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"Gohei-mochi": Calories & Nutrition per 100 g

Last updated: 2026-09-17

"Gohei-mochi" (rice cake, grilled with soy sauce, miso, sugar and sesame paste) has 178 kcal per 100 g of edible portion, with (3.0) g protein, (0.5) g fat and (40.9) g carbohydrate, according to Japan's official Standard Tables of Food Composition.

Food number15123
Name in Japanese<和生菓子・和半生菓子類> 五平もち
Food groupConfectionery

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Nutrition per 100 g (edible portion)

Energy178 kcal
Water(54.7) g
Protein(3.0) g
Fat(0.5) g
Carbohydrate (by difference)(40.9) g
Dietary fibre(1.3) g
Salt equivalent(0.6) g
Sodium(240) mg
Potassium(58) mg
Calcium(10) mg
Iron(0.4) mg
Vitamin C0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg

How to read these numbers

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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