Kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) cups to grams chart
1 US cup of kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) weighs 128 g, or 4.5 oz. That is 160 g lighter than a cup of table salt (288 g), so swapping one for the other cup for cup changes the weight in the bowl. The weight is from King Arthur Baking, checked in November 2026.
US cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
¼ cup | 32 | 1.1 |
⅓ cup | 43 | 1.5 |
½ cup | 64 | 2.3 |
⅔ cup | 85 | 3 |
¾ cup | 96 | 3.4 |
1 cup | 128 | 4.5 |
1 ½ cups | 192 | 6.8 |
2 cups | 256 | 9 |
Kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) 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 | ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons | 0.39 |
100 g | ¾ cup plus 1 teaspoon | 0.78 |
125 g | 1 cup | 0.98 |
150 g | 1 cup plus 3 tablespoons | 1.17 |
200 g | 1 ½ cups plus 1 tablespoon | 1.56 |
250 g | 1 ¾ cups plus 3 tablespoons | 1.95 |
500 g | 3 ¾ cups plus 2 tablespoons | 3.91 |
Kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) in tablespoons and teaspoons
1 tablespoon of kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) weighs 8 g and 1 teaspoon weighs 2.5 g. A cup is 16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons.
Grams | Tablespoons | Teaspoons |
|---|---|---|
5 g | 0.63 | 1 ⅞ |
10 g | 1 ¼ | 3 ¾ |
15 g | 1.87 | 5 ⅔ |
25 g | 3.13 | 9 ⅓ |
50 g | 6 ¼ | 18 ⅔ |
100 g | 12 ½ | 37 ½ |
How do you measure a cup of kosher salt (Diamond Crystal)?
Fill the cup without pressing and level the top. How the kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) settles changes what a cup weighs, so for baking a scale is the surer measure.
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