How to Convert Fat Grams to Tablespoons

You can end some confusion about nutrition labels by converting the grams of fat listed into the number of tablespoons of fat. This conversion also comes in handy when converting recipes written with metric weights into volumetric equivalents. By using a standard measure, you can determine how many tablespoons of fat are contained in your favorite foods.

Things You'll Need

• Nutrition facts panel
• Calculator

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Instructions

• 1

  Look on the nutrition facts panel for the number of total fat grams.

• 2

  Divide the number of fat grams by 14, because each tablespoon of pure fat contains 14 grams, according to Shirley O'Corriher's book, "Cookwise." For instance, if a serving of meat has 7 grams of fat per serving, divide 7 by 14 to get ½ tablespoon of fat.

• 3

  Determine the grams in a given number of tablespoons of 100 percent pure fats such as shortening, lard or oil by multiplying 14 by the number of tablespoons. For example, 2 tbsp. of lard contains 28 grams of fat.

• 4

  Convert tablespoons of butter into grams of fat by multiplying the number of tablespoons by 14 and then by 0.8 since butter contains 80 percent fat. For example, 1 tbsp. of butter would have 11.2 grams.