Baking & flours
Cornmeal: weights & conversions
A US cup of cornmeal weighs about 157 g. 100 g is 370 calories and 8.1 g of protein.
Also written as: corn meal, polenta, yellow cornmeal.
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1 cup of cornmeal is about 157 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of cornmeal weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 157 g | 5.54 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 118 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 105 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 78.5 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 52.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 39.3 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 9.81 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.27 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) | 370 | 8.1 g | 3.6 g | 79.5 g | 7.3 g | 7 mg |
| Per cup (157 g) | 581 | 12.7 g | 5.65 g | 125 g | 11.5 g | 11 mg |
| Per tablespoon (9.81 g) | 36 | 0.79 g | 0.35 g | 7.8 g | 0.72 g | 1 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 420 | 9.19 g | 4.08 g | 90.2 g | 8.28 g | 8 mg |
Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of cornmeal?
- One US cup of cornmeal weighs about 157 g (5.54 oz). A tablespoon is about 9.81 g and a teaspoon about 3.27 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of cornmeal?
- 100 g of cornmeal is about 0.64 cups — near enough to 5/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in cornmeal?
- Cornmeal has about 370 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 581 calories a cup.
- How much protein is in cornmeal?
- About 8.1 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 9.19 g in a 4 oz portion.