Salt converter: spoons to grams

A tablespoon of salt doesn’t weigh the same with every salt. Turn your spoons into grams, or your grams into spoons, with the guides’ figures.

Your salt

Measure

How many

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Weighs

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Why weigh salt

Fervida’s recipes give salt in grams because the amount matters: with too little, the ferment is left unprotected. A coarse or flaky grain leaves air between the crystals, so the same spoonful weighs less. Use this converter to understand a recipe that gives spoons, but to make it, use the scale.

At a glance

Your salt	1 tsp	1 tbsp	1 cup
Table or canning	—	—	—
Kosher	—	—	—
Coarse or flake	—	—	—

Where the figures come from

Flaked salt varies in density, so is not recommended for use in pickled and fermented foods. If used, measure by weight NOT measuring spoons or cups – 1 cup of granulated salt weighs 10.2 ounces (289 grams). Oregon State University Extension Service
Salt varies from 230 g to 335 g per US cup measured. If it doesn’t specify Kosher salt, 285 g / cup is close. Kosher is more like 245 g / cup. UC Master Food Preservers
It is best to weigh salt for accuracy. University of Illinois Extension

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