Chia seeds cups to grams chart
1 US cup of chia seeds weighs 148 g, or 5.2 oz. That is 6 g heavier than a cup of almonds (142 g). The weight is from King Arthur Baking, checked in November 2026.
US cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
¼ cup | 37 | 1.3 |
⅓ cup | 49 | 1.7 |
½ cup | 74 | 2.6 |
⅔ cup | 99 | 3.5 |
¾ cup | 111 | 3.9 |
1 cup | 148 | 5.2 |
1 ½ cups | 222 | 7.8 |
2 cups | 296 | 10.4 |
Chia seeds grams to cups chart
The closest measure you can scoop with cups and spoons, and the exact amount in cups.
Grams | Kitchen measure | Cups |
|---|---|---|
50 g | ⅓ cup | 0.34 |
100 g | ⅔ cup | 0.68 |
125 g | ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons | 0.84 |
150 g | 1 cup plus 1 teaspoon | 1.01 |
200 g | 1 ⅓ cups | 1.35 |
250 g | 1 ⅔ cups | 1.69 |
500 g | 3 ⅓ cups | 3.38 |
Chia seeds in tablespoons and teaspoons
1 tablespoon of chia seeds weighs 9 g and 1 teaspoon weighs 3 g. A cup is 16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons.
Grams | Tablespoons | Teaspoons |
|---|---|---|
5 g | 0.54 | 1 ⅝ |
10 g | 1.08 | 3 ¼ |
15 g | 1.62 | 4 ⅞ |
25 g | 2.7 | 8 ⅛ |
50 g | 5.41 | 16 ⅓ |
100 g | 10 ¾ | 32 ½ |
How do you measure a cup of chia seeds?
Fill the cup without pressing and level the top. How the chia seeds settles changes what a cup weighs, so for baking a scale is the surer measure.
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