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.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 47 g | 1.66 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 35.3 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 31.3 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 23.5 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 15.7 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 11.8 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 2.94 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 0.98 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts lettuce instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 lettuce | 300 g | 10.6 oz |
| 2 lettuces | 600 g | |
| 3 lettuces | 900 g | |
| 4 lettuces | 1200 g | |
| 6 lettuces | 1800 g | |
| 12 lettuces | 3600 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) | 17 | 1.2 g | 0.3 g | 3.3 g | 2.1 g | 8 mg |
| Per cup (47 g) | 8 | 0.56 g | 0.14 g | 1.55 g | 0.99 g | 4 mg |
| Per tablespoon (2.94 g) | 0 | 0.04 g | 0.01 g | 0.1 g | 0.06 g | 0 mg |
| Per lettuce (300 g) | 51 | 3.6 g | 0.9 g | 9.9 g | 6.3 g | 24 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 19 | 1.36 g | 0.34 g | 3.74 g | 2.38 g | 9 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.


