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Grams of Granulated Sugar (White Sugar) to Tablespoons
How many tablespoons of granulated sugar are in a given weight? Type a number of grams below to see the volume. Math uses granulated sugar's density of 0.837 g/mL.
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100 g of granulated sugar = 8.0798 tbsp
Grams of Granulated Sugar (White Sugar) to Tablespoons Conversion Table
Common values for granulated sugar:
| Grams of granulated sugar | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 10 g | 0.80798 tbsp |
| 25 g | 2.0199 tbsp |
| 50 g | 4.0399 tbsp |
| 100 g | 8.0798 tbsp |
| 150 g | 12.1197 tbsp |
| 200 g | 16.1596 tbsp |
| 250 g | 20.1995 tbsp |
| 500 g | 40.399 tbsp |
| 1000 g | 80.798 tbsp |
How this works
Granulated sugar has a density of about 0.837 g/mL (king arthur baking: 1 cup = 198g). That means 1 mL of granulated sugar weighs 0.837 grams.
Tablespoons = grams × 0.0808
Note: Standard white table sugar.
Why a cup of granulated sugar doesn't always weigh the same
Volume measurements are forgiving in some ways and brutal in others. A cup of granulated sugar can vary by 10-20% in weight depending on how it's measured: spooned vs scooped, packed vs loose, sifted vs unsifted. The density figure used here (0.837 g/mL) matches the most common published recipe conventions, but if you're after baking precision, weighing on a kitchen scale is more accurate than measuring by volume.
Sourced from King Arthur Baking: 1 cup = 198g. Standard white table sugar.
Volume vs weight in cooking
The American convention of measuring ingredients by volume (cups, tablespoons, teaspoons) is convenient but introduces variability that doesn't exist in weight-based recipes. Most professional bakers and bakeries weigh ingredients to within a gram because the structure of baked goods depends on precise ingredient ratios. For everyday cooking — soups, sauces, sautés — the volume-to-weight imprecision rarely matters. For baking that depends on rising or texture (cakes, breads, laminated doughs), it matters a lot.
The conversion
Multiplying the volume of granulated sugar by its density (0.837 g/mL) gives the weight in grams. The calculator at the top of this page does the math automatically; the formula box above shows the resulting linear factor for the specific volume and weight units selected here.