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Calories in
restaurant, chinese, chicken chow mein

85 kcal per 100 g Restaurant, Chinese, chicken chow mein contains 85 calories per 100 grams, or about 513 calories per order. Per 100 g it provides 6.8 g protein, 8.3 g carbohydrate and 2.8 g fat.

By calories that splits 39% carbohydrate, 32% protein, 30% fat — dissected below.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 168083·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Energy anatomy — per 100 g Plate 1420 of 1799
32%38%30% 0 21 43 64 85 kcal
Protein 6.8 g × 4 kcal/g 27 kcal · 32%
Carbohydrate 8.3 g × 4 kcal/g 33 kcal · 38%
Fat 2.8 g × 9 kcal/g 25 kcal · 30%
Shorthand total Atwater 4 · 4 · 9 85 kcal
As published by USDA food-specific factors 85 kcal

The 4·4·9 shorthand adds to 85 kcal and USDA publishes 85 kcal. The arithmetic closes, so the axis above is simply that figure divided by the shares.

SourceUSDA FoodData Central, SR LegacyFDC 168083retrieved 2026-07

Per 100 g85kcal
Per order513kcal · 604.0 g
Protein6.8g per 100 g
Walk it off105minutes walking
Proteingrams
Carbsgrams
Fatgrams
Walk it offmin at 70 kg

How this is worked out

  1. USDA measures every nutrient per 100 g of edible portion. That row is published here unchanged — nothing is rounded up, smoothed or "adjusted".
  2. The energy figure is USDA's own, derived with food-specific factors. This site never computes the calorie count it publishes.
  3. The Atwater shorthand 4 · 4 · 9 is applied to the protein, carbohydrate and fat grams only to split that energy into shares — and where the shorthand disagrees with the published figure, the gap is printed rather than hidden.
  4. A serving is a straight proportional conversion of the per-100 g row, using USDA's own household measures for the grams.
  5. The walking figure uses MET 4.0 at 70 kg, the same equation the sister site publishes.
per serving   = per 100 g × serving grams ÷ 100
energy shares = 4·P + 4·C + 9·F      (P, C, F in grams)
walk minutes  = kcal ÷ (4.0 × 3.5 × 70 ÷ 200)

Full data & method →

Calories in a typical serving

Per-100 g figures are useful for comparison but nobody eats 100 g of anything on purpose. These are the USDA's own household measures.

ServingGramsCaloriesProteinCarbsFat
1 order604.0 g 513 40.8 g50.1 g16.9 g

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

Full nutrition, per 100 g and per order

NutrientPer 100 gPer order
Energy85 kcal513 kcal
Protein6.8 g40.8 g
Total fat2.8 g16.9 g
Saturated fat0.5 g3.0 g
Carbohydrate8.3 g50.1 g
Fibre1.0 g6.0 g
Sugars1.7 g10.5 g
Sodium311.0 mg1,878.4 mg
Potassium124.0 mg749.0 mg
Calcium21.0 mg126.8 mg
Iron0.7 mg4.0 mg
Vitamin C2.0 mg12.1 mg
Vitamin A19.0 µg114.8 µg
Cholesterol16.0 mg96.6 mg
Water81.0 g489.3 g

A dash means the nutrient was not measured for this item, which is not the same as zero.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·FDC 168083·REVIEWED JUL 2026

How restaurant, chinese, chicken chow mein compares

Among the 27 restaurant foods items on this site, restaurant, chinese, chicken chow mein ranks 25 of 27 by calorie density, against a category average of 213 kcal per 100 g — so it is about 60% less calorie-dense than typical for its group.

It carries 8 g of protein per 100 calories, a moderate protein contribution.

To burn off one order (513 kcal), a 70 kg adult would walk for roughly 105 minutes — see the walking calculation on our sister site, or pick a different activity. Treat that as a sense of scale rather than a rule: eating and moving are not a simple ledger.

SOURCE·USDA SR Legacy·REVIEWED JUL 2026

A reference table describes the average restaurant, chinese, chicken chow mein. Yours was grown somewhere, picked at some ripeness, and cooked by you.

Questions this entry settles

How many calories are in restaurant, chinese, chicken chow mein?

Restaurant, Chinese, chicken chow mein contains 85 calories per 100 g, which works out to about 513 calories per order. It also provides 6.8 g of protein, 8.3 g of carbohydrate and 2.8 g of fat per 100 g.

What is the macro breakdown of restaurant, chinese, chicken chow mein?

By calories, restaurant, chinese, chicken chow mein is roughly 39% carbohydrate, 32% protein and 30% fat. That makes it a predominantly carbohydrate-based food.

How long does it take to burn off a order?

About 105 minutes of ordinary walking for a 70 kg adult (MET 4.0). That is a rough guide for scale, not a prescription — appetite and activity interact in ways a simple subtraction does not capture.

Is this figure exact for the restaurant, chinese, chicken chow mein I bought?

No. These are USDA reference values, averaged across samples. Real foods vary with variety, ripeness, growing conditions, cut, brand and how they were cooked — 10–20% either way is normal. Use them for planning, not precision.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy — public domain, reviewed JUL 2026. Full USDA description: "Restaurant, Chinese, chicken chow mein". General information only — not medical or nutrition advice. Values are averages for a food type and vary by brand, ripeness and preparation.

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