Sunday, September 12, 2010

Mooncake festival is here again...but, can I eat?

2 years ago, Harbour City Restaurant had sugar free mooncake. Very yummy. But due to the downturn, the restaurant closed down and no more suger free mooncake. *sob sob*
Finally this year, I found sugar free moon cake again!!!!!
Was at Vivo City this afternoon and there was a mooncake fair there....Many restaurants and hotels are there to showcase mooncakes prepared by their top chief.
I stopped by this stall from "Hong Kong Mei Xin Mooncakes" ... They had:
1) Sugar free Lotus Seed Paste (Egg Yolk) Mooncake
2) Sugar free Lotus Seed Paste (Tropical Almond) Mooncake

That' what I am looking for! Before I made payment for this, I walked around the fair...there are more stalls selling low sugar mooncake...which is good for health conscious people. That's what made me suspicious of what ingredients Mei Xin used to make sugar free moon cake... (Harbour City sugar free mooncake is actually endorsed by health board)

Ok, here's the nutrition information:
Serving size: 1/4 mooncake (22.5g)
Average quantity per serving:
Energy: 386KJ / 92kcal
Carbohydrate Total: 13.3g
-sugars: 0.1g
-dietary fibre: less than 1g
Look harmless. But looking at the ingredients, they have hygrogenated glucose syrup.....considered sugar?

I shall eat and check myself to make sure that my sugar is in control. Yummy...cannot wait to eat the mooncake...:)