In a recent post, I revealed that Dragonfly Rolls 'n' Bowls will be releasing its nutritional facts to the public in the near future. While that still has yet to happen, I was curious to find out what the facts are. I eat sushi multiple times a week, and I really have no idea what exactly I am ingesting (as far as nutritional facts go).
So I went to the Internet and found a couple of sites with facts. One site based out of Australia called Calorie King, www.calorieking.com.au, had many different Japanese dishes to choose from. There were other dishes that are typically served at a sushi restaurant too. Edamame, sake and other dishes were included in the nutritional information. I looked at a California Roll, a typical roll served at many sushi restaurants. Here are the nutritional facts:
Calories 40 ( Kilojoules 166 )
% Daily
Value*
Total Fat 0.6 g
Saturated Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 70 mg
Total Carbohydrates 7.2 g
Dietary Fiber 0.4 g
Sugars 0.7 g
Protein 1.1 g
Next, I found a site, http://homepage3.nifty.com/maryy/eng/calorie.htm#fastfood, that compared a meal of sushi to the meal at McDonalds(www.mcdonalds.com). Both of these sites eluded to the fact that sushi, is in fact, a healthy meal. Here are those nutritional facts:
Fast Food
Calories (kcal)
McDonald's
(eff. 03-01-2004)
Hamburger 280
Egg MacMuffin® 300
Cheeseburger 330
Filet-O-Fish® 410
Sushi (Set for 1 serving) 450
Double Cheeseburger 490
Big Mac® 600
Double Big Mac® † 720
French Fries
Small 210
medium 450
large 540
Hopefully, Dragonfly Rolls 'n' Bowls will come out with its nutritional facts soon, so I can compare them to the numbers I found on these Web sites. Since the restaurant claims to be so healthy, I hope the numbers match up.
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It is so interesting that a sushi dinner for one still has fewer calories than does a double cheeseburger from McDonald's. You and I both know no one eats a double cheeseburger without fries or a soda, so the calorie count skyrockets from there, making sushi the obviously healthier choice. Actually, I would be interested to see how a whole meal at a sushi restaurant would compare to a full meal at McDonald's, Subway, or any other of the popular fast-food chains.
My blog is on soda, so I am keeping calories in mind, as well. This week, my blog was about Diet Cherry Coke changing to Cherry Coke Zero and how Cherry Coke is changing its packaging to be more urban. Considering your post is related to people eating healthier, do you think people will see Cherry Coke Zero as a better or healthier drink than they did when it was named Diet Cherry Coke?
Overall, I think your post on calorie counts is very interesting, and it definitely seems like a good topic to bring up when the restaurant is marketing its product. Knowing how much healthier it is to eat there than choose another type of fast food, I might be visiting the restaurant more often!
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