Garlic: weights & conversions
A US cup of garlic weighs about 136 g. One weighs about 3 g. 100 g is 149 calories and 6.4 g of protein.
Also written as: garlic cloves, garlic clove, cloves garlic, minced garlic, fresh garlic.
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1 cup of garlic is about 136 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of garlic weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 136 g | 4.8 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 102 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 90.7 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 68 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 45.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 34 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 8.5 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 2.83 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts garlic instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 garlic | 3 g | 0.11 oz |
| 2 garlics | 6 g | |
| 3 garlics | 9 g | |
| 4 garlics | 12 g | |
| 6 garlics | 18 g | |
| 12 garlics | 36 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) | 149 | 6.4 g | 0.5 g | 33.1 g | 2.1 g | 17 mg |
| Per cup (136 g) | 203 | 8.7 g | 0.68 g | 45 g | 2.86 g | 23 mg |
| Per tablespoon (8.5 g) | 13 | 0.54 g | 0.04 g | 2.81 g | 0.18 g | 1 mg |
| Per garlic (3 g) | 4 | 0.19 g | 0.02 g | 0.99 g | 0.06 g | 1 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 169 | 7.26 g | 0.57 g | 37.5 g | 2.38 g | 19 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of garlic?
- One US cup of garlic weighs about 136 g (4.8 oz). A tablespoon is about 8.5 g and a teaspoon about 2.83 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of garlic?
- 100 g of garlic is about 0.74 cups — near enough to 3/4 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How much does one garlic weigh?
- One garlic weighs about 3 g (0.11 oz), so a pound is roughly 151 of them.
- How many calories are in garlic?
- Garlic has about 149 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 203 calories a cup.
- How much protein is in garlic?
- About 6.4 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 7.26 g in a 4 oz portion.