Calories in my sushi ?

gems93
gems93 Posts: 39 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am pretty much spot on with calculating all my calories apart from my damn sushi !
i wouldnt worry about it if it was a one off thing, but i have it about 3 times a week.

the info on MFP and other sites varies so greatly its ridiculous !

It so frustrating because if i were to go to mcdonalds and get a burger at least i would know how many cals are in it - as they provide nutritional info.

Would love some info - (how many calories) - regarding my sushi plates below

Cooked tuna baby 6 piece roll - i ask for less rice and more tuna
Terriyaki chicken 4 piece - no mayo or sesame seeds, again less rice

Please excuse the sauce writing haha - its from my birthday. the sauce would normally be on top of the chicken plate - obviously not as much as this occasion.

Any calorie info on other sushi dishes would also be greatly appreciated

Thank you in advance

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  • gems93
    gems93 Posts: 39 Member
    p.s i am in australia. not sure if that makes a difference
  • XxMarcella85xX
    XxMarcella85xX Posts: 30 Member
    I to love sushi and the calorie counts on MFP dont seem right. I'd like to know the answer to this.
  • trumpeteramu
    trumpeteramu Posts: 13 Member
    I work in a grocery store in the US and there is a few different kinds of sushi that we sell. They come in a box of I think 12 pieces and it is about 500 calories for the whole box. Hope this helps!
  • Courtney24891
    Courtney24891 Posts: 29
    I love sushi!!!!!! yum!.. But I hear most 6 piece sushi is around 300 calories.. All this time I thought it was healthier then that.. I still don't see why its so much but I eat it once in a while as a treat.
  • suzely0530
    suzely0530 Posts: 150 Member
    Hi my friend,

    I tried to look it up for you online but ther are SO many variations :( Maybe the restaurant you go to has a nutritional guide of the food they serve. Could they also use brown rice ? Just another thought...lol

    I hope your day goes well....XXXXX
  • gems93
    gems93 Posts: 39 Member
    no way is there 300 calories in the tuna plate. sorry.
    but thank you for trying to help
    the calculations are saying anything from 90 - 240 calories.
    i know 90 is too little, but even 240 seems ridiculous for the one plate.

    any nutritionalists or people who really know their calories able to help ?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,021 Member
    It's about 3/4 of rice in my guesstimation and with the tuna, say another 130 calories. So probably about 360 calories.

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  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    no way is there 300 calories in the tuna plate. sorry.
    but thank you for trying to help
    the calculations are saying anything from 90 - 240 calories.
    i know 90 is too little, but even 240 seems ridiculous for the one plate.

    any nutritionalists or people who really know their calories able to help ?

    Could be 300 easily. sorry.
  • fit4lifeUcan2
    fit4lifeUcan2 Posts: 1,458 Member
    I believe that plate is easily 300 calories. There is a lot of rice. I love sushi too by the way. Could eat it every day all day long. Haven't had it in awhile though dang it. Our local Japanese sushi steak house lost their chef and the owner isn't that good at making sushi. My daughter used to work there. She now works at another Japanese steak house but hasn't brought home anything lately. Gotta get on her about that :mad:
  • Jaulen
    Jaulen Posts: 468 Member
    I believe that plate is easily 300 calories. There is a lot of rice. I love sushi too by the way. Could eat it every day all day long. Haven't had it in awhile though dang it. Our local Japanese sushi steak house lost their chef and the owner isn't that good at making sushi. My daughter used to work there. She now works at another Japanese steak house but hasn't brought home anything lately. Gotta get on her about that :mad:


    Yep, easily 300 calories with the rice, and the mayo in the tuna filling.
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    I too love sushi, but since on average it could be 300-500+ calories, I only have it on a cheat day.

    Sodium, sauces, mayo sauces, rice... it racks up.
  • MorgueBabe
    MorgueBabe Posts: 1,188 Member
    Man this thread depresses me now.
  • ChristyRunStarr
    ChristyRunStarr Posts: 1,600 Member
    Man this thread depresses me now.

    same here cause I really want sushi now
  • stackhsc
    stackhsc Posts: 439 Member
    http://www.sushifaq.com/sushi-health/calories-in-sushi/

    these values seem reasonable to me
  • Ashellini
    Ashellini Posts: 95 Member
    Sushi is by far my favourite food and I'm so sad that it in fact has so many calories. I recently switched to just eating sashimi so I can still somewhat enjoy it.
  • Bumdrahp
    Bumdrahp Posts: 1,314 Member
    Sushi is by far my favourite food and I'm so sad that it in fact has so many calories. I recently switched to just eating sashimi so I can still somewhat enjoy it.

    Sashimi, I have never had.. not sure I would like it.

    Some day, I will try some sashimi!
  • HardRockCamaro
    HardRockCamaro Posts: 147
    This is a UK chain restaurant but maybe helpful?

    http://www.yosushi.com/static/downloads/5435%20Nutritional%20booklet%20Nov%202012%20v1.pdf
  • lilrhody
    lilrhody Posts: 84 Member
    Here is the site I use: http://www.sushiencyclopedia.com/sushi_nutrition_facts.html
  • denezy
    denezy Posts: 573 Member
    no way is there 300 calories in the tuna plate. sorry.
    but thank you for trying to help
    the calculations are saying anything from 90 - 240 calories.
    i know 90 is too little, but even 240 seems ridiculous for the one plate.

    any nutritionalists or people who really know their calories able to help ?

    I was going to say more like 400. Sushi isn't low-cal at all.
  • HardRockCamaro
    HardRockCamaro Posts: 147
    Agreed, they're not low cal.
    Its hard for me to figure out the size of the rolls on the plate, but most restaurants in the UK I've been to say about 180 for 6 tuna rolls but they're pretty small...
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    Sadly, handmade rolls can vary a large amount from location to location, and even from chef to chef at the same place. About the only way you are going to get even a decent estimate on this (+/-10%) is if you were to tear it all apart and weigh the ingredients individually. Even then, it would only be ballpark, unless you knew the exact ingredients that they use in each sauce, etc.
  • Jaulen
    Jaulen Posts: 468 Member
    Agreed, they're not low cal.
    Its hard for me to figure out the size of the rolls on the plate, but most restaurants in the UK I've been to say about 180 for 6 tuna rolls but they're pretty small...

    I would think that that 180 for 6 tuna rolls, are the tiny tiny ones that have just the tuna in solid form in the center.

    But the calories in sushi were an eye opener for me.
    We don't eat it as often anymore.....
  • suzely0530
    suzely0530 Posts: 150 Member
    Sushi is by far my favourite food and I'm so sad that it in fact has so many calories. I recently switched to just eating sashimi so I can still somewhat enjoy it.

    Sashimi, I have never had.. not sure I would like it.

    Some day, I will try some sashimi!

    That's what I was thinking...sashimi. I'm sure the rice is what increases the calories, even if you are asking for just a little. You may want to eat the fish only. Oh...what about veggie or shrimp spring rolls ? I know they're not as exciting, but less calories.
  • Charweezie
    Charweezie Posts: 115 Member
    As far as I know and have been told and have read, there are ALOT of calories in Sushi :( womp womp....

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