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How it compares with other sushi

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 42% of the 520 sushi products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 96% of them.

Where the calories come from: 53% carbohydrate, 41% fat and 6% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): SUSHI RICE (WHITE RICE, WATER, SUSHI VINEGAR [INVERT SUGAR, WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT, CORN SYRUP, RICE VINEGAR, FERMENTED RICE EXTRACT {RICE, ALCOHOL, SALT, CITRIC ACID}, BROWN SUGAR]), CHICKEN POT STICKERS (FILLING [CABBAGE, CHICKEN, ONION, SESAME SEED OIL, SOY SAUCE {WATER. SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT}, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, SPICES. GARLIC] WRAPPER [ENRICHED UNBLEACHED FLOUR {WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID}, WATER, CORN STARCH, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL]). POTSTICKER SAUCE (WATER, SOY SAUCE [WATER. WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT], SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT ORANGE CONCENTRATE JUICE, SESAME OIL, SPICES XANTHAN GUM), SEAWEED SALAD (SEAWEED, BLACK FUNGUS, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, AGAR-AGAR. SESAME OIL, HYDROLYZED VEGETABLE PROTEIN [SOYBEAN, WHEAT, CORN, WATER], SESAME, SUGAR, FRUCTOSE, VINEGAR, SALT, KELP EXTRACT, RED CHILE PEPPER, RD&C YELLOW #5. FD&C BLUE #1, WATER). AVOCADO, IMITATION CRAB (SURIMI [PROCESSED WHITE FISH MEAT {THREADFIN BREAM AND/OR ALASKA POLLOCK}], WATER, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, NATURAL CRAB EXTRACT, REFINED SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, SALT, GLYCINE, PHOSPHATE (SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE], ARTIFICIAL CRAB FLAVOR, DRY EGG WHITE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, NATURAL COLOR [PAPRIKA, AND CARMINE]), MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, EGGS, VINEGAR, EGG YOLKS, LEMON JUICE CONCENTRATE, SALT, SUGAR, DRIED ONIONS, DRIED GARLIC, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVOR, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA), CUCUMBER, SUSHI SAUCE (WATER, SUGAR, SOY SAUCE [WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT], SALT, CHEMICALLY MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CARAMEL COLOR, DISTILLED VINEGAR YANTHAN GUM) IMITATION CRABSTICK (MINCED FISH MEAT [THREADFIN BREAM] AND/OR ALASKA POLLOCK, WATER, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, CRAB EXTRACT, SALT, GLYCINE, EGG WHITE POWDER, NATURAL COLOR [CARMINE, PAPRIKA]), WASABI (HORSERADISH, MUSTARD, CORN FLOUR, CITRIC ACID, VITAMIN C, FD&C YELLOW #5, BLUE #1, WATER), SUSHI GINGER (GINGER, WATER, SALT. ACETIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE, ASPARTAME, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM), ONION FLAKES (ONION, PALM OIL, WHEAT FLOUR, SALT), SESAME SEEDS, SRIRACHA (CHILI, SUGAR, SALT, GARLIC, DISTILLED VINEGAR, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM BISULFITE [AS PRESERVATIVE] AND XANTHAN GUM), GREEN ONION, SEAWEED, SPICY POWDER (CHILI PEPPER, ORANGE PEEL, BLACK SESAME SEED, SEAWEED, WHITE SESAME SEED, JAPANESE PEPPER, GINGER).,,,

The statement lists 18 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Sushi Rice (white Rice, Water, Sushi Vinegar [invert Sugar. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Mar 24, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Sushic, LLC submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2539094).

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