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Ground turmeric
A kind of turmeric · also called Turmeric powder
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About
Ground turmeric is a bright yellow spice made from dried rhizomes, weighing about half as much as water by volume.
Ground turmeric has a loose bulk density of about 4.2 ounces per US cup (0.5 g/mL). A single US tablespoon weighs around 0.26 ounces (7.4 g), meaning a standard spice jar holds only a few ounces. It settles into jars similarly to other fine culinary powders like ground ginger and cinnamon. Because ground spices trap air between particles, turmeric occupies about twice the physical space of liquid water of equal weight.
From Wikipedia
Turmeric, or Curcuma longa, is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between 20 and 30 °C and high annual rainfall to thrive.
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Questions people ask
- How much does a cup of ground turmeric weigh?
- One US cup of ground turmeric weighs about 4.2 ounces (118 g). That is roughly half the weight of a cup of water.
One cup weighs
4.17 oz (118 g)
- One tablespoon
- 0.261 oz (7.39 g)
- One teaspoon
- 0.087 oz (2.46 g)
- Density
- 0.5 g/mL
Quick answer
One US cup of ground turmeric weighs about 4.2 ounces (118 g). That is roughly half the weight of a cup of water.
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