Vegetables
Pumpkin: weights & conversions
A US cup of pumpkin weighs about 245 g. 100 g is 34 calories and 1.1 g of protein.
Also written as: canned pumpkin, pumpkin puree, solid pack pumpkin.
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1 cup of pumpkin is about 245 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of pumpkin weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 245 g | 8.64 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 184 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 163 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 123 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 81.7 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 61.3 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15.3 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 5.1 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) | 34 | 1.1 g | 0.28 g | 8.1 g | 2.9 g | 5 mg |
| Per cup (245 g) | 83 | 2.7 g | 0.69 g | 19.8 g | 7.11 g | 12 mg |
| Per tablespoon (15.3 g) | 5 | 0.17 g | 0.04 g | 1.24 g | 0.44 g | 1 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 39 | 1.25 g | 0.32 g | 9.19 g | 3.29 g | 6 mg |
If you have run out
- Butternut squash, the same amount. Cooked and pureed the same way — a close stand-in for canned pumpkin.
Mentioned in our guides
Blog posts that talk about pumpkin along the way.
Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of pumpkin?
- One US cup of pumpkin weighs about 245 g (8.64 oz). A tablespoon is about 15.3 g and a teaspoon about 5.1 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of pumpkin?
- 100 g of pumpkin is about 0.41 cups — near enough to 3/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in pumpkin?
- Pumpkin has about 34 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 83 calories a cup.
- What can I use instead of pumpkin?
- Butternut squash, the same amount. Cooked and pureed the same way — a close stand-in for canned pumpkin.