Olives: weights & conversions
A US cup of olives weighs about 135 g. One weighs about 4 g. 100 g is 145 calories and 1 g of protein.
Also written as: green olives, black olives, kalamata olives.
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1 cup of olives is about 135 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of olives weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 135 g | 4.76 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 101 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 90 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 67.5 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 45 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 33.8 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 8.44 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 2.81 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts olives instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 olive | 4 g | 0.14 oz |
| 2 olives | 8 g | |
| 3 olives | 12 g | |
| 4 olives | 16 g | |
| 6 olives | 24 g | |
| 12 olives | 48 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) | 145 | 1 g | 15.3 g | 3.8 g | 3.3 g | 1556 mg |
| Per cup (135 g) | 196 | 1.35 g | 20.7 g | 5.13 g | 4.46 g | 2101 mg |
| Per tablespoon (8.44 g) | 12 | 0.08 g | 1.29 g | 0.32 g | 0.28 g | 131 mg |
| Per olive (4 g) | 6 | 0.04 g | 0.61 g | 0.15 g | 0.13 g | 62 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 164 | 1.13 g | 17.3 g | 4.31 g | 3.74 g | 1764 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of olives?
- One US cup of olives weighs about 135 g (4.76 oz). A tablespoon is about 8.44 g and a teaspoon about 2.81 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of olives?
- 100 g of olives is about 0.74 cups — near enough to 3/4 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How much does one olive weigh?
- One olive weighs about 4 g (0.14 oz), so a pound is roughly 113 of them.
- How many calories are in olives?
- Olives has about 145 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 196 calories a cup.