# Mee Soto vs Mee Rebus vs Mee Siam: Calories, Protein and Sodium Compared

> Mee soto is 442 kcal per 622g bowl, mee rebus 729 kcal per 619g plate, mee siam 864 kcal per 731g plate — official HPB Singapore portions. Plus the sodium twist most guides miss.

*By the NutriKaki Team · Data sourced from HPB Singapore · Updated August 2026*

Walk up to any Malay noodle stall in Singapore and you're usually choosing between three things: **mee soto**, **mee rebus**, and **mee siam**. Same stall, same price range, same auntie. Most people pick by mood.

Here's the direct answer, using the Health Promotion Board's official portion weights: **one 622g bowl of mee soto is about 442 kcal, one 619g plate of mee rebus is about 729 kcal, and one 731g plate of mee siam is about 864 kcal.** Mee siam is very nearly *double* the mee soto.

But calories aren't the whole story here, and this is where almost every other guide stops. The lightest dish of the three is also, by a clear margin, **the saltiest** — one bowl of mee soto carries more sodium than a plate of mee siam. If you're watching blood pressure rather than weight, the ranking flips completely.

## The Numbers at a Glance

Every figure below is for **one whole serving** at HPB's official default portion weight, which is stated in the first column. These are not per-100g figures.

| Dish (HPB official portion) | Calories | Protein | Fat | Sodium |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Mee soto** — 1 bowl, 622g | **~442 kcal** | ~21g | ~5g | ~4,068mg |
| **Dry / fried mee siam** — 1 plate, 343g | ~597 kcal | ~16g | ~24g | ~1,837mg |
| **Mee rebus** — 1 plate, 619g | ~729 kcal | ~26g | ~25g | ~2,466mg |
| **Mee siam** (wet) — 1 plate, 731g | **~864 kcal** | ~23g | ~31g | ~3,754mg |

> **Key takeaway:** On calories, mee soto wins easily. On sodium, mee soto is the *worst* of the four — a single bowl is roughly 203% of the 2,000mg daily limit HPB recommends. There is no single "healthiest" answer here; it depends entirely on what you're managing.

## The Sodium Twist Nobody Mentions

Mee soto gets recommended constantly as the "light" Malay breakfast, and on calories that's fair. The problem is that its lightness comes from being mostly *broth* — and that broth is where the salt lives.

| Dish (whole serving) | Sodium | % of 2,000mg daily limit |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mee soto — 1 bowl, 622g | ~4,068mg | ~203% |
| Mee siam — 1 plate, 731g | ~3,754mg | ~188% |
| Mee rebus — 1 plate, 619g | ~2,466mg | ~123% |
| Dry / fried mee siam — 1 plate, 343g | ~1,837mg | ~92% |

> **If you have high blood pressure:** all four of these exceed or nearly exceed a full day's sodium in one meal. The single most effective habit is to eat the noodles and leave the broth or gravy behind — you cannot meaningfully out-order this by choosing a different one of the three.

## Why Dry Mee Siam Looks "Lighter" (It Isn't)

This one trips people up constantly, and it's worth being precise about.

Dry mee siam comes in at **597 kcal for its 343g plate**, while wet mee siam is **864 kcal for its 731g plate**. So per serving, dry genuinely is lower — by a lot.

But that is *a portion-size difference, not a lighter dish*. Measured on the same basis, dry mee siam is the denser food: **177 kcal per 100g** versus **119 kcal per 100g** for wet mee siam. HPB simply records the dry version as a much smaller plate, because that's how it's actually served.

> **Read this carefully if you're comparing to another site's number:** "mee siam is 119 kcal" and "mee siam is 864 kcal" are both correct — the first is per 100g, the second is per HPB's official 731g plate. They are different bases and must never be blended together. Whenever you see a calorie figure for a hawker dish with no gram weight next to it, you cannot tell which one it is.

## Per 100g — For Anyone Weighing Their Food

If you're logging by weight rather than by plate, these are the underlying HPB per-100g values that every figure above is derived from.

| Dish | kcal /100g | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Sodium |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mee soto | 71 | 3.3g | 0.9g | 12.5g | 654mg |
| Mee rebus | 118 | 4.3g | 4.1g | 16.1g | 399mg |
| Mee siam (wet) | 119 | 3.2g | 4.2g | 17.1g | 517mg |
| Dry / fried mee siam | 177 | 4.8g | 7.2g | 23.3g | 545mg |

## The Gravy, Counted Separately

HPB lists mee siam gravy and mee rebus gravy as their own entries, measured as a standalone side serving. These figures are useful for understanding *where* the calories in your plate are concentrated — but note that the gravy is **already included** in the whole-plate figures higher up this page. Do not add these on top.

| Gravy (standalone side serving) | Calories | Sugar | Sodium |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mee rebus gravy — 1 bowl, 340g | ~337 kcal | ~7g | ~1,588mg |
| Mee siam gravy — 1 bowl, 359g | ~280 kcal | ~25g | ~2,495mg |

That mee siam gravy sugar figure is the one worth pausing on: roughly **25g of sugar** in a standalone bowl of gravy, which is most of a day's added-sugar allowance from a condiment. It's the tangy-sweet asam base doing that.

> **An honest limitation:** HPB does not publish a "mee siam without gravy" entry, and we're not going to invent one by subtracting. Asking for less gravy will genuinely reduce your calories, sugar and sodium — but how much depends entirely on how heavy the auntie's ladle is that day.

## How to Order Smarter at the Malay Noodle Stall

- **✅ Leave the mee soto broth** The noodles and chicken are the light part. The broth is the salt. *(Save: a large share of ~4,068mg sodium)*
- **✅ Ask for less gravy (kurang kuah)** Works on both mee siam and mee rebus. The gravy carries the fat and sugar. *(Save: meaningful kcal, sugar, sodium)*
- **✅ Pick mee soto if counting calories** ~442 kcal vs ~864 for mee siam — the biggest single lever on this menu. *(Save: ~422 kcal vs mee siam)*
- **✅ Pick dry mee siam if watching salt** ~1,837mg is the lowest sodium of the four servings here. *(Save: ~2,231mg vs mee soto)*
- **✅ Eat the egg and tauhu** These carry the protein in dishes that are otherwise carb-dominant. *(Win: protein without extra gravy)*
- **⚠️ Don't drink it because it "looks clear"** Clear broth is not low-sodium broth. Mee soto proves the point. *(Avoid: the single biggest trap here)*

> **The best all-round order:** mee soto, noodles and chicken eaten, most of the broth left in the bowl. You keep the ~442 kcal and ~21g protein and shed a large part of the sodium — the only version of this meal that's genuinely good on both counts.

## How These Compare to Other Hawker Dishes

All figures below are per whole serving at HPB's official portion weight.

| Dish (whole serving) | Calories | Verdict |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mee soto — 1 bowl, 622g | ~442 kcal | ✅ Light — but very high sodium |
| Dry / fried mee siam — 1 plate, 343g | ~597 kcal | 👍 Reasonable, lowest salt here |
| Mee rebus — 1 plate, 619g | ~729 kcal | 👍 Middle of the pack |
| Mee siam (wet) — 1 plate, 731g | ~864 kcal | ⚠️ Heaviest of the three |
| Char kway teow — 1 plate | ~989 kcal | ❌ Occasional treat only |

📖 **Related:** [The Saltiest Hawker Dishes in Singapore, Ranked](https://nutrikaki.com/blog/sodium-hawker-food-singapore) · [Mee Goreng Calories — Indian, Malay & Maggi Goreng](https://nutrikaki.com/blog/mee-goreng-calories-singapore) · [15 Low-Calorie Hawker Dishes Under 400 kcal](https://nutrikaki.com/blog/low-calorie-hawker-guide) · [Hawker Food for Diabetics in Singapore](https://nutrikaki.com/blog/hawker-food-for-diabetics-singapore)

## Frequently Asked Questions

**How many calories are in a bowl of mee soto?**

One bowl of mee soto is approximately 442 calories, based on HPB's official default portion of 622g. On a per-100g basis mee soto is 71 kcal. It is the lowest-calorie of the three main Malay hawker noodle dishes — but it also carries the most sodium, at roughly 4,068mg per bowl.

**Which is healthier, mee siam or mee rebus?**

Mee rebus is the lighter of the two. One 619g plate of mee rebus is approximately 729 calories, while one 731g plate of mee siam is approximately 864 calories. Mee rebus also has less sodium — about 2,466mg per plate versus 3,754mg for mee siam. Both are per whole plate using HPB's official portion weights.

**Is mee soto healthy?**

On calories, yes — approximately 442 kcal per 622g bowl, and very low in fat at around 5g. On salt, no: one bowl is roughly 4,068mg of sodium, about 203% of the 2,000mg daily limit HPB recommends. Leaving most of the broth is the single most useful change you can make.

**Is dry mee siam lower in calories than wet mee siam?**

Per serving, yes. HPB records dry (fried) mee siam at 597 calories for its 343g plate, versus 864 calories for wet mee siam's 731g plate. But that's a portion-size effect, not a lighter dish — per 100g, dry mee siam is denser at 177 kcal versus 119 kcal. The dry plate is simply much smaller.

**How much protein is in mee rebus, mee siam and mee soto?**

Per HPB's official portions: mee rebus about 26g per 619g plate, mee siam about 23g per 731g plate, and mee soto about 21g per 622g bowl. All three are moderate rather than high-protein for their calorie cost, so a side of tahu goreng or an extra egg is worthwhile if you're tracking protein.

**How much sodium is in mee siam?**

One 731g plate of mee siam contains approximately 3,754mg of sodium — roughly 188% of the 2,000mg daily limit recommended by Singapore's Health Promotion Board. On a per-100g basis mee siam is 517mg. Asking for less gravy is the most effective way to bring it down.

*Nutrition data sourced from the Health Promotion Board (HPB) Singapore food composition database. Values are approximate and vary by stall, portion, and cooking method. This article is for general wellness purposes only and does not constitute medical or dietary advice. Nutrition data referenced in this article is used under licence from the Health Promotion Board (HPB) of Singapore and may not be redistributed, republished, or reused commercially without NutriKaki's prior written permission.*

Full nutrition data for dishes in this guide

- [Mee siam · 119 kcal/100g](https://nutrikaki.com/nutrition/mee-siam)
- [Mee rebus · 118 kcal/100g](https://nutrikaki.com/nutrition/mee-rebus)
- [Fried mee siam · 177 kcal/100g](https://nutrikaki.com/nutrition/fried-mee-siam)

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