Brine Salinity Calculator
Enter the salinity you want and the amount of water, and it works out how many grams of salt you need. For salting cabbage, pickling and fermenting — anything where the salinity decides the outcome — it stops you guessing.
🍳 Numbers to start from — adjust to your own kitchen and taste.
Salt 60g
By weight of water · see below for by total weight
For exactly 6% of the total (water + salt), use 64g
Suggested salinity by purpose
The same volume of different salts weighs a different amount. Coarse salt has air between the grains, so a cup of it weighs less, and table salt with additives tastes saltier. Weighing on a scale is the reliable way.
What this tool does
- Salt weight from a target percentage
- Suggested salinity by purpose
- Volume conversion by salt type
- Work backwards to find the salinity
Other cooking tools
Ovens, pans and ingredients all vary, so treat these as a starting point rather than an exact answer.