Such different measuring spoons! How much is it in grams?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

For a long time, conjuring in the kitchen over the next culinary masterpiece, our mothers and grandmothers used measuring spoons (tablespoons and teaspoons) to accurately measure the amount of food. This helped in the end to get such a ratio of taste, color and smell of the dish, which the hostesses were counting on. Even today, cutlery called measuring utensils is often found, only because they are used to determine the amount of the required substance.

Rich family of measuring tools

What are measuring spoons for? They are designed for bulk or liquid ingredients: sugar, flour, s alt, baking powder, spices, as well as honey, water, milk and vegetable oil. They are also used in determining the amount of protein powder or gainer in sports nutrition. They also measure infant formula.

There is a marking on the devices, by which you can find out information about how many grams are in a measuring spoon of powder, the exact amount of which is necessary for dilution in a large (60 ml) or small portion (30 ml) intended for the baby.

American system for counting grams in scoops

Measuring spoons are considered the most common kitchen attribute for cooking for Europeans and Americans. In grams, it is very easy to calculate their volume. It is identified with a label. On tablespoons, the following combinations of letters can be indicated - 1 Tb, Tbs or Tbsp, on teaspoons - 1 Tsp. In addition, a set of measuring spoons often contains measuring tools with a volume of ½ Tsp or ¼ Tsp, the capacity of which can be calculated by dividing the weight of the ingredient in a teaspoon by 2 or 4.

The principle of working with such devices is simple: you need to scoop up the product, picking up a full spoon, then carefully cut off the “slide” with a knife, aligning the loose ingredient along the edges. It should be borne in mind that measuring spoons in grams in American and Russian cooking (and CIS countries) differ in size. If domestic tablespoons are produced with a 7x4 cm scoop, then in Canada, the USA and New Zealand this device has dimensions of no more than 5x3.5 cm. The standard volume of water and milk that fits into imported tablespoons is 12 g (15 ml).

A scoop is how many grams?

The amount of bulk materials in a measured tablespoon can be determined from the table:

1 Tb (tablespoon) holds ingredients in grams

Products	No slide	Slide
Sugar	10	15
S alt	14	20
Flour (insifted)	7	12
Rice	12	17
Corn starch	10	15
Ground nuts	8	12
Grated cheese	6	11
Dry grass (including tea)	4	6
Fresh grass	8	10

Russian-language recipes often use heaping tablespoons, while English-speaking chefs mostly use level tablespoons.

Sports nutrition: how to calculate how many grams

Gainers - protein shakes, which are so necessary for people who are actively involved in sports, are produced with special measuring spoons. Their volume in grams is usually 50 g, but may also vary depending on the manufacturer. For example, Optimum Nutrition's Serious Mass brand has 167g of powder in a scoop, while MHP's Up Your Mass scoop has just 33g of product.

When using kitchen measuring spoons, you need to consider that each of them contains 15 g of gainer or protein in a cutlery without a slide and 23 - with a slide. A teaspoon (1Tsp) - without a "pyramid" will scoop up 5 g of protein or protein-carbohydrate powder, and with it - 8 g.

Baby food and dry mix scoops

The degree of filling of an ordinary tablespoon or teaspoon when measuring the dosage of drymixtures for the baby can create inconvenience in the form of a "pyramid" or "slide". A sufficiently large error, which may arise due to the habit of measuring “by eye”, often becomes the cause of improper feeding of the child, since there is a high probability of “overshooting or undershooting” the required volume of the product. Handy measuring spoons with high sides and the ability to "cut off" excess powder are included with each mixture.

However, their volume depends on the brand:

• "Mikamilk" - 4, 6
• "Nan-1" - 4, 3
• "Infanta" - 4, 6
• "Nutrilon Comfort-2" - 4.9 y.
• "Nutrilon" - 4.5g.
• "Humana" - 4.5
• "Humana-2" - 4, 7
• Aptamil - 4.6 y.

In addition to baby food, measuring spoons can be found in medicines that require precise dosage. In the pharmacy, you can purchase such tools separately. Medicines, syrups, infusions, extracts and other liquid dosage forms are collected in a measuring spoon also up to the level of the rim.

Innovation

A unique development for weighing - an electronic measuring spoon-scale - today can be used to quickly determine the amount of any product.

And you can do it in grams, ounces, grains or even carats. It is often referred to as the perfect companion for smoothies, baby formula or gourmet meals withspices. The number of grams in such a spoon is reflected on the display. Two nozzles - large (57 ml) and small (28.4 ml) - have standard shapes with a scale for tablespoons and teaspoons. The use of food grade plastic makes this measuring spoon safe and very convenient.