How many tablespoons equal a scoop of whey protein powder?

Answer 1

Can't say.

A "scoop" is not a specific measure of anything, it's just the name for any utensil used to transfer something to something else (scoop the rice into the bowl, scoop the raisins into the box). A scoop could be five cups or a half teaspoon or anything in between or bigger or smaller. Your hand can be a scoop.

Also, different whey powder manufacturers might include different sized scoops, too. So Brand A might have a three tablespoon sized scoop while Brand B might use a one and a half tablespoon sized scoop. What your brand wants you to use depends on what's in their powder, how much filler, etc. or how fast they'd like you to use it up and buy a new one.

If you can add what brand you're looking at, maybe someone else who uses that same powder and has that scoop can go and measure how much it holds (making sure to level the scoop and count the level measuring tablespoons). OR if you're lucky, the scoop will say right on it how much it holds.

Usually the label on whey protein say you must use around 20 to 24 grams of product which is a generous tablespoon.

Some whey protein isolates are pretty much like table salt, so you can use this measure:

1 tablespoon of table salt weighs 18.25 grams

Use a heaped tablespoon to get to 20 - 24 grams.

To find a volume measure (which is what I wanted), take the scoop and fill it with water using a tablespoon (T) measure and see how many it takes. Or, as I had to do, take the scoop, and try to fill a 1/4 cup (= 4T) or 1/3 cup measure. Two of my scoops filled 1/3 cup measure (not an even number of T). The package called for 2 scoops, so now if I loose the scoop I can use a 1/3 cup.

Sanity check: container weighed 14.9 ounces, and 1 oz was a serving. Eyeballing I expected about 1/4 C per 2 scoops, but the water measure gave 1/3 C.

Today 11/22/11

Note: scoops vary

11 tsp = 1 scoop

3 tsp = 1 table spoon

1 scoop= 2.75 table spoons

I can see why this question has been asked. I have come across a recipe that asks for 12 scoops of protein powder. If scoops and weights differ from powder to powder, how is one supposed to know what the recipe is asking for? As a test, then, I bought Designer Whey® 100% premium whey protein powder (which, according to the ingredients, isn't 100% anything, but that's another matter) and took out the scoop. It is quite clearly printed with 70 cc. Using an on-line converter, this comes out to 2.366981589 fluid ounces, or 1/4 cup plus 2-1/4 teaspoons. To answer the exact question above, this is 5 tablespoons minus 3/4 teaspoon. For my recipe, then, I would have to use 3-1/2 cups of the powder to reach 12 scoops. Unfortunately, as alluded to above, a different brand may have a different scoop and yield different results.