Polenta (dry cornmeal): cups to grams
1 cup of polenta (dry cornmeal) (yellow cornmeal) weighs
157g
In a 250ml metric cup (Australia, NZ): 166g
Cups
| Amount | US cup | Metric cup |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 39g | 41g |
| ⅓ cup | 52g | 55g |
| ½ cup | 79g | 83g |
| ⅔ cup | 105g | 111g |
| ¾ cup | 118g | 124g |
| 1 cup | 157g | 166g |
| 2 cups | 314g | 332g |
A US cup is 237ml. Use the metric column for Australian and New Zealand recipes.
Spoons
| Amount | Weight | Australian tbsp (20ml) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon | 9.8g | 13g |
| 1 teaspoon | 3.3g |
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Where these numbers come from
USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy, food 20022: “Cornmeal, degermed, enriched, yellow”. USDA lists these household measures for it:
- 1 cup = 157g
Fractions of a cup are the cup weight scaled down. The tablespoon figure is the cup weight divided by 16, since USDA doesn't list a tablespoon for this ingredient. The teaspoon is a third of the tablespoon. 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.
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