One gram of rice flour is 0.10126582 tablespoons, so converting grams of rice flour to tablespoons means multiplying by 0.10126582. 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 0.66783 g per mL, against 1.00 for water. A cup of water weighs 236.6 g and a cup of rice flour weighs 158 g, so this ingredient is 66.78% as heavy as the same volume of water — the single fact the whole page rests on.
A level tablespoon of rice flour is 9.875 g, which puts a teaspoon at 3.292 g and a tablespoon and a half — the quantity recipes are fondest of — at 14.81 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 0.633% of a cup of rice flour, so weighing gets an accuracy no measuring cup can reach. A 500 g pack of it is 3.165 cups, and a 1 kg pack 6.329.
How the figure is arrived at: Fine, dense and gluten-free. Common in gluten-free blends and in tempura and rice-noodle batters.
The formula
grams- The amount of rice flour you are converting, in grams
0.101265822785- Tablespoons per gram for rice flour, from its density of 0.66783 g/mL
tablespoons- The equivalent quantity in tablespoons
How it works, step by step
- Enter the quantity in grams.
- It is multiplied by 0.101265822785, the tablespoons-per-gram figure for rice flour.
- 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 rice flour in tablespoons
50 g of rice flour weighs out at 5.06329 tablespoons. Divide 5.06329 by 0.10126582 and you get back to 50 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
150 g of rice flour in tablespoons
150 g of rice flour weighs out at 15.1899 tablespoons. Divide 15.1899 by 0.10126582 and you get back to 150 g, which is the quickest check that the factor is the right way up.
500 g of rice flour in tablespoons
Take 500 g of rice flour: 500 × 0.10126582 gives 50.6329 tablespoons. Doubling the batch takes it to 101.266 tablespoons, because the relationship is a straight proportion once the density is known.
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Frequently asked questions
How many tablespoons are in 1 g of rice flour?
One gram of rice flour is 0.10126582 tablespoons. Half that quantity is 0.0506329 tablespoons and double it is 0.202532 tablespoons, so the figure scales straight up and down — there is no offset in this conversion, only the factor.
Why is a cup of rice flour not 236 g like water?
Because weight per cup depends on what is in the cup. Rice flour has a density of 0.66783 g per mL where water has 1.00, so a cup of it weighs 158 g rather than 236.6 g. That is a difference of 78.6 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 rice flour by roughly 20% — about 15.8 g either side of 158 g — because fine, dense and gluten-free. Weighing removes the question entirely.
Is a fluid ounce of rice flour 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 rice flour weighs 0.6967 oz, so the two readings differ by 30.3%. 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 rice flour would weigh 166.96 g instead of 158 g — 8.96 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?
A scale, if the result matters. Volume measuring carries a spread of about 20% for rice flour — roughly 31.6 g on a 158 g cup — while a domestic scale is accurate to a gram or two. For anything where the ratio of ingredients drives the outcome, bread and pastry above all, weigh it.
How much does 3 tbsp of rice flour weigh?
3 tbsp of rice flour comes to 29.625 g, or 29.625 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.
Rice flour in grams and tablespoons
| Grams | Tablespoons | Unrounded |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 0.506329 tbsp | 0.5063291139 |
| 10 g | 1.01266 tbsp | 1.012658228 |
| 25 g | 2.53165 tbsp | 2.53164557 |
| 50 g | 5.06329 tbsp | 5.063291139 |
| 100 g | 10.1266 tbsp | 10.12658228 |
| 125 g | 12.6582 tbsp | 12.65822785 |
| 150 g | 15.1899 tbsp | 15.18987342 |
| 200 g | 20.2532 tbsp | 20.25316456 |
| 250 g | 25.3165 tbsp | 25.3164557 |
| 300 g | 30.3797 tbsp | 30.37974684 |
| 500 g | 50.6329 tbsp | 50.63291139 |
| 1000 g | 101.266 tbsp | 101.2658228 |
Based on 158 g per cup of rice flour. One gram of rice flour is 0.10126582 tablespoons.
| Measure | Grams | Ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 158 g | 5.57 oz | 236.6 mL |
| 1 tbsp | 9.875 g | 0.348 oz | 14.79 mL |
| 2 tsp | 6.583 g | 0.232 oz | 9.858 mL |
| 1 tsp | 3.292 g | 0.116 oz | 4.929 mL |
| 3/4 tsp | 2.469 g | 0.0871 oz | 3.697 mL |
| 1/2 tsp | 1.646 g | 0.0581 oz | 2.464 mL |
| 1/4 tsp | 0.8229 g | 0.029 oz | 1.232 mL |
| 1/8 tsp | 0.4115 g | 0.0145 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornstarch | 128 g | 4.515 oz | 0.541 |
| Cornmeal | 138 g | 4.868 oz | 0.5833 |
| Graham cracker crumbs | 142 g | 5.009 oz | 0.6002 |
| Rice flour (this page) | 158 g | 5.573 oz | 0.6678 |
| Potato starch | 160 g | 5.644 oz | 0.6763 |
| Steel-cut oats | 160 g | 5.644 oz | 0.6763 |
| Semolina | 167 g | 5.891 oz | 0.7059 |
Ordered by weight. The spread across this group is why a single generic cups-to-grams factor cannot work.