Cups to grams / Flaxseed (linseed)
How many grams is a quarter cup of flaxseed (linseed)?
A quarter cup of flaxseed (linseed) (flaxseed) weighs
42g
That's 1.5oz. In a 250ml metric cup it's 44g.
This uses the US cup, the size American recipes mean. A quarter cup is 59ml by volume.
Other amounts of flaxseed (linseed)
Where these numbers come from
USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, food 12220: “Seeds, flaxseed”. USDA lists these household measures for it:
- 1 tbsp, whole = 10.3g
- 1 cup, whole = 168g
- 1 tbsp, ground = 7g
- 1 tsp, whole = 3.4g
- 1 tsp, ground = 2.5g
Fractions of a cup are the cup weight scaled down. Metric-cup figures assume a 250ml cup, and Australian tablespoons hold 20ml. Weights under 10g are rounded to 0.1g, everything else to the nearest gram. Full source list.