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I just want to know how many calories are in sushi! How hard can this be?

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Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 18/07/2013 03:16

A generic salmon avocado roll is 205 cals - the thin ones, I'd usually have three of these and consider it a lightish lunch - so, 630 cals? Six "pieces" of a different salmon avocado roll is 280. Eight pieces of a different brand of salmon avocado roll is 250. Either of those, if I'm envisioning the packets right, would also constitute a lunch.

So which is it? Is a light sushi lunch in the 200s or the 600s? Why won't MFP tell me the size? What about mixed sushi packs? ARGGGGGGGHHHHHHH.

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pushmepullyou · 18/07/2013 06:50

What size are you envisaging? I think a bite-sized piece of eg salmon nigiri is about 60 calories. I have 6 small sushi pieces as a light lunch and depending on the type they're usually 200 to 300 calories

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forevergreek · 18/07/2013 07:04

Around 70 ish I think. Although sashimi would be the healthier sushi, then nigiri I think. The rolls are mostly rice and sea weed with v little filling.

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SneezySnatcher · 18/07/2013 12:40

I got very confused so I have been making my own. Bought sushi rice, nori and rice vinegar and I know exact weights and calorie counts. Not too much hassle and very delicious!

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Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 22/07/2013 01:19

Pushme I don't knooooooow, that's the problem! None of these descriptions of "pieces" have a weight on them.

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MollyBerry · 22/07/2013 02:55

How are you getting your sushi? If it's in a pack from a shop does it not have nutritional info?

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Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 22/07/2013 02:57

Nope, always from sushi bars, wouldn't shop sushi be stale? I suppose I could see if they sell sushi packs at the shop and check them.

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maggi · 22/07/2013 06:39

It will be the avocado which is whacking up the calorie count, as it is full of fat.

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MollyBerry · 22/07/2013 09:29

www.yosushi.com/static/downloads/menus/YO_Nutritional_Booklet.pdf
Have a look at this and there are pics and you can scale up and down along with adding bits together as appropriate?

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Tortoiseonthehalfshell · 24/07/2013 02:44

Molly! Bless your cotton socks, that's a brilliant link. Calories next to actual pictures!

(Of course, shouldn't have clicked it on a fast day...)