Cooking ingredient

Kosher Salt Measurement Reference

Kosher Salt is represented as a cooking ingredient in Conversion Encyclopedia and is grouped under Salt & Spices. Its measurement model uses a reference basis of 128 grams per US cup and supports 14 canonical mass-volume conversion tools.

Entity type
Cooking ingredient
Dataset group
Salt & Spices

Primary measurement reference

1 US cup of Kosher Salt = 128 g

This is the stored ingredient reference basis. The US cup measurement standard is 236.588 mL; it is not a second ingredient reference.

Derived reference density
0.541 g/mL
Canonical conversion tools
14

Derived properties

Measurement profile

Each value is derived from the same 128 g per US cup reference basis.

Reference density
0.541 g/mL
Per US tablespoon
8 g
Per US teaspoon
2.667 g
Per US fluid ounce
16 g

Evidence

Reference & provenance

Reference source
King Arthur Ingredient Weight Chart (Salt, Kosher, Diamond Crystal: 1 Tbsp = 8g, derived)
Recorded basis
Kosher Salt — 1 US cup = 128 g
Dataset confidence
medium

Navigation

Kosher Salt conversion tools

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Kosher Salt has a stable machine-readable identity in Conversion Encyclopedia's cooking entity model. Its canonical ingredient slug is used when supported cooking conversions resolve a material.

Machine-readable entity identity

Entity ID
ingredient:cooking:kosher-salt
Type
ingredient
Context
cooking
Slug
kosher-salt
Dataset group
Salt & Spices
Canonical conversions
14

Dataset comparison

Kosher Salt within Salt & Spices

13 ingredients in this dataset group have a grams-per-US-cup reference. Comparisons below use that reference only.

Current entity
Kosher Salt 128 g/cup
Nearest lower
Black Pepper (Ground) — 120 g/cup 8 g/cup lower
Nearest higher
Garlic Powder — 136 g/cup 8 g/cup higher
Group range
Onion Powder — 80 g/cup to Table Salt — 288 g/cup

Methodology

Method & scope

These measurements describe Conversion Encyclopedia’s reference mass-volume model for Kosher Salt. Derived measurements use the reference basis shown above. They are measurement references, not nutritional or ingredient-substitution guidance.