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How many grams in a cup of cayenne pepper?
One cup of cayenne pepper (ground) weighs about 85 g; a tablespoon 5.3 g and a teaspoon 1.8 g. The weight is for ground cayenne pepper; measured another way it weighs a different amount.
Convert cayenne pepper
Cups, spoons or milliliters to grams, or grams and ounces back to cups.
1 cup cayenne pepper (ground) ≈ 85 g
| Grams | 85 g |
|---|---|
| Ounces (weight) | 2.99 oz |
| Cups | 1 |
| Tablespoons | 16 |
| Teaspoons | 48 |
| Milliliters | 237 ml |
1 cup of cayenne pepper (ground) weighs 85 g; 1 tbsp 5.3 g; 1 tsp 1.8 g.
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 11 g | 0.37 oz |
| ¼ cup | 21 g | 0.75 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 28 g | 1 oz |
| ½ cup | 42 g | 1.5 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 57 g | 1.99 oz |
| ¾ cup | 64 g | 2.24 oz |
| 1 cup | 85 g | 2.99 oz |
| 1 ½ cups | 127 g | 4.49 oz |
| 2 cups | 170 g | 5.98 oz |
| 3 cups | 254 g | 8.97 oz |
| 4 cups | 339 g | 12 oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 5.3 g | 0.19 oz |
| 1 teaspoon | 1.8 g | 0.06 oz |
| Grams | US measure | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|
| 2 g | 1 ⅛ tsp | 0.4 |
| 5 g | 2 ⅞ tsp | 0.9 |
| 10 g | 1 ⅞ tbsp | 1.9 |
| 15 g | 2 ⅞ tbsp | 2.8 |
| 25 g | ⅓ cup | 4.7 |
| 50 g | ⅝ cup | 9.4 |
| 100 g | 1 ⅛ cups | 18.9 |
| 125 g | 1 ½ cups | 23.6 |
| 150 g | 1 ¾ cups | 28.3 |
| 200 g | 2 ⅜ cups | 37.7 |
| 250 g | 3 cups | 47.2 |
| 300 g | 3 ½ cups | 56.6 |
How to measure cayenne 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 cayenne pepper to the weight above.
Where the number comes from
USDA FoodData Central (public domain): Spices, pepper, red or cayenne (FDC 170932), from the food's own measured cup, tablespoon or teaspoon weight. A US cup is 236.6 ml.
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