Milligrams of sodium to teaspoons of salt
Type a value in mg sodium to get it in tsp instantly.
0.2118tsp
That's 2.5× as much as a bag of crisps, while a takeaway pizza is 2.4× more. That is 25.42 % of the WHO daily limit of 5 g of salt.
Convert the other way: tsp to mg sodium
What it means
How much salt is that?
Salt here means sodium chloride. A level teaspoon of table salt weighs about 6 g; flaky sea salt is lighter.
The math
How to convert mg sodium to tsp
To convert milligrams of sodium to teaspoons of salt, multiply by 0.000423687.
Example: 500 mg sodium × 0.000423687 = 0.211843 tsp.
In the other direction, 1 tsp = 2,360.23 mg sodium.
Every unit
That salt in every unit
Tables
mg sodium to tsp conversion table
| mg sodium | tsp |
|---|---|
| 50 mg sodium | 0.0211843 tsp |
| 100 mg sodium | 0.0423687 tsp |
| 200 mg sodium | 0.0847374 tsp |
| 300 mg sodium | 0.127106 tsp |
| 400 mg sodium | 0.169475 tsp |
| 500 mg sodium | 0.211843 tsp |
| 600 mg sodium | 0.254212 tsp |
| 800 mg sodium | 0.338949 tsp |
| 1,000 mg sodium | 0.423687 tsp |
| 1,500 mg sodium | 0.63553 tsp |
| 2,000 mg sodium | 0.847374 tsp |
| 2,300 mg sodium | 0.97448 tsp |
| 3,000 mg sodium | 1.27106 tsp |
| 4,000 mg sodium | 1.69475 tsp |
tsp to mg sodium conversion table
| tsp | mg sodium |
|---|---|
| 0.0212 tsp | 50.037 mg sodium |
| 0.0424 tsp | 100.074 mg sodium |
| 0.0847 tsp | 199.912 mg sodium |
| 0.127 tsp | 299.75 mg sodium |
| 0.169 tsp | 398.88 mg sodium |
| 0.212 tsp | 500.37 mg sodium |
| 0.254 tsp | 599.499 mg sodium |
| 0.339 tsp | 800.119 mg sodium |
| 0.424 tsp | 1,000.74 mg sodium |
| 0.636 tsp | 1,501.11 mg sodium |
| 0.847 tsp | 1,999.12 mg sodium |
| 0.974 tsp | 2,298.87 mg sodium |
| 1.27 tsp | 2,997.5 mg sodium |
| 1.69 tsp | 3,988.8 mg sodium |
Quick answers
Quick answers
- How many tsp is 1 mg sodium?
- 1 mg sodium is 0.000423687 tsp.
- How many tsp is 10 mg sodium?
- 10 mg sodium is 0.00423687 tsp.
- How many tsp is 500 mg sodium?
- 500 mg sodium is 0.211843 tsp.
The units
About these units
Milligrams of sodium (mg sodium)
Sodium in milligrams, as US labels give it.
Teaspoons of salt (tsp)
Level teaspoons of table salt, about 6 g each.
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