Convert Olive oil: tablespoons to cups
2 tablespoons of Olive oil = 0.125 cups
Amount of Olive oil
Density: 0.913 g/ml · Olive oil
Olive oil: tablespoons to cups at a glance
The amounts people ask for most, worked out for Olive oil.
How much Olive oil weighs
Every figure below is one measured number — 216 g per US cup — scaled. That is why this table and the converter above it cannot disagree.
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How much does a cup of olive oil weigh?
216 g. Olive oil is about 0.913 g per millilitre and there are 236.588 ml in a US cup. That puts it 2 g under the same cup of vegetable oil (218 g) — a gap of about 1%, which is small, but the two are kept apart because their densities are.
Source for Olive oil: Density 0.913 g/ml
Frequently asked questions
How many cups is 2 tablespoons of Olive oil?
2 tablespoons of Olive oil is 0.125 cups. Cups, millilitres, tablespoons and teaspoons all measure volume, so this figure is the same whatever is in the cup — a US cup is 236.588 ml, 16 tablespoons and 48 teaspoons by definition. What the ingredient changes is the weight: a cup of Olive oil is 216 g.
How many tablespoons is 1 cup of Olive oil?
1 cup of Olive oil is 16 tablespoons. It is the same conversion read backwards, so this page and its reverse always agree.
How many tablespoons of Olive oil are in a cup?
Sixteen — a US cup is 16 tablespoons and 48 teaspoons by definition, for every ingredient there is. What Olive oil decides is what they weigh: one tablespoon is 13.5 g and one teaspoon is 4.5 g, against 216 g for the whole cup.
Where does dishscale's figure for Olive oil come from?
One US cup of Olive oil is 216 g. The dataset records that as: “Density 0.913 g/ml”. Every ingredient on the site carries the reference its weight came from, so any number here can be checked — and corrected if the source disagrees.