¼ cup of table salt in ounces

¼ cup of table salt ≈ 2.57 oz = 73 g · 59 mL by volume · at 292 g per cup, spooned and leveled. Use the converter below for any amount or ingredient.

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grams = cups × 292 (table salt) ; ounces = grams ÷ 28.3495

Why weight beats volume for table salt

A cup is a volume; a recipe cares about mass. Table salt runs about 292 g per US cup measured spoon-and-level, but packing, humidity, and grind can move that by ±10%. Weighing removes the guesswork, which is exactly why serious baking recipes list grams.

Table salt only. Kosher salt varies hugely by brand, Diamond Crystal is roughly half the weight of table salt per cup.

Table salt: cups to ounces table

Amount Grams Ounces
¼ cup (this page) 73 g 2.57 oz
⅓ cup 97 g 3.43 oz
½ cup 146 g 5.15 oz
⅔ cup 195 g 6.87 oz
¾ cup 219 g 7.72 oz
1 cup 292 g 10.3 oz
1½ cups 438 g 15.45 oz
2 cups 584 g 20.6 oz
3 cups 876 g 30.9 oz

Frequently asked questions

How many ounces is ¼ cup of table salt?

¼ cup of table salt is about 2.57 oz (73 g), based on 292 g per US cup, measured spoon-and-level.

Why does the ingredient change the answer?

Cups measure volume, grams measure weight. Dense ingredients pack more weight into the same cup: a cup of honey is 340 g while a cup of rolled oats is only 90 g. That is why generic cup-to-gram converters get recipes wrong.

Does it matter how I fill the cup?

Table salt only. Kosher salt varies hugely by brand, Diamond Crystal is roughly half the weight of table salt per cup.

Is this a US cup or a metric cup?

A US customary cup (236.6 mL). A metric cup is 250 mL, about 5.7% bigger, and old UK recipes use a 284 mL imperial cup. ¼ cup here is 59 mL by volume.

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