14 grams in tablespoons, by ingredient
All 35 ingredients in the site’s density set. The heaviest ingredients come first, so the rows near the top need the fewest spoons.
| Ingredient | Tablespoons | Teaspoons | Measure as (US spoons) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honey | 0.66 | 2 | 2 tsp |
| Maple syrup | 0.72 | 2.2 | 2 1/4 tsp |
| Table salt | 0.78 | 2.3 | 2 1/4 tsp |
| Peanut butter | 0.87 | 2.6 | 2 1/2 tsp |
| Yogurt | 0.91 | 2.7 | 2 3/4 tsp |
| Milk | 0.92 | 2.8 | 2 3/4 tsp |
| Heavy cream | 0.94 | 2.8 | 2 3/4 tsp |
| Water | 0.95 | 2.8 | 2 3/4 tsp |
| Cream cheese | 0.97 | 2.9 | 1 tbsp |
| Sour cream | 0.97 | 2.9 | 1 tbsp |
| Baking powder | 0.97 | 2.9 | 1 tbsp |
| Butter | 0.99 | 3 | 1 tbsp |
| Brown sugar, packed | 1.02 | 3.1 | 1 tbsp |
| Vegetable oil | 1.03 | 3.1 | 1 tbsp |
| Olive oil | 1.04 | 3.1 | 1 tbsp |
| Granulated sugar | 1.12 | 3.4 | 1 tbsp + 1/4 tsp |
| Brown rice, uncooked | 1.18 | 3.5 | 1 tbsp + 1/2 tsp |
| White rice, uncooked | 1.21 | 3.6 | 1 tbsp + 3/4 tsp |
| Chocolate chips | 1.32 | 4 | 1 tbsp + 1 tsp |
| Semolina | 1.34 | 4 | 1 tbsp + 1 tsp |
| Raisins | 1.36 | 4.1 | 1 tbsp + 1 tsp |
| Cornmeal | 1.49 | 4.5 | 1 tbsp + 1 1/2 tsp |
| Cornstarch | 1.75 | 5.2 | 1 tbsp + 2 1/4 tsp |
| Bread flour | 1.76 | 5.3 | 1 tbsp + 2 1/4 tsp |
| All-purpose flour | 1.87 | 5.6 | 1 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp |
| Whole wheat flour | 1.87 | 5.6 | 1 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp |
| Powdered sugar | 1.87 | 5.6 | 1 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp |
| Coconut flour | 1.87 | 5.6 | 1 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp |
| Walnuts, chopped | 1.87 | 5.6 | 1 tbsp + 2 1/2 tsp |
| Cake flour | 1.96 | 5.9 | 2 tbsp |
| Almond flour | 2.33 | 7 | 2 tbsp + 1 tsp |
| Almonds, sliced | 2.43 | 7.3 | 2 tbsp + 1 1/4 tsp |
| Rolled oats | 2.49 | 7.5 | 2 tbsp + 1 1/2 tsp |
| Cocoa powder | 2.6 | 7.8 | 2 tbsp + 1 3/4 tsp |
| Shredded coconut | 2.64 | 7.9 | 2 tbsp + 2 tsp |
Sorted from the heaviest ingredient (fewest spoons) to the lightest. Level US spoons, rounded to the nearest 1/4 teaspoon in the last column.
Why 14 grams comes up so often
Fourteen grams is the rounded weight of one tablespoon of butter. A US tablespoon of butter weighs 14.19 g, and US butter labels round it to 14 g in the serving size line. That is why so many recipes and calorie apps list butter in 14 g steps.
It is also close to two other kitchen numbers. Half an ounce is 14.17 g, so a US recipe that says “1/2 oz” means about 14 g. And a US tablespoon of water weighs 14.81 g, so 14 g of water, milk or stock is just under one spoon.
For lighter or heavier foods the link breaks. 14 g of flour fills almost two tablespoons (1.87), and 14 g of honey fills only two thirds of one (0.66).
The formula
Tablespoons = 14 ÷ grams per tablespoon. Grams per tablespoon is the ingredient’s weight per US cup divided by 16.
Granulated sugar weighs 200 g per cup, so 12.5 g per tablespoon, and 14 ÷ 12.5 = 1.12 tablespoons. Teaspoons = tablespoons × 3, so that is 3.36 teaspoons: one tablespoon plus a scant 1/2 teaspoon.
Worked examples
A recipe in grams asks for 14 g of butter. 14 ÷ 14.19 = 0.99 tablespoons. Cut one tablespoon at the wrapper line; the difference is a fifth of a gram.
A sauce needs 14 g of cornstarch. Cornstarch weighs 8 g per tablespoon, so 14 ÷ 8 = 1.75 tablespoons. Measure 1 tbsp + 2 1/4 tsp. If you use 2 full tablespoons, the sauce will be thicker than the recipe intends.
A meal plan allows 14 g of olive oil. 14 ÷ 13.5 = 1.04 tablespoons. One level tablespoon is close enough; it is 0.5 g under.
Amounts close to 14 grams
Small differences in grams turn into visible differences in spoons for light ingredients such as flour. This table shows the weights around 14 g, including half an ounce, for five common ingredients.
| Grams | Butter | Sugar | Flour | Olive oil | Honey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 g | 0.85 | 0.96 | 1.6 | 0.89 | 0.56 |
| 13 g | 0.92 | 1.04 | 1.73 | 0.96 | 0.61 |
| 14 g | 0.99 | 1.12 | 1.87 | 1.04 | 0.66 |
| 14.17 g (1/2 oz) | 1 | 1.13 | 1.89 | 1.05 | 0.67 |
| 15 g | 1.06 | 1.2 | 2 | 1.11 | 0.71 |
| 16 g | 1.13 | 1.28 | 2.13 | 1.19 | 0.75 |
Tablespoons for weights from 12 to 16 g.
Most kitchen scales show whole grams only, so at 14 g a one-gram step is 7 percent of the amount. For a single spoonful of a light ingredient, the measuring spoon from the table above is as precise as the scale.
Questions about 14 grams
- Is 14 grams 1 tablespoon?
- For butter, water and oil it is close: 0.99, 0.95 and 1.04 tablespoons. For sugar it is 1.12 tablespoons and for flour 1.87.
- How many teaspoons is 14 grams of sugar?
- 3.36 teaspoons of granulated sugar. See grams of sugar to tablespoons for other sugars.
- How many tablespoons is 14 grams of flour?
- 1.87 tablespoons of all-purpose flour. See grams of flour to tablespoons.
- What about 15 grams?
- See 15 grams to tablespoons, which also explains why 15 g is one spoon only for water.
Where these numbers come from
The per-cup weights are the site’s published density set, listed with sources on the cups to grams page. USDA FoodData Central gives 14.2 g for a tablespoon of butter. The ounce is exactly 28.349523125 g, so half an ounce is 14.17 g. NIST defines the US tablespoon as 14.79 ml.