Cups of kale to grams
1 cup of kale = 21 g
Kale (raw) in USDA's data: ½ cup = 10.5 g · ¼ cup = 5.3 g · 1 tbsp = 1.3 g.
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Ingredient: raw kale, 21 g per US cup
21 g
That is 0.74 oz by weight.
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Cups of kale in grams
US cups, level. Spoon amounts are worked out from the cup weight.
| Amount | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tsp | 0.4 g | 0.02 oz |
| 1 tbsp | 1.3 g | 0.05 oz |
| ⅛ cup | 2.6 g | 0.09 oz |
| ¼ cup | 5.3 g | 0.19 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 7 g | 0.25 oz |
| ½ cup | 10.5 g | 0.37 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 14 g | 0.49 oz |
| ¾ cup | 15.8 g | 0.56 oz |
| 1 cup | 21 g | 0.74 oz |
| 1½ cups | 31.5 g | 1.11 oz |
| 2 cups | 42 g | 1.48 oz |
| 3 cups | 63 g | 2.22 oz |
| 4 cups | 84 g | 2.96 oz |
Grams of kale in cups
| Grams | Cups | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 1.19 | ≈ 1 cup + 3 tbsp |
| 50 g | 2.38 | ≈ 2⅓ cups + 1 tbsp |
| 75 g | 3.57 | ≈ 3½ cups + 1 tbsp |
| 100 g | 4.76 | ≈ 4¾ cups |
| 125 g | 5.95 | ≈ 5¾ cups + 3 tbsp |
| 150 g | 7.14 | ≈ 7 cups + 2 tbsp |
| 200 g | 9.52 | ≈ 9½ cups |
| 250 g | 11.9 | ≈ 11¾ cups + 2 tbsp |
| 300 g | 14.29 | ≈ 14¼ cups + 1 tbsp |
| 400 g | 19.05 | ≈ 19 cups + 1 tbsp |
| 500 g | 23.81 | ≈ 23¾ cups + 1 tbsp |
These figures are for raw kale leaves, loosely packed: 21 g a cup, so 100 g of leaves fills almost 5 cups. Cooked kale, boiled and drained, is far denser: 118 g a cup.
Where this number comes from
USDA FoodData Central lists 1 cup of “Kale, raw” at 21 g (FDC ID 168421, SR Legacy).
Everything else is worked out from that figure: spoons from 1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons, and ounces and pounds from their exact definitions (1 oz = 28.349523125 g, 1 lb = 453.59237 g, NIST).
Source: FoodData Central, USDA Agricultural Research Service.
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