Such different measuring spoons! How much is in grams?

Long ago, while conjuring in the kitchen over another culinary masterpiece, our mothers and grandmothers used measuring spoons (table and tea) to accurately measure the number of products. This helped in the end to obtain a balance of taste, color and smell of the dish, which the housewives relied on. Even today, often there are cutlery, called measuring dishes, only because they are used to determine the amount of necessary substance.

A rich family of measuring instruments

What are the measuring spoons for? They are designed for loose or liquid ingredients: sugar, flour, salt, baking powder for dough, spices, as well as honey, water, milk and vegetable oil. They are also used in determining the amount of protein powder or geyner in sports nutrition. They also measure children's mixtures. On the devices is a marking on which you can find out information about how many grams in a measuring spoon of powder, the exact amount of which is necessary for dilution in a large (60 ml) or small portion (30 ml), intended for the baby.

American system of counting the number of grams in measuring spoons

For Europeans and Americans, measuring cups are considered the most common cooking attribute for preparing dishes. In grams, it is very easy to calculate their volume. It is indicated by a marking. On tablespoons, the following combinations of letters can be indicated: 1 Tb, Tbs or Tbsp, for tea - 1 Tsp. In addition, measuring instruments with a volume of ½ Tsp or ¼ Tsp are often present in the measuring spoon set, which can be calculated by dividing the weight of the ingredient in a teaspoon by 2 or 4. The principle of working with such devices is simple: you need to scoop up the product by typing a full spoon, then carefully cut the "hill" with a knife, leveling the loose ingredient around the edges. It should be taken into account that the measuring spoons in grams in American and Russian culinary (and CIS countries) differ in size. If the domestic tablespoons are produced with a scoop 7x4 cm, then in Canada, the USA and New Zealand, this device has dimensions of not more than 5x3.5 cm. The standard volume of water and milk, which is contained in imported tablespoons, is 12 g (15 ml).

A measuring spoon is how many grams?

The quantity of bulk materials in a measuring tablespoon can be determined from the table:

Russian-language recipes often mean full tablespoons with a slide, while English-speaking chefs prefer to use measuring spoons without a "pyramid" - level tablespoon.

Sports nutrition: how to calculate how many grams

Gainers - protein cocktails, which are so necessary for people actively involved in sports, are produced with special measuring spoons. Their volume in grams is usually 50 g, but it can also vary depending on the manufacturer. For example, the brand Serious Mass from Optimum Nutrition in a measuring spoon contains 167 g of powder, while a measuring moth Up Your Mass brand MHP can only gain 33 g of product. Using kitchen measuring spoons, you need to take into account that each of them contains 15 g of geyner or protein in the table device without a slide and 23 - with a slide. A tea measuring spoon (1Tsp) - without a "pyramid" scoops 5 g of protein or protein-carbohydrate powder, and with it - 8 g.

Baby food and measuring spoons for dry mixes

The degree of filling a typical dining room or a teaspoon when measuring the dosage of a dry mix for a baby can create an inconvenience in the form of a "pyramid" or "hill." A sufficiently large error that can arise due to the habit of measuring "by eye" often leads to incorrect feeding of the child, since it is likely that the necessary volume of the product will be "disassembled". Convenient measuring spoons with high sides and the ability to "cut off" excess powder are included with each mixture. However, their volume depends on the brand:

• "Mikamilk" - 4.6 g.
• "Nan-1" - 4.3 g.
• "Infanta" - 4.6 g.
• "Nutrilon Comfort-2" - 4.9 g.
• Nutrilon 4.5 g.
• "Humana" - 4.5 g.
• "Humana-2" - 4.7 g.
• Aptamil - 4.6 g.

In addition to baby food, measuring spoons can be found in medicines that require an accurate dosage. In the pharmacy you can buy these tools separately. Collected medicines, syrups, infusions, extracts and other liquid dosage forms in a measuring spoon also to the level of the rim.

Innovations

A unique development for weighing - the electronic measuring spoon-scales - can now be used to quickly determine the quantity of any product. And you can do it in grams, ounces, grains or even carats. It is often called an ideal assistant in the preparation of cocktails, children's mixtures or delicious dishes with spices. The number of grams in such a spoon is reflected on the display. Two nozzles - large (57 ml) and small (28.4 ml) - have standard shapes with a scale of a dining room and a teaspoon. The use of food plastic makes this measuring spoon safe and very convenient.