How much does a grain of rice weigh?
25 mg0.025 gWhich one: uncooked
A grain of rice weighs about 25 mg (0.025 g).
Food weights are for a typical single item as sold, such as one medium apple or one large egg. Source for this figure: Thousand grain weight of rice.
How heavy is that?
- It takes about 7,200 grains of rice to balance an apple.
- It takes about 40,000 grains of rice to balance a liter of water.
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