CHOOSE YOUR INGREDIENTS MORE WISELY WITH THIS MENU OF POPULAR ORDERS.
CHOOSE YOUR INGREDIENTS MORE WISELY WITH THIS MENU OF POPULAR ORDERS.
You might be looking forward to your steamboat reunion dinner, but do you know what’s going into your hot pot? For instance, a tablespoonful of pork belly will – yikes – cost you 120kcal?
And don’t forget that an average Asian woman with a sedentary nine-to-five lifestyle should keep within her recommended daily intake of 1,800 calories, 50g of fat (not more than 18g should be saturated) and 2,000mg of sodium. Here’s the nutritional break down for 33 favourite ingredients based on information from the Health Promotion Board.
Tau pok (1)
53kcal, 3.9g fat, 4mg sodium
Bitter gourd with fish paste (1 piece)
9kcal, 0.2g fat (0.1g saturated), 0.3g fibre, 73mg sodium
Red chilli with fish paste (1)
8kcal, 0.2g fat (0.1g saturated), 0.5g fibre, 71mg sodium
Chicken frank (1)
77kcal, 5.7g fat (1.6g saturated), 0.4g fibre, 353mg sodium
MEAT
Pork ball (1)
63kcal, 5.3g fat (1.9g saturated), 101mg sodium
Chicken breast (25g)
16kcal, 0.2g fat (0.1g saturated), 6mg sodium
Pork (25g)
60kcal, 5.1g fat (1.7g saturated), 10mg sodium
Pig’s liver (25g)
32kcal, 0.9g fat (0.4g saturated), 17mg sodium
Pork belly (25g)
120kcal, 12.3g fat (4.5g saturated), 7mg sodium
Mutton (25g)
45kcal, 3.2g fat (1.5g saturated), 18mg sodium
Beef (25g)
45kcal, 2.9g fat (1.4g saturated)
Egg (1)
71kcal, 5.1g fat (1.5g saturated), 56mg sodium
SEAFOOD
Crabstick (1)
16kcal, 0.1g fat, 0.3g fibre, 109mg sodium
Squid (25g)
21kcal, 0.3g fat (0.1g saturated), 10mg sodium
Canned abalone (25g)
25kcal, 0.1g fat, 150mg sodium
Sea cucumber (1 piece)
91kcal, 0.3g fat (0.1g saturated), 138mg sodium
Fishball (1)
12kcal, 0.5g fat, 100mg sodium
Fried fishcake with chilli (1)
79kcal, 2.3g fat (1.1g saturated), 1.4g fibre, 767mg sodium
White pomfret (25g)
16kcal, 0.6g fat (0.4g saturated), 17mg sodium
Garoupa (25g)
13kcal, 0.1g fat, 16mg sodium
King prawn (1)
16kcal, 0.1g fat, 65mg sodium
VEGETABLES & OTHERS
Chinese cabbage (1 cup)
20kcal, 0.3g fat, 2.7g fibre, 58mg sodium
Shiitake mushrooms (1 cup)
80kcal, 0.3g fat (0.1g saturated), 3.3g fibre, 6mg sodium
Kangkong (1 cup)
20kcal, 0.2g fat, 1.9g fibre, 120mg sodium
Fish maw (1)
5kcal
Corn on cob (300g)
153kcal, 1.2g fat (0.2g saturated), 4.4g fibre, 8mg sodium
Chinese spinach (1 cup)
19kcal, 1.1g fat (0.1g saturated), 0.3g fibre, 5mg sodium
English spinach (1 cup)
12kcal, 0.1g fat, 0.4g fibre, 11mg sodium
Enoki mushrooms (1 cup)
24kcal, 0.2g fat, 1.7g fibre, 2mg sodium
Seaweed (1 cup)
14kcal, 0.1g fat, 0.9g fibre, 108mg sodium
Chinese tofu (152g)
123kcal, 5.6g fat (1g saturated), 0.6g fibre, 11mg sodium
Fried bean curd skin (1)
57kcal, 5.4g fat (2g saturated), 0.1g fibre, 11mg sodium
Watercress (1 cup)
5kcal, 0.1g fibre, 7mg sodium
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