Feasting on mooncakes during mid-autumn festival (which falls on September 15 this year) may be a yearly affair, but you should still keep your servings in check. Like any other sweet treat, mooncakes are notoriously high in sugar and fat. Before you dig in, have a look at how much calories, carbs and fat a slice of mooncake packs.
Nutritional data: Health Promotion Board. Estimations based on 25g slices.
Psst. Alternatively, check out low-sugar options. The Simply Her team has rounded up the best low-sugar traditional baked mooncakes, and snowskin mooncakes.
This article was first published on Shape.com.sg.
95 calories, 12.7g carbohydrate, 4.3g fat
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105 calories, 11g carbohydrate, 6g fat
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116 calories, 10.7g carbohydrate, 7.2g fat
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122 calories, 10.7g carbohydrate, 7.7g fat
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93 calories, 13.2g carbohydrate, 4g fat
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