Salt: weights & conversions
A US cup of salt weighs about 292 g. 100 g is 0 calories and 0 g of protein.
Also written as: table salt, kosher salt, sea salt, coarse salt, fine salt, iodized salt.
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1 cup of salt is about 292 grams.
Cups to grams
What each measure of salt weighs, from the cup weight above.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 292 g | 10.3 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 219 g | |
| 2/3 cup | 195 g | |
| 1/2 cup | 146 g | |
| 1/3 cup | 97.3 g | |
| 1/4 cup | 73 g | |
| 1 tablespoon | 18.3 g | |
| 1 teaspoon | 6.08 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) | 0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 38758 mg |
| Per cup (292 g) | 0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 113173 mg |
| Per tablespoon (18.3 g) | 0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 7073 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 0 | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 43951 mg |
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Common questions
- How many grams are in a cup of salt?
- One US cup of salt weighs about 292 g (10.3 oz). A tablespoon is about 18.3 g and a teaspoon about 6.08 g.
- How many cups is 100 g of salt?
- 100 g of salt is about 0.34 cups — near enough to 3/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
- How many calories are in salt?
- Salt has about 0 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 0 calories a cup.