Cups of sesame seeds to grams
1 cup of sesame seeds = 144 g
Sesame seeds in USDA's data: ½ cup = 72 g · ¼ cup = 36 g · 1 tbsp = 9 g.
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Ingredient: whole sesame seeds, 144 g per US cup
144 g
That is 5.08 oz by weight.
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Cups of sesame seeds in grams
US cups, level. Spoon amounts are worked out from the cup weight.
| Amount | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tsp | 3 g | 0.11 oz |
| 1 tbsp | 9 g | 0.32 oz |
| ⅛ cup | 18 g | 0.63 oz |
| ¼ cup | 36 g | 1.27 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 48 g | 1.69 oz |
| ½ cup | 72 g | 2.54 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 96 g | 3.39 oz |
| ¾ cup | 108 g | 3.81 oz |
| 1 cup | 144 g | 5.08 oz |
| 1½ cups | 216 g | 7.62 oz |
| 2 cups | 288 g | 10.2 oz |
| 3 cups | 432 g | 15.2 oz |
| 4 cups | 576 g | 20.3 oz |
Grams of sesame seeds in cups
| Grams | Cups | Measure |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.17 | ≈ 3 tbsp |
| 50 g | 0.35 | ≈ ⅓ cup |
| 75 g | 0.52 | ≈ ½ cup |
| 100 g | 0.69 | ≈ ⅔ cup |
| 125 g | 0.87 | ≈ ¾ cup + 2 tbsp |
| 150 g | 1.04 | ≈ 1 cup + 1 tbsp |
| 200 g | 1.39 | ≈ 1⅓ cups + 1 tbsp |
| 250 g | 1.74 | ≈ 1¾ cups |
| 300 g | 2.08 | ≈ 2 cups + 1 tbsp |
| 400 g | 2.78 | ≈ 2¾ cups |
| 500 g | 3.47 | ≈ 3½ cups |
These figures are for whole sesame seeds: 144 g a cup, 9 g a tablespoon. Hulled sesame seeds weigh 150 g a cup, and toasted hulled seeds 128 g.
Where this number comes from
USDA FoodData Central lists 1 cup of “Seeds, sesame seeds, whole, dried” at 144 g (FDC ID 170150, 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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