Potato: weights & conversions
A US cup of potato weighs about 150 g. One weighs about 173 g. 100 g is 77 calories and 2.1 g of protein.
Also written as: potatoes, russet potatoes, red potatoes, yukon gold potatoes, baking potatoes.
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1 cup of potato is about 150 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of potato weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 150 g | 5.29 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 113 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 100 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 75 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 50 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 37.5 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 9.38 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.13 g |
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts potato instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 potato | 173 g | 6.1 oz |
| 2 potatos | 346 g | |
| 3 potatos | 519 g | |
| 4 potatos | 692 g | |
| 6 potatos | 1038 g | |
| 12 potatos | 2076 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) | 77 | 2.1 g | 0.09 g | 17.5 g | 2.1 g | 6 mg |
| Per cup (150 g) | 116 | 3.15 g | 0.14 g | 26.3 g | 3.15 g | 9 mg |
| Per tablespoon (9.38 g) | 7 | 0.2 g | 0.01 g | 1.64 g | 0.2 g | 1 mg |
| Per potato (173 g) | 133 | 3.63 g | 0.16 g | 30.3 g | 3.63 g | 10 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 87 | 2.38 g | 0.1 g | 19.8 g | 2.38 g | 7 mg |
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- How many grams are in a cup of potato?
- One US cup of potato weighs about 150 g (5.29 oz). A tablespoon is about 9.38 g and a teaspoon about 3.13 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of potato?
- 100 g of potato is about 0.67 cups — near enough to 5/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How much does one potato weigh?
- One potato weighs about 173 g (6.1 oz), so a pound is roughly 3 of them.
- How many calories are in potato?
- Potato has about 77 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 116 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of potato?
- Sweet potato, the same amount. Sweeter and more moist than potato — good in a mash or a roast, less so where the dish wants a neutral starch.