Vanilla bean: weights & conversions
One weighs about 4 g. 100 g is 210 calories and 1.5 g of protein.
Also written as: vanilla beans, vanilla pod, vanilla pods.
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1 vanilla bean of vanilla bean is about 4 grams.
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts vanilla bean instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 vanilla bean | 4 g | 0.14 oz |
| 2 vanilla beans | 8 g | |
| 3 vanilla beans | 12 g | |
| 4 vanilla beans | 16 g | |
| 6 vanilla beans | 24 g | |
| 12 vanilla beans | 48 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) | 210 | 1.5 g | 1 g | 60 g | 22 g | 5 mg |
| Per vanilla bean (4 g) | 8 | 0.06 g | 0.04 g | 2.4 g | 0.88 g | 0 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 238 | 1.7 g | 1.13 g | 68 g | 24.9 g | 6 mg |
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- How much does one vanilla bean weigh?
- One vanilla bean weighs about 4 g (0.14 oz), so a pound is roughly 113 of them.
- How many calories are in vanilla bean?
- Vanilla bean has about 210 calories per 100 g, so one vanilla bean is roughly 8 calories.