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Traditional confectionery, "Sasa-dango": Calories & Nutrition per 100 g

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Traditional confectionery, "Sasa-dango" (sweet rice cake stuffed with red bean paste, wrapped in sasa-bamboo leaves) has 227 kcal per 100 g of edible portion, with (4.0) g protein, (0.5) g fat and (54.6) g carbohydrate, according to Japan's official Standard Tables of Food Composition.

Food number15124
Name in Japanese<和生菓子・和半生菓子類> 笹だんご こしあん入り
Food groupConfectionery

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Nutrition per 100 g (edible portion)

Energy227 kcal
Water(40.5) g
Protein(4.0) g
Fat(0.5) g
Carbohydrate (by difference)(54.6) g
Dietary fibre(1.9) g
Salt equivalent0 g
Sodium(18) mg
Potassium(88) mg
Calcium(15) mg
Iron(0.5) mg
Vitamin C0 mg
Cholesterol0 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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