How much protein is in dry sushi rice?

One cup of dry sushi rice (200 g) has 13 g of protein (716 kcal); 100 g has 6.5 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g dry

PER 100 GProtein

6.5g

Calories358

Carbohydrate79.2g

Fiber0g

Sugars0g

Fat0.5g

Saturated0.1g

Sodium1 mg

1.8 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictLow in protein

1.8 g of protein per 100 kcal (7% of its calories): under 2.5 g is low on our scale.

25 g of protein from dry sushi rice alone takes 385 g (about 1.9 cups) and 1377 kcal.

#8 of 11 in Grains & rice for protein per 100 g, #11 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in dry sushi rice per portion, dry weight
Portion (dry)	Protein	kcal	Carbs	Fat
100 g	6.5 g	358	79.2 g	0.5 g
1 oz (28 g)	1.8 g	101	22 g	0.1 g
1 cup (200 g)	13 g	716	158 g	1 g
1 tbsp (12 g)	0.8 g	45	9.9 g	0.1 g

One cup of dry sushi rice (200 g) is 11% of a 120 g daily target, what our protein calculator gives a 165 lb person building muscle.

Weights are dry. Cooking adds water, so cooked pasta and grains have less protein per 100 g, but a portion keeps the protein it started with.

Most of its calories come from carbohydrate: about 88%.

How it compares

The 4 foods in the same aisle closest in calories per 100 g, ranked by protein per calorie. Per calorie, all 4 have more protein.

dry sushi rice compared with similar foods, per 100 g
Food	Protein	kcal	Protein per 100 kcal
Dry lentils	24.6 g	352	7.0 g
Dry red lentils	23.9 g	358	6.7 g
Dry brown rice	7.5 g	367	2.0 g
Dry white rice	7.1 g	365	1.9 g
Dry sushi rice	6.5 g	358	1.8 g

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Recipes with dry sushi rice

4 recipes in the Feast Mode library use dry sushi rice, macros computed the same way.

Across the 4 library recipes that use it, a serving has 43 g of dry sushi rice on average, which brings 2.8 g of protein: 6% of the dish’s protein. It carries the most in Korean Ground Beef Bowls, at 7% of the protein.

52G
PROTEIN

Chicken Katsu Curry

60 min · 661 kcal

48G
PROTEIN

Korean Ground Beef Bowls

40 min · 625 kcal

47G
PROTEIN

Teriyaki Salmon Rice Bowls

40 min · 662 kcal

45G
PROTEIN

Spicy Salmon Sushi Bowls

50 min · 635 kcal

Questions

How much protein is in a cup of dry sushi rice?

One cup of dry sushi rice (200 g) has 13 g of protein and 716 kcal, with 158 g of carbohydrate and 1 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of dry sushi rice?

100 g of dry sushi rice has 6.5 g of protein, 358 kcal, 79.2 g of carbohydrate and 0.5 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 168931).

Is dry sushi rice a good source of protein?

Low in protein: 1.8 g of protein per 100 kcal (7% of its calories): under 2.5 g is low on our scale. Getting 25 g of protein from dry sushi rice alone takes 385 g (about 1.9 cups) and 1377 kcal.

Which has more protein, dry sushi rice or dry red lentils?

Dry red lentils, with 23.9 g of protein per 100 g against 6.5 g for dry sushi rice. Per 100 kcal: dry sushi rice 1.8 g, dry red lentils 6.7 g.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 168931: “Rice, white, short-grain, raw, unenriched”, per 100 g. Portion numbers multiply those values by the portion weight. Estimates for information, not medical advice. How we calculate

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