If you love peanut butter, you know how hard it is to stop after one spoon. However, despite the miraculous taste and beneficial properties of this snack, moderation is always necessary – both when you eat it raw directly from the jar, and even more so when you want to prepare sauces, bake cakes, make cocktails, or sandwiches with peanut butter.
The consistency of peanut butter allows it to be scooped out with a spoon, so today's topic is – the spoon as a unit of weight, and we will share information on how to "weigh" peanut butter with a spoon, meaning how many grams of peanut butter fit into one tablespoon, dessert spoon, and teaspoon.
First, let's briefly discuss the composition and beneficial properties of peanut butter:
It probably doesn't need much explanation that peanut butter is made from finely ground peanuts. It should contain no natural additives or minimal amounts, which is always indicated on the product packaging. Among them, the presence of salt is permissible in peanut butter. That's why, when you use peanut butter in cooking, be careful not to over-salt.
This product, including, for example, the first Georgian peanut butter Snacky, is very beneficial for the human body if consumed in moderation.
Listing all the beneficial properties of peanut butter would take us too far, so we'll just briefly remind you that when consumed regularly, the substances in peanut butter:
- Help in combating heart and vascular diseases;
- Improve blood composition;
- Boost immunity;
- Reduce bad cholesterol levels;
- Maintain healthy skin, hair, and nails (due to high antioxidant content);
Of course, the benefits listed here are minimal. For complete information on why peanut butter is beneficial, you can refer to our blog.
How to weigh peanut butter without a scale?
If you're interested in how many calories you've consumed from peanut butter today, to easily calculate this and, in general, to weigh peanut butter, you'll need a standard spoon – a tablespoon, dessert spoon, or teaspoon – and the table below with specific data:
One spoon of peanut butter: grams and kilocalories
- 1 heaped tablespoon = 35 g, 206 kcal
- 1 level tablespoon = 24 g, 142 kcal
- 1 level dessert spoon = 16 g, 94 kcal
- 1 heaped teaspoon = 12 g, 71 kcal
- 1 level teaspoon = 8 g, 47 kcal
Our advice is to use the amounts equivalent to a level spoon when weighing peanut butter. Peanut butter is quite viscous, so a heaped spoon can mislead you.
Now, to save you from doing too much math, we'll round the data from the table above to 1 gram:
- 100 g peanut butter = 4 tablespoons (level!), 570 kcal;
- 75 g peanut butter = 3 tablespoons (level!), 443 kcal;
- 50 g peanut butter = 2 tablespoons (level!), 282 kcal;
- 25 g peanut butter = 1 tablespoon (level!), 141 kcal;
- 20 g peanut butter = 2 teaspoons (level!), 94 kcal.
In conclusion:
If you memorize the data from the peanut butter converter, you can easily calculate and measure how many grams of peanut butter are in one spoon and, accordingly, how many kilocalories.
As mentioned above, to get the maximum benefit from peanut butter, moderation in consumption is necessary. According to dietitians' recommendations, the daily dose of peanut butter is:
- For those looking to lose weight – 25 g, or 1 standard tablespoon (level!);
- For weight maintenance and health – 50 g, or 2 standard tablespoons (level!);
- For increasing muscle mass – 75 g of peanut butter, or 3 standard tablespoons (level!).
If you think peanut butter is for you, then purchase natural Georgian peanut butter from our online store.
The first Georgian peanut butter "Snacky" wishes you health!
