How Many Grams in a Tablespoon of Butter?
1 level US tablespoon of butter weighs about 14.2 g, and a teaspoon about 4.73 g. So 2 tablespoons ≈ 28.4 g and 3 tablespoons ≈ 42.6 g. Convert any amount below.
The stick wrapper is your measuring tool
If you're in the US, you rarely need to scoop butter into a spoon at all: every standard stick wrapper is printed with 8 tablespoon lines, and each marking is one tablespoon — about 14 g. Slice at the line and you're done. Half a stick is 4 tablespoons (57 g); a whole stick is 8 tablespoons (113 g).
Melting doesn't change the weight: 1 tablespoon of solid butter and that same butter melted both weigh about 14 g. What melting changes is the volume measure — a spoon of melted butter and a spoon of packed solid butter can differ slightly — so when a recipe says "1 tbsp butter, melted", measure the solid butter first, then melt it.
Tablespoons to grams chart for butter
| Tablespoons | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/2 | 7.09 | 0.25 |
| 1 | 14.2 | 0.5 |
| 1 1/2 | 21.3 | 0.75 |
| 2 | 28.4 | 1 |
| 2 1/2 | 35.5 | 1.25 |
| 3 | 42.6 | 1.5 |
| 4 | 56.8 | 2 |
| 5 | 70.9 | 2.5 |
| 6 | 85.1 | 3 |
| 8 | 114 | 4 |
| 16 (1 cup) | 227 | 8.01 |
Grams to tablespoons chart for butter
| Grams | Tablespoons | Teaspoons |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0.35 | 1.06 |
| 10 | 0.7 | 2.11 |
| 15 | 1.06 | 3.17 |
| 20 | 1.41 | 4.23 |
| 25 | 1.76 | 5.29 |
| 30 | 2.11 | 6.34 |
| 40 | 2.82 | 8.46 |
| 50 | 3.52 | 10.6 |
| 75 | 5.29 | 15.9 |
| 100 | 7.05 | 21.1 |
Working in cups instead? See the full Butter grams ↔ cups converter.
Frequently asked questions
- How many grams in a tablespoon of butter?
- A level US tablespoon of butter weighs about 14.2 grams.
- How many grams is 2 tablespoons of butter?
- 2 level tablespoons of butter is about 28.4 grams.
- How many grams in a teaspoon of butter?
- A level teaspoon of butter is about 4.73 grams. There are 3 teaspoons in 1 tablespoon.
- How many tablespoons of butter in a cup?
- There are 16 US tablespoons in a cup, so 1 cup of butter (about 227 g) is 16 level tablespoons.
- Should the tablespoon be level or heaped?
- Level. Recipes and nutrition figures assume a level spoon — a heaped tablespoon of butter can weigh 1.5–2 times as much. Fill the spoon, then sweep the excess off with a straight edge.
- Is a UK or Australian tablespoon the same as a US tablespoon?
- Not quite. A US tablespoon is 14.8 ml (about 14.2 g of butter); the UK/metric tablespoon is 15 ml (about 14.4 g) — close enough to ignore. The Australian tablespoon is 20 ml (about 19.2 g), a third bigger, so scale Australian recipes accordingly.
- How many grams is 3 tablespoons of butter?
- 3 tablespoons of butter is about 43 grams. On a US stick wrapper, that's slicing at the third marking.
- How many tablespoons is 50g of butter?
- 50 grams of butter is about 3½ tablespoons (50 ÷ 14.2 = 3.5).
- How many tablespoons is half a stick of butter?
- Half a US stick is 4 tablespoons — about 57 grams, or ¼ cup.
- Does melted butter weigh the same as solid butter?
- Yes — melting changes the shape, not the weight. 1 tablespoon of solid butter (about 14 g) is still about 14 g melted. Measure solid, then melt.