Lemon juice: weights & conversions
A US cup of lemon juice weighs about 244 g. 100 g is 22 calories and 0.35 g of protein.
Also written as: fresh lemon juice, juice of lemon.
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1 cup of lemon juice is about 244 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of lemon juice weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 244 g | 8.61 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 183 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 163 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 122 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 81.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 61 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15.3 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 5.08 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) | 22 | 0.35 g | 0.24 g | 6.9 g | 0.3 g | 1 mg |
| Per cup (244 g) | 54 | 0.85 g | 0.59 g | 16.8 g | 0.73 g | 2 mg |
| Per tablespoon (15.3 g) | 3 | 0.05 g | 0.04 g | 1.05 g | 0.05 g | 0 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 25 | 0.4 g | 0.27 g | 7.82 g | 0.34 g | 1 mg |
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- How many grams are in a cup of lemon juice?
- One US cup of lemon juice weighs about 244 g (8.61 oz). A tablespoon is about 15.3 g and a teaspoon about 5.08 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of lemon juice?
- 100 g of lemon juice is about 0.41 cups — near enough to 3/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in lemon juice?
- Lemon juice has about 22 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 54 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of lemon juice?
- White vinegar, at about half the amount, when the job is acidity rather than flavour.