Pear: weights & conversions
A US cup of pear weighs about 140 g. One weighs about 178 g. 100 g is 57 calories and 0.36 g of protein.
Also written as: pears.
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1 cup of pear is about 140 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of pear weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 140 g | 4.94 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 105 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 93.3 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 70 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 46.7 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 35 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 8.75 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 2.92 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts pear instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 pear | 178 g | 6.28 oz |
| 2 pears | 356 g | |
| 3 pears | 534 g | |
| 4 pears | 712 g | |
| 6 pears | 1068 g | |
| 12 pears | 2136 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) | 57 | 0.36 g | 0.14 g | 15.2 g | 3.1 g | 1 mg |
| Per cup (140 g) | 80 | 0.5 g | 0.2 g | 21.3 g | 4.34 g | 1 mg |
| Per tablespoon (8.75 g) | 5 | 0.03 g | 0.01 g | 1.33 g | 0.27 g | 0 mg |
| Per pear (178 g) | 101 | 0.64 g | 0.25 g | 27.1 g | 5.52 g | 2 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 65 | 0.41 g | 0.16 g | 17.2 g | 3.52 g | 1 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of pear?
- One US cup of pear weighs about 140 g (4.94 oz). A tablespoon is about 8.75 g and a teaspoon about 2.92 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of pear?
- 100 g of pear is about 0.71 cups — near enough to 3/4 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How much does one pear weigh?
- One pear weighs about 178 g (6.28 oz), so a pound is roughly 3 of them.
- How many calories are in pear?
- Pear has about 57 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 80 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of pear?
- Apple, the same amount. Firmer than pear and holds its shape longer when baked.