One gram of dry breadcrumbs is 0.14814815 tablespoons, so converting grams of dry breadcrumbs to tablespoons means multiplying by 0.14814815. That factor is specific to this ingredient — it comes from its density, not from any relationship between the two units.
The density behind that figure is 0.45649 g per mL, against 1.00 for water. A cup of water weighs 236.6 g and a cup of dry breadcrumbs weighs 108 g, so this ingredient is 45.65% as heavy as the same volume of water — the single fact the whole page rests on.
A level tablespoon of dry breadcrumbs is 6.75 g, which puts a teaspoon at 2.25 g and a tablespoon and a half — the quantity recipes are fondest of — at 10.12 g. Levelling twice is where the error comes from, so the scale is the faster instrument once the quantity passes a couple of spoons.
Grams are the unit this conversion is really for. A domestic scale resolves to a gram, which is 0.926% of a cup of dry breadcrumbs, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 4.63 cups, and a 1 kg pack 9.259.
What the number depends on: Fine, dry and unseasoned. Fresh breadcrumbs weigh about half as much per cup because the crumb has not collapsed.
The formula
grams- The amount of dry breadcrumbs you are converting, in grams
0.148148148148- Tablespoons per gram for dry breadcrumbs, from its density of 0.45649 g/mL
tablespoons- The equivalent quantity in tablespoons
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 0.148148148148, the tablespoons-per-gram figure for dry breadcrumbs.
- The result appears in tablespoons, with a second reading in tsp beneath it.
- Use the measure table if you want a standard recipe quantity rather than a number you type in.
Worked examples
50 g of dry breadcrumbs in tablespoons
Take 50 g of dry breadcrumbs: 50 × 0.14814815 gives 7.40741 tablespoons. Doubling the batch takes it to 14.8148 tablespoons, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
150 g of dry breadcrumbs in tablespoons
Take 150 g of dry breadcrumbs: 150 × 0.14814815 gives 22.2222 tablespoons. Doubling the batch takes it to 44.4444 tablespoons, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
500 g of dry breadcrumbs in tablespoons
A recipe calling for 500 g of dry breadcrumbs needs 74.0741 tablespoons on the scale. The arithmetic is 500 × 0.14814815 = 74.074074, and halving the recipe halves the weight to 37.037 tablespoons.
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Frequently asked questions
How many tablespoons are in 1 g of dry breadcrumbs?
One gram of dry breadcrumbs is 0.14814815 tablespoons. Half that quantity is 0.0740741 tablespoons and double it is 0.296296 tablespoons, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of dry breadcrumbs not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Dry breadcrumbs has a density of 0.45649 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 108 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 128.6 g per cup, and it is the reason a single volume-to-weight factor cannot be applied to every ingredient.
Does how I measure it change the weight?
Yes, and by more than most people expect. Handling changes the weight of a cup of dry breadcrumbs by roughly 20% — about 10.8 g either side of 108 g — because fine, dry and unseasoned. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of dry breadcrumbs the same as an ounce?
No. A fluid ounce is a volume — one eighth of a US cup, 29.57 mL — and an ounce is a weight. One fluid ounce of dry breadcrumbs weighs 0.4762 oz, so the two readings differ by 52.4%. They coincide only for something with the density of water, and then only roughly.
Is this a US cup or a metric cup?
US customary: 236.59 mL, which is the cup every US recipe means. A metric cup is 250 mL, so the same cup of dry breadcrumbs would weigh 114.12 g instead of 108 g — 6.12 g more, or 5.67%. Australian and some European recipes use the metric cup, and the difference is large enough to matter in baking.
Do I need a scale for this, or will measuring cups do?
At this size the spoon wins. One tablespoon of dry breadcrumbs is 6.75 g, and a scale reading to the nearest gram is working at 14.8% resolution on that — a measuring spoon is the more accurate instrument below about 5 g, which is why spice quantities are still written in spoons.
How much does 3 tbsp of dry breadcrumbs weigh?
3 tbsp of dry breadcrumbs comes to 20.25 g, or 20.25 grams. This page runs that calculation in reverse — enter a weight and it returns the volume — and the tablespoons-to-grams page does it in the direction the question is usually asked.
Dry breadcrumbs in grams and tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 0.740741 tbsp | 0.7407407407 |
| 10 g | 1.48148 tbsp | 1.481481481 |
| 25 g | 3.7037 tbsp | 3.703703704 |
| 50 g | 7.40741 tbsp | 7.407407407 |
| 100 g | 14.8148 tbsp | 14.81481481 |
| 125 g | 18.5185 tbsp | 18.51851852 |
| 150 g | 22.2222 tbsp | 22.22222222 |
| 200 g | 29.6296 tbsp | 29.62962963 |
| 250 g | 37.037 tbsp | 37.03703704 |
| 300 g | 44.4444 tbsp | 44.44444444 |
| 500 g | 74.0741 tbsp | 74.07407407 |
| 1000 g | 148.148 tbsp | 148.1481481 |
Based on 108 g per cup of dry breadcrumbs. One gram of dry breadcrumbs is 0.14814815 tablespoons.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 108 g | 3.81 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 6.75 g | 0.238 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 2 tsp | 4.5 g | 0.159 oz | 9.858 mL |
| 1 tsp | 2.25 g | 0.0794 oz | 4.929 mL |
| 3/4 tsp | 1.688 g | 0.0595 oz | 3.697 mL |
| 1/2 tsp | 1.125 g | 0.0397 oz | 2.464 mL |
| 1/4 tsp | 0.5625 g | 0.0198 oz | 1.232 mL |
| 1/8 tsp | 0.2812 g | 0.00992 oz | 0.6161 mL |
US customary measures: 1 cup = 236.59 mL, 1 tbsp = 14.79 mL, 1 tsp = 4.93 mL.
| Ingredient | Grams per cup | Ounces per cup | Density (g/mL) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oat flour | 92 g | 3.245 oz | 0.3889 |
| Almond flour | 96 g | 3.386 oz | 0.4058 |
| Rye flour | 102 g | 3.598 oz | 0.4311 |
| Dry breadcrumbs (this page) | 108 g | 3.81 oz | 0.4565 |
| Coconut flour | 112 g | 3.951 oz | 0.4734 |
| Cake flour | 114 g | 4.021 oz | 0.4818 |
| Whole wheat flour | 120 g | 4.233 oz | 0.5072 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.