Sweet Potato Noodles
I bought some instant sweet potato noodles a few weeks ago at my local Chinese food market. I bought a 5 pack and without thinking about it, threw away the outside packaging with all of the nutritional information! Now I'm left with indistiguishable clear plastic bags of noodles and toppings and no idea what they are (thats not the issue however... I love surprises!) However, I really would like to know little things like how many caloriest are in each one, but have been unable to find it anywhere. They were manufactured by the Sichuan Baijia Company, and all they say is that its 'low calorie.' If any one happens to know and could post it and help me out, that would be lovely!
i am bumping this because I am intrigued by this product and will have to find some for myself.
I have seen these noodles at a Korean food shop!
As for the calories - if you add them into your food log or count them the same as regular whole wheat noodles or spaghetti, then the actual amount in your sweet potato noodles will not vary enough to cause any weight gain!
Sweet potato and whole wheat noodles/spaghetti are both mostly carbohydrates, and carbohydrates has the same calories per gram no matter WHAT source of food the carbohydrate comes from.
Both the sweet potato noodles and the regular whole wheat noodles are mostly carbohydrate, the way the product is processed would only influence the protein and fat content slightly (and protein and carbohydrates have virtually the SAME amount of calories in them in any given amount)
Once again, both YOUR product and the whole wheat noodles which you CAN count the calories for, are mostly carbohydrates, the processing of the two products would not alter the amount of fats in them significantly enough for you to gain weight
Basically they are both mostly carbohydrates, and carbohydrates have the same amount of calories!
Its not just the calorie count that I'm interested in, there are also 'extras' with the noodles, so sodium content and fat content of those would be of interest. Its basically like ramen, so you have several flavor packets with the noodles. And the noodles also claim to be made with the sweet potato fiber, a la Shirakati noodles (but much tastier, those are blegh). Also, I do not own a food scale, so I honestly have no clue how much they weigh.
Personaltrainer87, that is excellent advice tho, thank you!
My 400g package on the back says:
1 cup (100g)
Servings per package: 4
270 calories
1g fat
0g sat. fat
0g cholesterol
0g sodium
65g carbs
2g fiber
0g sugar
0g protein
Not sure if it's accurate though...a lot of Chinese food nutritional values on the packages aren't.
I have Konnyaku yam noodles in my fridge. The package says 50 cals for one 140 g serving.
i was hoping these were just like normal noodles that I could buy just in a box or something and boil. Im sure I dont need the packets of seasoning. I could always make my own. For some reason wheat pasta is a turn off for me. Its has such a weird flavor. I love wheat and whole grain anything except that. I will still search my aisls for these
Well, you don't have to use the extras. The noddles themselves have a very interesting texture and flavor, imo. That's why I prefer them to ramen or regular rice vermicelli for my "Im a poor collage student" staple food source.

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