Two ingredient references, one independent model
Kikkoman’s chicken sushi recipe supports chicken, rice, nori, avocado, cucumber and rolling. Its tempura recipe supports flour, egg, water and frying oil. Our hybrid is not either exact recipe and is not attributed to Taste of Home. Black pepper sauce from the chicken recipe is omitted.
Count attached batter and absorbed oil
Flour and egg rows mean the batter actually retained, not the whole mixing bowl. The oil row means an assumed 5–12 g absorbed, not the entire fryer. Absorption is a disclosed scenario assumption, not a measurement.
How is seaweed converted?
FDC 168458 contains 85.03 g water per 100 g raw laver. To model 0.5–1 g dry matter, divide by (1 − 85.03 ÷ 100), giving 3.3–6.7 g raw equivalent after rounding. Use the unrounded factor in calculations. This cannot establish the exact composition of dried or roasted nori.
What changes the total?
The rice and chicken use cooked edible weights. Avocado varies from none to 30 g. Rice-seasoning sugar and distilled vinegar are included as assumptions; mayonnaise, sauces and extra frying oil are excluded and need separate entries.
USDA inputs and portion assumptions
Each row uses the stated edible ingredient grams. Rows below apply to the answer-box serving. Endpoints sum unrounded USDA amounts, then round once. A row with alternative records uses the minimum and maximum for each nutrient independently.
| Ingredient, grams and USDA source | Calories (kcal) | Protein (g) | Carbohydrate (g) | Fat (g) | Sodium (mg) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice, white, short-grain, cooked, unenriched120–180 g edible inputRice, white, short-grain, cooked, unenriched · FDC 168932 | 156–234 kcal | 2.8–4.2 g | 34.5–51.7 g | 0.2–0.3 g | 0 mg |
| Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted50–80 g edible inputChicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted · FDC 171477 | 83–132 kcal | 15.5–24.8 g | 0 g | 1.8–2.9 g | 37–59.2 mg |
| Dry flour actually attached10–20 g edible inputWheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, unbleached · FDC 168936 | 36–73 kcal | 1–2.1 g | 7.6–15.3 g | 0.1–0.2 g | 0.2–0.4 mg |
| Egg batter actually attached5–10 g edible inputEgg, whole, raw, fresh · FDC 171287 | 7–14 kcal | 0.6–1.3 g | 0–0.1 g | 0.5–1 g | 7.1–14.2 mg |
| Soybean oil absorbed5–12 g edible inputOil, soybean, salad or cooking · FDC 171411 | 44–106 kcal | 0 g | 0 g | 5–12 g | 0 mg |
| Cucumber, with peel, raw20–40 g edible inputCucumber, with peel, raw · FDC 168409 | 3–6 kcal | 0.1–0.3 g | 0.7–1.5 g | 0 g | 0.4–0.8 mg |
| Avocados, raw, all commercial varieties0–30 g edible inputAvocados, raw, all commercial varieties · FDC 171705 | 0–48 kcal | 0–0.6 g | 0–2.6 g | 0–4.4 g | 0–2.1 mg |
| Sugars, granulated3–6 g edible inputSugars, granulated · FDC 169655 | 12–23 kcal | 0 g | 3–6 g | 0 g | 0–0.1 mg |
| Vinegar, distilled5–10 g edible inputVinegar, distilled · FDC 172237 | 1–2 kcal | 0 g | 0 g | 0 g | 0.1–0.2 mg |
| Laver dry-matter equivalent0.5–1 g dry matter; converted to raw equivalentSeaweed, laver, raw · FDC 168458 | 1–2 kcal | 0.2–0.4 g | 0.2–0.3 g | 0 g | 1.6–3.2 mg |
Estimated nutrient ranges
- Calories
- 343–641 kcal
- Protein
- 20.3–33.6 g
- Carbohydrate
- 46–77.4 g
- Fat
- 7.6–20.8 g
- Sodium
- 46.4–80.2 mg
Formula for every ingredient and nutrient: USDA per-100-g amount × edible grams ÷ 100. Add first, then round with decimal half-up: whole kcal; at most one decimal for g and mg, with trailing zeroes removed. Small displayed amounts may round to zero.
Common questions
How many calories are in a chicken tempura roll?
343–641 kcal per whole assumed roll. This is our simplified chicken tempura roll with cooked rice and chicken, attached flour-and-egg batter, absorbed oil, cucumber and optional avocado. It contains no mayonnaise.
Is this official nutrition data for the finished food?
No. USDA supplies generic ingredient records. The finished-food range is our estimate under the stated portions and recipe assumptions, not a brand or restaurant label. Actual food can fall outside it.
How do I adjust the serving?
Use each matching USDA record’s per-100-g amount × edible grams ÷ 100, then add the ingredients before rounding. Keep raw and cooked weights matched to their respective records; extra sauces and oils need separate entries.
📚 Sources and limits
- Kikkoman USA: Black Pepper Chicken Sushi Rolls — Official ingredient list via search index after direct GET returned 403; ingredient types only.
- Kikkoman: Tempura — Official batter and frying ingredient types only.
- USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy, April 2018 — full-precision records in the component and reference tables. Each source links its FDC ID. All quantities are our scenario assumptions; no third-party calorie totals are used.