Ground Flaxseed — Grams & Cups Converter
1 cup of ground flaxseed (also called flax meal) weighs about 112 g. Half a cup is 56 g, a tablespoon about 7 g, and a full cup is 3.95 ounces on a scale.
💡 Tip: To make a flax egg, mix 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed (about 7 g) with 3 tablespoons water and let it sit 5 minutes until gel-like — it replaces one egg in baking. Store ground flax in the fridge or freezer; it turns rancid quickly at room temperature.
How many cups is a given weight of ground flaxseed?
| Grams | Amount | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 3/8 tbsp | 0.35 |
| 25 | 1/4 cup | 0.88 |
| 30 | 1/4 cup | 1.06 |
| 50 | 1/2 cup | 1.76 |
| 75 | 2/3 cup | 2.65 |
| 100 | 7/8 cup | 3.53 |
| 125 | 1 1/8 cups | 4.41 |
| 150 | 1 1/3 cups | 5.29 |
| 200 | 1 3/4 cups | 7.05 |
| 250 | 2 1/4 cups | 8.82 |
| 300 | 2 2/3 cups | 10.6 |
From cups to grams: ground flaxseed
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8 | 14 | 0.49 |
| 1/4 | 28 | 0.99 |
| 1/3 | 37.3 | 1.32 |
| 1/2 | 56 | 1.98 |
| 2/3 | 74.7 | 2.63 |
| 3/4 | 84 | 2.96 |
| 1 | 112 | 3.95 |
| 1 1/2 | 168 | 5.93 |
| 2 | 224 | 7.9 |
For smaller amounts: a tablespoon of ground flaxseed is about 7 g, and a teaspoon about 2.33 g. See the full tablespoon chart for ground flaxseed.
Where ground flaxseed sits by weight
A cup of ground flaxseed weighs 112 g, which puts it 2nd by weight among the 13 nuts & seeds on this site. Its nearest neighbours are pecans at 99 g and walnuts at 117 g per cup.
Swapping these by the cupful is not like-for-like. A cup of walnuts in place of ground flaxseed puts roughly 5 g more in the bowl, so match the grams rather than the cups.
Questions people ask about ground flaxseed
- How many cups is 100g of ground flaxseed?
- Just over or under 7/8 cup, depending how firmly you fill the cup. 100 g ÷ 112 g per cup = 7/8 cup.
- How much is 80g of ground flaxseed in cups?
- About ¾ cup (80 ÷ 112 = 0.71 cup).
- How many grams is 1 tablespoon of ground flaxseed?
- About 7 g.
- How many grams is ¼ cup of ground flaxseed?
- About 28 g (112 ÷ 4).
- How much ground flax equals one egg?
- 1 tablespoon ground flaxseed (about 7 g) plus 3 tablespoons water makes one flax egg.
- How many grams is 1 cup of ground flaxseed?
- A level US cup of ground flaxseed comes to roughly 112 g (3.95 oz on a scale).
- How many cups is 200g of ground flaxseed?
- About 1 3/4 cups — that is 200 divided by the 112 g a cup weighs.
- How many ounces is 1 cup of ground flaxseed?
- 1 cup of ground flaxseed is about 3.95 ounces by weight (112 g).
- Why do my numbers differ slightly?
- How it is cut changes everything. Whole nuts leave large gaps in a cup, chopped ones pack closer, and ground ones closer still — so a cup of the same nut can swing by a third depending on the knife work.