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Lettuce: weights & conversions

A US cup of lettuce weighs about 47 g. One weighs about 300 g. 100 g is 17 calories and 1.2 g of protein.

Also written as: romaine, romaine lettuce, iceberg lettuce, mixed greens, salad greens, arugula.

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1 cup of lettuce is about 47 grams.

Cups to grams

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

lettuce volume conversions
VolumeGramsOunces
1 cup47 g1.66 oz
3/4 cup35.3 g
2/3 cup31.3 g
1/2 cup23.5 g
1/3 cup15.7 g
1/4 cup11.8 g
1 tablespoon2.94 g
1 teaspoon0.98 g

Weight per piece

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

lettuce count conversions
CountGramsOunces
1 lettuce300 g10.6 oz
2 lettuces600 g
3 lettuces900 g
4 lettuces1200 g
6 lettuces1800 g
12 lettuces3600 g

Ounces and pounds

The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.

lettuce 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 lettuce by measure
MeasureCaloriesProteinFatCarbsFiberSodium
Per 100 g (100 g)171.2 g0.3 g3.3 g2.1 g8 mg
Per cup (47 g)80.56 g0.14 g1.55 g0.99 g4 mg
Per tablespoon (2.94 g)00.04 g0.01 g0.1 g0.06 g0 mg
Per lettuce (300 g)513.6 g0.9 g9.9 g6.3 g24 mg
Per 4 oz (113 g)191.36 g0.34 g3.74 g2.38 g9 mg

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Common questions

How many grams are in a cup of lettuce?
One US cup of lettuce weighs about 47 g (1.66 oz). A tablespoon is about 2.94 g and a teaspoon about 0.98 g.
How many cups is 100 g of lettuce?
100 g of lettuce is about 2.13 cups — near enough to 2 1/8 cups in a measuring cup.
How much does one lettuce weigh?
One lettuce weighs about 300 g (10.6 oz), so a pound is roughly 2 of them.
How many calories are in lettuce?
Lettuce has about 17 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 8 calories a cup.

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