Does anyone know how I can find out the nutritional info for mainland Chinese foods?

Question

I live in mainland China and love the foods here. However, I've started counting calories and watching my daily percentages of carbs, fats, and sugars. There are of course Chinese websites that list number of carbs in each food, but I've never found anything witht listiings for carbs, fat, sugar, and others.

The counting calorie-crze hasn't hit China yet, with most food labels not including any of this information. The amount of overweight people here hasn't reached the level that America has, so I guess folks aren't that interested in these things at present..

If anyone knows of any place where I can find out this info (in Chinese or English), I'd love to know.
Thanks.

Answer 1

Google, dude.
There are several websites that give you the ingredients in popular Chinese dishes, and then, you have to check the nutritional value of the individual ingredients.

As a rule, try to cook it yourself, or stick to fresh fruits and vegetables.

I feel for ya. I am an American living in Taiwan, and a year ago i went through the same thing, but I have heard the food on the mainland is way greasier, and lower in quality than here.

Stay away from all noodle dishes, or fried food. If there is a hot-pot restaurant in your area, ask for vegetatian, or fish. Teppanyake is also Ok, if you go wth the tofu, and load up on the sprouts, and cabbage. Or vegetarian dumplings, stay away from the pork. As you know, tons of dishes have ground pork in them, which is actually ALL parts of the pig ground up, and is quite fatty.

No duck either. Too fatty.

Beware of hidden sugar. They put sugar in EVERYTHING. A lot of the sauces (plum, soy, hot) have sugar added to them. The bread also has more sugar than in the states.

Answer 2

Difficult question!!!!!!

If you always eat out, you would never know how they prepare your food. When I was in Shanghai, I requested them to put lesser oil but they always ignored me.

Good luck.