Egg yolk: weights & conversions
A US cup of egg yolk weighs about 243 g. One weighs about 17 g. 100 g is 322 calories and 15.9 g of protein.
Also written as: egg yolks.
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1 cup of egg yolk is about 243 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of egg yolk weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 243 g | 8.57 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 182 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 162 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 122 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 81 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 60.8 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15.2 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 5.06 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts egg yolk instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 egg yolk | 17 g | 0.6 oz |
| 2 egg yolks | 34 g | |
| 3 egg yolks | 51 g | |
| 4 egg yolks | 68 g | |
| 6 egg yolks | 102 g | |
| 12 egg yolks | 204 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) | 322 | 15.9 g | 26.5 g | 3.6 g | 0 g | 48 mg |
| Per cup (243 g) | 782 | 38.6 g | 64.4 g | 8.75 g | 0 g | 117 mg |
| Per tablespoon (15.2 g) | 49 | 2.41 g | 4.02 g | 0.55 g | 0 g | 7 mg |
| Per egg yolk (17 g) | 55 | 2.7 g | 4.51 g | 0.61 g | 0 g | 8 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 365 | 18 g | 30.1 g | 4.08 g | 0 g | 54 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of egg yolk?
- One US cup of egg yolk weighs about 243 g (8.57 oz). A tablespoon is about 15.2 g and a teaspoon about 5.06 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of egg yolk?
- 100 g of egg yolk is about 0.41 cups — near enough to 3/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How much does one egg yolk weigh?
- One egg yolk weighs about 17 g (0.6 oz), so a pound is roughly 27 of them.
- How many calories are in egg yolk?
- Egg yolk has about 322 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 782 calories a cup.
- How much protein is in egg yolk?
- About 15.9 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 18 g in a 4 oz portion.