Sriracha
One US cup of sriracha weighs 275.6 grams (9.7 ounces). Going the other way, 100 grams is about 0.36 cups.
Also called sriracha sauce, sriracha hot chili sauce, rooster sauce, Huy Fong sriracha, sriraja.
Most sites print a number for a cup of sriracha and do not say where it came from. This page publishes 275.6 g (9.7 oz), names Flying Goose Sriracha, 455 mL bottle (Pomona technical sheet), Kikkoman Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce label and USDA SR Legacy "Sauce, hot chile, sriracha" (FDC 171186), and records the source that was checked against an independent standard and rejected.
| Volume | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 275.6 g | 9.7 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 206.7 g | 7.3 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 183.7 g | 6.5 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 137.8 g | 4.9 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 91.9 g | 3.2 oz |
| 1/4 cup | 68.9 g | 2.4 oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 17.2 g | 0.61 oz |
| 1 teaspoon | 5.7 g | 0.20 oz |
Sriracha ounces to grams and cups
| Weight | Grams | US cups |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | 0.10 |
| 4 oz | 113.4 g | 0.41 |
| 8 oz | 226.8 g | 0.82 |
| 16 oz (1 lb) | 453.6 g | 1.65 |
Compared side by side
Condiments and sauces compared: cup weights side by side, the source behind each, and why they differ.
Where this number comes from
A cup of sriracha weighs 275.6 g (9.7 oz), a density of 1.16 g/mL, so a tablespoon weighs 17.2 g and a teaspoon 5.7 g. A 455 mL bottle of Flying Goose sriracha has a net weight of 530 g, and Kikkoman weighs a teaspoon of its sriracha at 6 g. Huy Fong's label, 5 g per teaspoon, gives sriracha the weight of water and is rejected.
Sriracha is a smooth chili-garlic sauce named after the Thai seaside town of Si Racha. The American version, made famous by Huy Fong Foods' rooster bottle, is red jalapeño chilies ground with sugar, salt, garlic and vinegar and thickened with xanthan gum. Flying Goose, a Thai brand, is sweeter. Sriracha is a table sauce for noodles, eggs and rice, and it is stirred into mayonnaise, soups and marinades.
Sriracha is not mostly water. USDA's record for sriracha (FDC 171186) lists 71.8 g of water per 100 g, with 15.1 g of sugars and 2,124 mg of sodium, about 5.4% salt; with the ground chili and garlic, 28% of the sauce is solids. A sauce of that composition weighs about 1.12 g/mL by the sugar and salt tables. Flying Goose, with 20 g of sugars and 7.1 g of salt per 100 g, should weigh more, and its 455 mL bottle holds 530 g: 1.165 g/mL, 275.6 g per cup. Kikkoman's label gives 1 Tsp (6 g), about 95 servings in a 20 oz bottle, which is 288 g per cup; whole-gram rounding on a teaspoon allows 5.5 to 6.5 g, so it supports the bottle within its precision. The two are 4.5% apart, inside the 5% tolerance this site allows for liquids, and the bottle, the only weight measured over a known volume, is published.
Huy Fong's label gives 1 tsp. (5g) and 96 servings per 17 oz bottle. Five grams is exactly what a 5 mL teaspoon of water weighs, and the 96 servings are the bottle's 482 g net weight divided by 5 g, not a measurement. A sauce that is 28% sugar, salt and chili solids cannot weigh what water weighs: 240 g per cup is 13% lighter than Flying Goose's bottle and 9% under what Huy Fong's own composition predicts. The label figure is rejected and has its own correction page.
Brands differ. Huy Fong's lower sugar should put it a few percent under Flying Goose, at about 265 g per cup, which is why this figure is held at medium confidence rather than high. For the teaspoon or two most recipes call for, the difference is a fraction of a gram.
Practical guidance: use 275.6 g per cup, 69 g per quarter cup, 17.2 g per tablespoon and 5.7 g per teaspoon. Sriracha clings to the spoon, so squeeze it straight onto the scale when the amount matters. Chili-garlic sauce, sambal oelek and gochujang are different products, thicker and with their own weights.
Sources
Standard, bottled sriracha at room temperature
- Flying Goose Sriracha, 455 mL bottle (Pomona technical sheet)275.6 g per cup9.7 oz"Sauce sriracha piquante bouteille 455ml Flying Goose": Volume 0.455 L, net weight (Poids net) 0.53 kg, gross weight 0.58 kg. 1.165 g/mL, 275.6 g per US cup. Per 100 g: sugars 20 g, salt 7.1 g.
- Kikkoman Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce label288 g per cup10.2 ozkikkomanusa.com foodservice, 20 oz bottle: "Serving Size 1 Tsp (6g)", about 95 servings (567 g / 95 = 5.97 g). 288 g per US cup, 1.217 g/mL; whole-gram rounding on a teaspoon allows 1.12 to 1.32 g/mL.
- USDA SR Legacy "Sauce, hot chile, sriracha" (FDC 171186)Per 100 g: water 71.8 g, carbohydrate 19.2 g, sugars 15.1 g, sodium 2,124 mg (about 5.4% salt), ash 6.1 g. About 28% solids, which predicts about 1.12 g/mL (265 g per cup). Nutrition databases reproduce the record's teaspoon as 5 g, the same water-weight figure as the Huy Fong label.
- Huy Fong Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce label240 g per cup8.5 oz17 oz bottle (King Soopers listing): "1 tsp. (5g)", 96 servings per container (482 g / 96 = 5.02 g). 240 g per US cup, 1.014 g/mL.Rejected. 5 g in a 5 mL teaspoon is the weight of water, and the 96 servings are the bottle's 482 g net weight divided by 5 g, not a measurement. USDA's record for sriracha is 71.8% water carrying 15.1% sugars, about 5.4% salt and ground chili and garlic, 28% solids in all, which weighs about 1.12 g/mL; a sauce that dense cannot weigh what water weighs. Flying Goose's 455 mL bottle holds 530 g, 1.165 g/mL.
Corrections on this ingredient
The following published figures for sriracha are rejected here, with the physics or standards reasoning behind each rejection on its own page:
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