Marinara sauce: weights & conversions
A US cup of marinara sauce weighs about 250 g. 100 g is 61 calories and 1.6 g of protein.
Also written as: pasta sauce, spaghetti sauce, jarred marinara.
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1 cup of marinara sauce is about 250 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of marinara sauce weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 250 g | 8.82 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 188 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 167 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 125 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 83.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 62.5 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15.6 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 5.21 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) | 61 | 1.6 g | 1.9 g | 8.8 g | 1.8 g | 420 mg |
| Per cup (250 g) | 153 | 4 g | 4.75 g | 22 g | 4.5 g | 1050 mg |
| Per tablespoon (15.6 g) | 10 | 0.25 g | 0.3 g | 1.38 g | 0.28 g | 66 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 69 | 1.81 g | 2.15 g | 9.98 g | 2.04 g | 476 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of marinara sauce?
- One US cup of marinara sauce weighs about 250 g (8.82 oz). A tablespoon is about 15.6 g and a teaspoon about 5.21 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of marinara sauce?
- 100 g of marinara sauce is about 0.4 cups — near enough to 3/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in marinara sauce?
- Marinara sauce has about 61 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 153 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of marinara sauce?
- Tomato sauce, the same amount. Plainer than marinara — add a pinch of garlic, oregano and basil to bring the flavor back.