Baking & flours
Panko: weights & conversions
A US cup of panko weighs about 60 g. 100 g is 390 calories and 12 g of protein.
Also written as: panko bread crumbs, panko breadcrumbs.
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1 cup of panko is about 60 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of panko weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 60 g | 2.12 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 45 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 40 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 30 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 20 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 15 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 3.75 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 1.25 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) | 390 | 12 g | 2 g | 78 g | 4 g | 600 mg |
| Per cup (60 g) | 234 | 7.2 g | 1.2 g | 46.8 g | 2.4 g | 360 mg |
| Per tablespoon (3.75 g) | 15 | 0.45 g | 0.08 g | 2.93 g | 0.15 g | 23 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 442 | 13.6 g | 2.27 g | 88.5 g | 4.54 g | 680 mg |
If you have run out
- Regular dried bread crumbs, accepting a denser crust.
Free recipes that use panko
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of panko?
- One US cup of panko weighs about 60 g (2.12 oz). A tablespoon is about 3.75 g and a teaspoon about 1.25 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of panko?
- 100 g of panko is about 1.67 cups — near enough to 1 5/8 cups in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in panko?
- Panko has about 390 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 234 calories a cup.
- How much protein is in panko?
- About 12 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 13.6 g in a 4 oz portion.
- What can I use instead of panko?
- Regular dried bread crumbs, accepting a denser crust.

