Convert Cabbage from Pounds to Whole Cabbage heads
Use the tool below to convert cabbage from Pounds to Whole Cabbage heads.
How many cabbage heads are in a pound?
A pound is only about 0.5 of a medium cabbage head, since a pound is 454 g and a medium cabbage head weighs 900 g. These are big cabbage heads, so most recipes weigh a wedge rather than count whole ones. Set the size selector and read the exact fraction or weight above.
Related Cabbage Ingredients
After broccoli instead? The broccoli converter handles whole-head weights and chopped cups across small, medium, and large sizes. See how many broccoli heads are in a pound.
Swapping in cauliflower? The cauliflower converter works out whole-head weights and chopped cups across small, medium, and large sizes. See how many cauliflower heads are in a pound.
Adding kale to the slaw? The kale converter handles whole-bunch weights and chopped cups across small, medium, and large sizes. See how many kale bunches are in a pound.
Out of cabbage? See cabbage substitutes →
No scale? The tool below gives a good estimate, but for exact bakes a digital kitchen scale removes the guesswork.
Weigh it exact, get a scaleCabbage converter tool
Enter an amount, pick your units, and set the size for counting whole cabbage heads.
Result
0.5 cabbage headsCabbage Calculators & Kitchen Tools
Working with cabbage? These tools handle the jobs a converter cannot.
- Oven to Air Fryer Converter Match the temperature and time when you swap the oven for an air fryer, fan oven, or slow cooker.
- Recipe Scaler Scale any recipe up or down and keep every ingredient in ratio.
Common Cabbage conversions
Quick reference for cabbage at medium size. Switch the size in the converter above for small or large.
| Pounds | cabbage heads |
|---|---|
| 0.5 lb | 0.25 cabbage heads |
| 1 lb | 0.5 cabbage heads |
| 1.5 lb | 0.76 cabbage heads |
| 2 lb | 1.01 cabbage heads |
| 3 lb | 1.51 cabbage heads |
For the reverse conversion, see what one medium cabbage head is in pounds.
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much of a cabbage head is a pound?
- A pound of cabbage is only about 0.5 of a medium cabbage head, which weighs 900 g, or 1.98 lb, on its own. A small one is nearer 1.1 lb and a large one about 3.09 lb, so the share of a whole cabbage head shifts with size. Enter any weight above to read it as a count of whole cabbage heads. Open cabbage converter
- How many cabbage heads is 4 pounds?
- 4 pounds of cabbage heads is about 2 medium cabbage heads. Size changes that count: with small cabbage heads it is nearer 4 and with large ones about 1, since a small cabbage head weighs around 500 g, a medium one 900 g and a large one 1400 g. Set the size selector above to match yours, then read the exact count for any amount of cabbage.
- How much do 3 cabbage heads weigh in pounds?
- 3 medium cabbage heads weigh about 5.95 pounds, since a medium cabbage head is around 900 g. Small cabbage heads come to roughly 3.31 pounds and large ones about 9.26 pounds, so size moves the total. Set the size selector above to match your cabbage, then read the exact weight for any count.