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Ginger: weights & conversions

A US cup of ginger weighs about 96 g. One weighs about 30 g. 100 g is 80 calories and 1.8 g of protein.

Also written as: fresh ginger, ginger root.

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1 cup of ginger is about 96 grams.

Cups to grams

What each measure of ginger weighs, from the cup weight above.

ginger volume conversions
VolumeGramsOunces
1 cup96 g3.39 oz
3/4 cup72 g
2/3 cup64 g
1/2 cup48 g
1/3 cup32 g
1/4 cup24 g
1 tablespoon6 g
1 teaspoon2 g

Weight per piece

What a recipe means when it counts ginger instead of weighing it.

ginger count conversions
CountGramsOunces
1 ginger30 g1.06 oz
2 gingers60 g
3 gingers90 g
4 gingers120 g
6 gingers180 g
12 gingers360 g

Ounces and pounds

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ginger weight conversions
WeightGramsOunces
1 oz28.3 g
4 oz (1/4 lb)113 g
8 oz (1/2 lb)227 g
1 lb454 g
100 g100 g

Nutrition

Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.

Nutrition for ginger by measure
MeasureCaloriesProteinFatCarbsFiberSodium
Per 100 g (100 g)801.8 g0.75 g17.8 g2 g13 mg
Per cup (96 g)771.73 g0.72 g17.1 g1.92 g12 mg
Per tablespoon (6 g)50.11 g0.05 g1.07 g0.12 g1 mg
Per ginger (30 g)240.54 g0.22 g5.34 g0.6 g4 mg
Per 4 oz (113 g)912.04 g0.85 g20.2 g2.27 g15 mg

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Common questions

How many grams are in a cup of ginger?
One US cup of ginger weighs about 96 g (3.39 oz). A tablespoon is about 6 g and a teaspoon about 2 g.
How many cups is 100 g of ginger?
100 g of ginger is about 1.04 cups — near enough to 1 cup in a measuring cup.
How much does one ginger weigh?
One ginger weighs about 30 g (1.06 oz), so a pound is roughly 15 of them.
How many calories are in ginger?
Ginger has about 80 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 77 calories a cup.

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