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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.

vanilla bean count conversions
CountGramsOunces
1 vanilla bean4 g0.14 oz
2 vanilla beans8 g
3 vanilla beans12 g
4 vanilla beans16 g
6 vanilla beans24 g
12 vanilla beans48 g

Ounces and pounds

The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.

vanilla bean weight conversions
WeightGramsOunces
1 oz28.3 g
4 oz (1/4 lb)113 g
8 oz (1/2 lb)227 g
1 lb454 g
100 g100 g

Nutrition

Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.

Nutrition for vanilla bean by measure
MeasureCaloriesProteinFatCarbsFiberSodium
Per 100 g (100 g)2101.5 g1 g60 g22 g5 mg
Per vanilla bean (4 g)80.06 g0.04 g2.4 g0.88 g0 mg
Per 4 oz (113 g)2381.7 g1.13 g68 g24.9 g6 mg

Common questions

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.

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