Green beans: weights & conversions
A US cup of green beans weighs about 100 g. 100 g is 31 calories and 1.8 g of protein.
Also written as: string beans, haricot verts, fresh green beans.
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1 cup of green beans is about 100 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of green beans weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 100 g | 3.53 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 75 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 66.7 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 50 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 33.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 25 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 6.25 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 2.08 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) | 31 | 1.8 g | 0.22 g | 7 g | 2.7 g | 6 mg |
| Per cup (100 g) | 31 | 1.8 g | 0.22 g | 7 g | 2.7 g | 6 mg |
| Per tablespoon (6.25 g) | 2 | 0.11 g | 0.01 g | 0.44 g | 0.17 g | 0 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 35 | 2.04 g | 0.25 g | 7.94 g | 3.06 g | 7 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of green beans?
- One US cup of green beans weighs about 100 g (3.53 oz). A tablespoon is about 6.25 g and a teaspoon about 2.08 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of green beans?
- 100 g of green beans is about 1 cups — near enough to 1 cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in green beans?
- Green beans has about 31 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 31 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of green beans?
- Asparagus, the same amount. Trim it to the same length and it cooks in about the same time as green beans.