Grams to cups for table salt
One US cup of table salt weighs about 273 g, so 100 g is about 0.37 cups (3/8 cup). Fine grain, not flaky. Real-world range: 145 g kosher flakes to 292 g fine table salt. The calculator and table below use this figure for any amount.
Conversion table
| Grams | Cups | Closest kitchen measure |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.09 | 1/8 cup |
| 50 g | 0.18 | 1/6 cup |
| 75 g | 0.27 | 1/4 cup |
| 100 g | 0.37 | 3/8 cup |
| 125 g | 0.46 | 1/2 cup |
| 150 g | 0.55 | 1/2 cup |
| 200 g | 0.73 | 3/4 cup |
| 250 g | 0.92 | 7/8 cup |
| 300 g | 1.1 | 1 cup + 1/8 |
| 400 g | 1.47 | 1 cup + 1/2 |
| 500 g | 1.83 | 1 cup + 7/8 |
How to measure it
Fine table salt is dense at about 273 g a cup, but nobody measures salt by the cup. The reason this page exists is teaspoons: a teaspoon of table salt is about 6 g, and that is the number that matters when converting a recipe.
Crystal shape changes salt more than any other ingredient. A teaspoon of Diamond Crystal kosher salt weighs about 3 g, half the table salt figure, because the hollow flakes trap air. Following a kosher salt recipe with table salt by volume doubles the saltiness.
When a metric recipe gives salt in grams, use measuring spoons and this rule of thumb: 6 g per teaspoon of table salt, 3 g for flaky kosher.
Density source: Manufacturer packaging for fine table salt. Method assumed: Fine table salt. Kosher flake salt is nearer 145 g a cup.
Questions about table salt
Other ingredients
See also: why conversion charts disagree and the full density data.