how many grams in a tablespoon of yeast extract spread?

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things people ask

• How much salt am I adding with one tablespoon?
  Yeast extract spreads are roughly 8 to 11 percent sodium by weight depending on the brand, so an 18 g tablespoon contributes somewhere around 1.5 to 2 g of sodium — comparable to a teaspoon of table salt. If you're adding a tablespoon to a sauce or stock, hold back on other salt until you've tasted the finished result.
• Why does my tablespoon never come out clean?
  The spread is sticky and tacky enough that a fair amount clings to the spoon. Warming the spoon under hot water before scooping, or using a flexible silicone spatula to scrape, helps. For broths and marinades the residue rarely matters because you'll rinse the spoon into the pot anyway, but for precise recipe work weigh straight into the pan instead.
• Can I substitute soy sauce or miso tablespoon-for-tablespoon?
  Not directly. A tablespoon of yeast extract is much more concentrated in glutamates and salt than a tablespoon of soy sauce, and it's also drier — soy sauce brings water you'd need to account for. Miso is closer in body but milder. As a rough swap, one tablespoon of yeast extract reads like two to three tablespoons of soy sauce or one and a half tablespoons of dark miso.

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