How many calories are in a bratwurst in a roll?
A grilled bratwurst of about 120 g in a white bread roll comes to about 410 kcal, plus about 10 for a squeeze of mustard. The sausage is 240 of that and the roll 170. A coarse, fattier bratwurst takes the same roll to about 560.
The plate, as served
One grilled Thuringian-style bratwurst of about 120 g in a 60 g white roll. Mustard, about 10 kcal (BLS R132000), not counted.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 28g | 112 | 28% |
| Carbs | 32g | 128 | 32% |
| Fat | 18g | 162 | 40% |
| Fibre | 2g | counted within carbs | |
The ring is sized by calories, not grams: protein and carbs are 4 kcal a gram, fat is 9. Drawn by grams, fat would look like a sliver of what it actually contributes.
What is on the plate
| Bratwurst, grilledOne Thuringian-style sausage, about 120 g grilled | 240 kcal |
| Bread roll (Brötchen)One white roll, about 60 g | 170 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- Two sausages in one roll650+240
The second sausage is 240 kcal.
- With ketchup as well450+40
A dollop of ketchup is 40 kcal.
- One grilled Thuringian-style bratwurst of about 120 g in a 60 g white roll. Mustard, about 10 kcal (BLS R132000), not counted.As served410
- With potato salad instead of the roll405-5
Oil-and-vinegar potato salad swaps in for the roll at almost the same total.
Where each number comes from
Composition tables list ingredients, not dinners. There is no row anywhere for this plate, so it is built from its parts, and the preparation assumed for each part is written next to it, because that assumption is usually worth more calories than the ingredient.
| Component | Portion and preparation | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Bratwurst, grilled | One Thuringian-style sausage, about 120 g grilledBLS W222672 (Rostbratwurst gegrillt). Rostbratwurst grilled without added fat. A coarse, fattier bratwurst is about 60 per cent more per gram (BLS W222172). | 240 |
| Bread roll (Brötchen) | One white roll, about 60 gBLS B511000 (Weizenbrötchen). Plain wheat roll, the Brötchen or Semmel of every snack bar and butcher counter. | 170 |
| Total | 410 | |
Sources: German Nutrient Database BLS 4.0 (Max Rubner-Institut), CC BY 4.0. Every figure is an estimate with a range around it, and is rounded to the nearest 5 kcal rather than pretending to a precision that does not exist.
Why you will see 444 to 958 kcal quoted for this
The sources disagree more here than for any other dish on this site. A Thuringian figure of 444 kcal assumes a 70 g roll and 100 g of sausage. fddb lists a snack-bar bratwurst in a roll with mustard at 958 kcal for 197 g, which implies a far fattier sausage. BLS separates the two: a Rostbratwurst grilled is 201 kcal per 100 g, a coarse bratwurst grilled 325. Ours sits just below the low figure because the roll here is 60 g and the sausage is the lean kind.
Which is why this page shows the sum instead of asserting a total. Build the plate you actually eat and the number is yours rather than an average of strangers.
Build your own plateCommon questions
- How many calories are in a bratwurst in a roll?
- About 410 kcal for a 120 g grilled bratwurst in a white roll, plus about 10 for mustard. With a coarse, fattier bratwurst it is about 560.
- How many calories are in one bratwurst?
- About 240 kcal for a 120 g Thuringian-style sausage, grilled. BLS puts a coarse bratwurst at 325 kcal per 100 g, about 390 for the same size.
- Is a bratwurst high in protein?
- Fairly. The lean one on this page has about 22 g of protein for 240 kcal.
- Mustard or ketchup?
- Mustard, at about 10 kcal against 40 for a dollop of ketchup. Neither changes the total much.
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