Mint: weights & conversions
A US cup of mint weighs about 24 g. One weighs about 0.2 g. 100 g is 44 calories and 3.3 g of protein.
Also written as: fresh mint, mint leaves, chopped mint, spearmint.
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1 cup of mint is about 24 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of mint weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 24 g | 0.85 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 18 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 16 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 12 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 8 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 6 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 1.5 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 0.5 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts mint instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 mint | 0.2 g | 0.01 oz |
| 2 mints | 0.4 g | |
| 3 mints | 0.6 g | |
| 4 mints | 0.8 g | |
| 6 mints | 1.2 g | |
| 12 mints | 2.4 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) | 44 | 3.3 g | 0.73 g | 8.4 g | 6.8 g | 30 mg |
| Per cup (24 g) | 11 | 0.79 g | 0.18 g | 2.02 g | 1.63 g | 7 mg |
| Per tablespoon (1.5 g) | 1 | 0.05 g | 0.01 g | 0.13 g | 0.1 g | 0 mg |
| Per mint (0.2 g) | 0 | 0.01 g | 0 g | 0.02 g | 0.01 g | 0 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 50 | 3.74 g | 0.83 g | 9.53 g | 7.71 g | 34 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of mint?
- One US cup of mint weighs about 24 g (0.85 oz). A tablespoon is about 1.5 g and a teaspoon about 0.5 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of mint?
- 100 g of mint is about 4.17 cups — near enough to 4 1/8 cups in a measuring cup.
- How much does one mint weigh?
- One mint weighs about 0.2 g (0.01 oz), so a pound is roughly 2268 of them.
- How many calories are in mint?
- Mint has about 44 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 11 calories a cup.
