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How many grams in a cup of black pepper?

One cup of black pepper (ground) weighs about 110 g; a tablespoon 6.9 g and a teaspoon 2.3 g. The weight is for ground black pepper; measured another way it weighs a different amount.

Convert black pepper

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1 cup black pepper (ground) ≈ 110 g

Grams	110 g
Ounces (weight)	3.89 oz
Cups	1
Tablespoons	16
Teaspoons	48
Milliliters	237 ml

1 cup of black pepper (ground) weighs 110 g; 1 tbsp 6.9 g; 1 tsp 2.3 g.

Black pepper: cups to grams
Cups	Grams	Ounces
⅛ cup	14 g	0.49 oz
¼ cup	28 g	0.97 oz
⅓ cup	37 g	1.3 oz
½ cup	55 g	1.95 oz
⅔ cup	74 g	2.6 oz
¾ cup	83 g	2.92 oz
1 cup	110 g	3.89 oz
1 ½ cups	166 g	5.84 oz
2 cups	221 g	7.79 oz
3 cups	331 g	11.7 oz
4 cups	442 g	15.6 oz
1 tablespoon	6.9 g	0.24 oz
1 teaspoon	2.3 g	0.08 oz

Black pepper: grams to cups
Grams	US measure	Tablespoons
5 g	2 ⅛ tsp	0.7
10 g	1 ½ tbsp	1.4
15 g	2 ⅛ tbsp	2.2
25 g	3 ⅝ tbsp	3.6
50 g	½ cup	7.2
100 g	⅞ cup	14.5
125 g	1 ⅛ cups	18.1
150 g	1 ⅜ cups	21.7
200 g	1 ¾ cups	29
250 g	2 ¼ cups	36.2
300 g	2 ¾ cups	43.5
400 g	3 ⅝ cups	58

How to measure black pepper

Dip the spoon, then level it with a knife.
Ground and whole spices weigh different amounts by the spoon; this is the form named here.
For the same result every time, weigh it: put the bowl on the scale, press tare, then add black pepper to the weight above.

Where the number comes from

USDA FoodData Central (public domain): Spices, pepper, black (FDC 170931), from the food's own measured cup, tablespoon or teaspoon weight. A US cup is 236.6 ml.

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