Sugar converter: grams to teaspoons
Convert sugar between grams, teaspoons, tablespoons, cups and cubes, and see how it compares with the recommended daily limits.
That's about the same as the daily limit for women (AHA). On a nutrition label that counts as 6.25 teaspoons.
What it means
How much sugar is that?
Level US measures. A cup holds 200 g of granulated sugar, 220 g of packed brown sugar and 120 g of powdered sugar. Cubes vary between 2 and 5 g; we use 4 g. Nutrition labels count 4 g as a teaspoon.
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Three things worth knowing
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Divide by 4
Grams of sugar on a label divided by 4 is teaspoons: a 40 g soft drink holds 10 teaspoons.
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Why teaspoons
Public health campaigns turned grams into teaspoons because a pile of ten spoonfuls is easier to picture than “40 g”.
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Not all sugar weighs the same
A cup of powdered sugar weighs 40% less than a cup of granulated. Swap them by volume in a recipe and it comes out far less sweet.
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About measuring sugar
A level teaspoon holds about 4.2 g of granulated sugar, a tablespoon 12.5 g and a US cup 200 g. Packed brown sugar is denser (220 g a cup) and powdered sugar much lighter (120 g a cup).
For food labels, the simple rule is 4 g of sugar = 1 teaspoon. The American Heart Association suggests no more than 25 g of added sugar a day for women and 36 g for men; a 12 oz can of cola has 39 g.