Sauce, Tartar, Ready-To-Serve: Grams to Cups Conversion
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
| g | Cups |
|---|---|
| 50 | 0.2 |
| 100 | 0.4 |
| 150 | 0.6 |
| 200 | 0.8 |
| 250 | 1.0 |
| 300 | 1.3 |
| 350 | 1.5 |
| 400 | 1.7 |
| 450 | 1.9 |
| 500 | 2.1 |
| 600 | 2.5 |
| 700 | 2.9 |
| 800 | 3.3 |
| 900 | 3.8 |
| 1000 | 4.2 |
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.