58 %
Niacin contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism, to normal psychological function and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
How many calories are in chow mein?
441kcal
in a 300 g serving
147 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 19-321, 10 analysed samples. Checked 5 October 2026.
21.6 gFat
25.5 gProtein
4.5 gFibre
58 %Daily niacin
What’s in a 300 g serving
More than half of a serving is water. The rest is 38.1 g carbohydrate and 25.5 g protein.
- 21.6 gFat
- 25.5 gProtein
- 38.1 gCarbohydrate
- 4.5 gFibre
- 207 gWater
- 3.3 gMinerals and the rest
Below average for dishes
Chow mein is 147 kcal per 100 g. The 603 dishes in this database average 180.
Chow mein147
Dishes average180
Low in sugar
0.3 g of sugars per 100 g; the UK “low sugars” line is 5 g.
Sugars, per serving0.9 g
Salt, per serving3.5 g
Vitamins and minerals in chow mein
One of the 18 recorded reach the “high in” level. Niacin leads.
Only a trace
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B12
Show all 18 with amounts
Chloride2160 mg, 270 %
Niacin (vitamin B3)9.3 mg, 58 %
Phosphorus192 mg, 27 %
Vitamin E2.9 mg, 24 %
Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5)1.4 mg, 23 %
Manganese0.45 mg, 23 %
Iron3 mg, 22 %
Calcium138 mg, 17 %
Vitamin B60.24 mg, 17 %
Copper0.15 mg, 15 %
Thiamin (vitamin B1)0.15 mg, 14 %
Potassium270 mg, 14 %
Zinc1.2 mg, 12 %
Biotin0.0048 mg, 9.6 %
Magnesium33 mg, 8.8 %
Vitamin A0.054 mg, 6.8 %
Riboflavin (vitamin B2)0.09 mg, 6.4 %
Folate0.012 mg, 6 %
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What chow mein doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin C or vitamin B12, and only 4 % of the zinc reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin C
Tracein chow mein
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Zinc
4%in chow mein, per 100 g
Find it inOysters, raw592 % per 100 g
Vitamin B12
Tracein chow mein
Find it inLiver, ox, raw4400 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Chow mein against other dishes
Per 100 g, nut roast has the most niacin in this comparison, followed by devilled kidneys.
9.1mg
8.9mg
7.1mg
5.7mg
3.1mg
2.4mg
Nut roast+6 mg
Devilled kidneys+5.8 mg
Meat loaf+4 mg
Duck with pineapple+2.6 mg
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Questions about chow mein
What the numbers say to the questions people actually search.
How many calories are in a portion of chow mein?
A typical portion (300 g, one serving) gives 441 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 147 kcal.
Is chow mein high in chloride?
Yes. Chow mein, chicken, takeaway has 720 mg chloride per 100 g, 90 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does chow mein have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (720 mg, 90 %), niacin (3.1 mg, 19 %) and phosphorus (64 mg, 9.1 %) per 100 g.
Is chow mein a good source of protein?
Chow mein, chicken, takeaway has 8.5 g protein per 100 g, 23 % of the energy, which meets the UK threshold for “high protein”.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 19-321, Chow mein, chicken, takeaway, 10 analysed samples, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: Reviewed 2013. Aspland and James Ltd, Nutrient analysis of ethnic and takeaway foods, 1997. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a serving is 300 g, one serving, the usual UK portion for dishes. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 603 dishes kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample, and where no illustration of the exact food exists the nearest one is shown (here: Whole Chicken). Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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