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Cake and pastry, sponge cake: Calories & Nutrition per 100 g (Japan's Official Food Table)

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Cake and pastry, sponge cake has 283 kcal per 100 g of edible portion, with (7.9) g protein, (7.5) g fat and (52.1) g carbohydrate, according to Japan's official Standard Tables of Food Composition.

Food number15074
Name in Japanese<ケーキ・ペストリー類> スポンジケーキ
Food groupConfectionery

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Nutrition per 100 g (edible portion)

Energy283 kcal
Water(32.0) g
Protein(7.9) g
Fat(7.5) g
Carbohydrate (by difference)(52.1) g
Dietary fibre(0.7) g
Salt equivalent0.2 g
Sodium65 mg
Potassium92 mg
Calcium27 mg
Iron0.8 mg
Vitamin C0 mg
Cholesterol(170) mg

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Source: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Standard Tables of Food Composition in Japan (Eighth Revised Edition), 2023 supplement; English food names from the official English edition (2015). Compiled and reformatted by this website. This page is general information, not dietary or medical advice.

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