| Per corn (90 g) | 77 | 2.97 g | 1.22 g | 17.1 g | 1.8 g | 14 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 98 | 3.74 g | 1.53 g | 21.5 g | 2.27 g | 17 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of corn?
- One US cup of corn weighs about 154 g (5.43 oz). A tablespoon is about 9.63 g and a teaspoon about 3.21 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of corn?
- 100 g of corn is about 0.65 cups — near enough to 5/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How much does one corn weigh?
- One corn weighs about 90 g (3.17 oz), so a pound is roughly 5 of them.
- How many calories are in corn?
- Corn has about 86 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 132 calories a cup.