Sauce, Tartar, Ready-To-Serve: How Many Grams in a Cup?
Tartar sauce is a mayonnaise-and-pickle emulsion with a density of 1.014 g/ml, barely above water, so one US cup weighs about 240 grams and a tablespoon roughly 15 grams. Its creamy, spoonable texture with suspended chopped pickles and onion bits makes it the standard accompaniment for fried fish, crab cakes, and seafood po'boys.
Quick convert
- US cup = 236.588 mL
- 1 tbsp = 14.787 mL
- 1 tsp = 4.929 mL
Reference table
| Cups | g |
|---|---|
| 1/8 cup | 30 |
| 1/4 cup | 60 |
| 1/3 cup | 80 |
| 1/2 cup | 120 |
| 2/3 cup | 160 |
| 3/4 cup | 180 |
| 1 cup | 240 |
| 1 1/2 cups | 360 |
| 2 cups | 480 |
FAQ
- Why is tartar sauce almost the same density as water?
- At 1.014 g/ml, tartar sauce is a light oil-in-water emulsion where the fat from mayonnaise nearly offsets the heavier pickle solids, resulting in a density just slightly above water's 1.000 g/ml.
- How much does one cup of tartar sauce weigh?
- A US cup (237 ml) of tartar sauce weighs approximately 240 grams at 1.014 g/ml, making volume-to-weight conversion nearly one-to-one with water in most recipes.
- Does tartar sauce separate when measured by volume?
- Because it is an emulsion at 1.014 g/ml with suspended pickle pieces, tartar sauce can have uneven density distribution in the jar, so stirring before measuring ensures a consistent weight per cup.