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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.

mint volume conversions
VolumeGramsOunces
1 cup24 g0.85 oz
3/4 cup18 g
2/3 cup16 g
1/2 cup12 g
1/3 cup8 g
1/4 cup6 g
1 tablespoon1.5 g
1 teaspoon0.5 g

Weight per piece

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

mint count conversions
CountGramsOunces
1 mint0.2 g0.01 oz
2 mints0.4 g
3 mints0.6 g
4 mints0.8 g
6 mints1.2 g
12 mints2.4 g

Ounces and pounds

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mint 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 mint by measure
MeasureCaloriesProteinFatCarbsFiberSodium
Per 100 g (100 g)443.3 g0.73 g8.4 g6.8 g30 mg
Per cup (24 g)110.79 g0.18 g2.02 g1.63 g7 mg
Per tablespoon (1.5 g)10.05 g0.01 g0.13 g0.1 g0 mg
Per mint (0.2 g)00.01 g0 g0.02 g0.01 g0 mg
Per 4 oz (113 g)503.74 g0.83 g9.53 g7.71 g34 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.

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