The Mid Autumn Festival falls on 12th Sept this year.Every year, during this period of time, hotels and restaurants, cafeterias, bakeries and literally almost the entire food industry is out to make quick and big money. The mooncake industry is a lucrative business. It was reported that merchants make at least 400% profit through the sales of mooncakes.
While the food industries make big buck, here's a tip to ensure that your waist line don't make a big buck too!
SAD BUT TRUE FACTS:
- A lotus seed paste mooncake contains 716 calories
- A lotus seed paste mooncake with one salted egg yolk has 790 calories
- If it has two salted egg yolks, that's 890 calories
- If it has four salted egg yolks, you're looking at 975 calories.
Mooncakes are high in calories due to the high sugar and fat content.
A lotus seed paste mooncake with two salted egg yolks contains the equivalent number of calories found in 45 teaspoons of sugar. Its total fat content of 55g is equivalent to 11 teaspoons of oil.
So the strategy is:
1. Have just a quarter piece per day as a dessert or snack.
2. Cut the mooncake into eighths instead of quarters, so you can enjoy more varieties.
Then, eat it slowly and savour it.
3. As always, eating in moderation is key.
Lastly, DON'T BUY SO MANY BOXES OF MOONCAKES! :) Anyway, mooncakes are not cheap!
salted egg yolk has almost double the calories of normal egg yolk man!
ReplyDeletei cut my mooncakes into eighths but have 2 eighths because it's so nice i like them! aha so that is equal to 1 quarter! it's also impt for people who has diabetes to avoid mooncakes because of the high sugar content. There are low/no sugar mooncakes in the market but diabetics should eat minimally as they still contains articifial sweeteners.
ReplyDeleteis mooncake ice-cream equally bad as well? But i still prefer the authentic mooncakes =)
ReplyDeleteAlthough Mid-autumn festival has past more than a week ago, I still have at least 2boxes of uneaten mooncakes(lotus seeds, 2egg yolks, varied flavour like black sesame etc.)
ReplyDeleteReason: my mom worked in a food fair selling mooncakes during that season.
As a result, my whole family have to bear the burden of clearing the mooncakes before it turns bad! (my dad claim that storing mooncake in the fridge will make the mooncake 'unfresh' when eating, how true is that?) EVEN my dad, diabetic, have to eat at a reasonable amount, which is unhealthy for diabetics(as aining mentioned).
This is a list of calorie content in different type of mooncake:
Chinese Mooncake (1 serving)
calories: 250, fat: 0g, carbs: 0g, protein: 0g
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Red Bean Mooncake (1 serving)
calories: 250, fat: 0g, carbs: 0g, protein: 0g
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Durian Mooncake (1 serving)
calories: 819, fat: 0g, carbs: 0g, protein: 0g
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Mooncake (1 serving)
calories: 383, fat: 0g, carbs: 0g, protein: 0g
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Mooncake, Yam Pastry (176g) (1 serving)
calories: 799, fat: 35g, carbs: 115g, protein: 6g
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Mooncake(pork) (1 serving)
calories: 400, fat: 0g, carbs: 0g, protein: 0g
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Mooncake, Snow Skin With Lotus Seed Paste (264g) (1 serving)
calories: 983, fat: 43g, carbs: 139g, protein: 11g
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@Ziyan: snow skin contains the MOST calorie due to the amount of sugar added. So it is not equally as bad as authentic mooncake. In fact, it is worse than authentic mooncake!
Mooncake, Baked With Lotus Seed Paste (188g) (1 serving)
calories: 716, fat: 33g, carbs: 95g, protein: 11g
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White Lotus Seed Paste Mooncake (1 Yolk) (1 gram(s))
calories: 4, fat: 0g, carbs: 1g, protein: 0g
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For more information, visit http://www.sparkpeople.com/calories-in.asp?food=mooncake
This is my form of consumer(family) grievance! But what can I do? :(