Tteokguk calories and nutrition facts
Tteokguk: 99 kcal per 100 g, protein 4.3 g, fat 1.2 g, carbs 16.1 g. Typical serving (450 g): 446 kcal.
Eaten on the morning of Seollal, the Lunar New Year, tteokguk is the Korean soup of thin oval slices of rice cake simmered in a clear beef broth and topped with egg, scallions and strips of toasted seaweed; tradition says each bowl adds a year to your age. A 450 g bowl comes to about 446 kcal and is low in fat, with most of the energy coming from the rice cakes. When it’s made with dumplings, as tteok-mandu-guk, log them separately.
- Source of protein
- Low fat
- Protein 17%
- Fat 11%
- Carbs 65%
- Other 7%
In everyday portions
- Typical serving · 450 g 446 kcal P 19.1 · F 5.3 · C 72.4 g
- 100 kcal is 100 g this much of it gives 100 kcal
- Energy density Low 0.99 kcal per gram: the lower it is, the more food you get for the same calories
Nutrition per 100 g
The percentage is the share of an adult’s daily reference intake set by the EU (Regulation 1169/2011). What the % means
Energy and macros
- Energy 99 kcal 415 kJ 5%
- Protein 4.3 g 8%
- Fat 1.2 g 2%
- Carbs available, without fibre 16.1 g 6%
- Fibre 0.175 g
- Salt 0.54 g 9%
Where the calories come from
- Protein 17%
- Fat 11%
- Carbs 65%
- Other 7%
Protein and carbs give 4 kcal a gram, fat 9. “Other” is fibre, alcohol and organic acids.
Vitamins
- Vitamin A 8 µg 1%
- Vitamin D 0.105 µg 2%
- Vitamin E 0.086 mg <1%
- Vitamin K 0.095 µg <1%
- Vitamin C 0 mg 0%
- Vitamin B1 thiamin 0.023 mg 2%
- Vitamin B2 riboflavin 0.059 mg 4%
- Vitamin B3 niacin 0.601 mg 4%
- Vitamin B5 pantothenic acid no data
- Vitamin B6 0.038 mg 3%
- Folate B9 4.9 µg 2%
- Vitamin B12 0.193 µg 8%
- Choline no data
Minerals
- Potassium 51.8 mg 3%
- Calcium 7.4 mg <1%
- Phosphorus 32.6 mg 5%
- Magnesium 5 mg 1%
- Iron 0.335 mg 2%
- Zinc 0.818 mg 8%
- Copper 0.06 mg 6%
- Manganese no data
- Selenium 4.3 µg 8%
- Iodine no data
- Sodium 215 mg 9%
EU criteria for nutrition claims
Which of them 100 g of this food meets under Regulation (EC) 1924/2006.
- Source of protein
- Low fat
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Where these numbers come from
Worked out from a recipe of 4 ingredients, with data from USDA FoodData Central (FNDDS, USA), the Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan (MEXT), USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy, USA).
Carbs are available carbohydrates, without fibre, as on EU labels.