How many calories are in currywurst and fries?
A currywurst with curry sauce and a portion of fries comes to about 820 kcal. The fries are 405 of that, more than the sausage at 335. The sauce, the part that makes it a currywurst, is only 80.
The plate, as served
One grilled curry sausage of about 140 g, sliced, with about 80 g of curry sauce and a 200 g portion of fries.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 25g | 100 | 12% |
| Carbs | 68g | 272 | 34% |
| Fat | 48g | 432 | 54% |
| Fibre | 8g | 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
| Fries (Pommes)A standard snack-bar portion, about 200 g | 405 kcal |
| Currywurst sausageOne sausage, about 140 g | 335 kcal |
| Ketchup or curry sauce x2A generous dollop, about 40 g | 80 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- With mayonnaise on the fries965+145
One dispenser portion of mayonnaise is 145 kcal, almost twice the curry sauce.
- One grilled curry sausage of about 140 g, sliced, with about 80 g of curry sauce and a 200 g portion of fries.As served820
- With a bread roll instead of fries585-235
The other way snack bars serve it. About 585 kcal.
- Sausage and sauce, nothing else415-405
About 415 kcal, roughly half the plate.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fries (Pommes) | A standard snack-bar portion, about 200 gBLS K130492 (Pommes frites tiefgefroren, frittiert). Frozen fries, deep fried. Oven-baked fries come to about 165 kcal per 100 g against 203 here (BLS K130262). | 405 |
| Currywurst sausage | One sausage, about 140 gBLS W221372 (Currybratwurst gegrillt). Curry bratwurst, grilled. BLS lists it as its own sausage, fattier than a Thuringian bratwurst. | 335 |
| Ketchup or curry sauce x2 | A generous dollop, about 40 gBLS R141100 (Tomatenketchup). Tomato ketchup. BLS has no row for the curry ketchup poured over a Currywurst; ketchup with curry powder stirred in is the closest, so it is used for both. | 80 |
| Total | 820 | |
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 650 to 1400 kcal quoted for this
Canteen portions sit at the low end: fddb lists a 300 g canteen plate at 830 and 400 g with mayonnaise at 900. Snack-bar plates with a large portion of fries reach about 1,400. BLS records the whole dish, sausage, sauce and fries, at 217 kcal per 100 g, so the weight of the plate decides most of the number.
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 currywurst with fries?
- About 820 kcal for a 140 g sausage, curry sauce and 200 g of fries. With mayonnaise it is about 965.
- How many calories are in a currywurst without fries?
- About 415 kcal for the sausage and the sauce. With a bread roll it is about 585.
- Is curry sauce high in calories?
- No. It is ketchup with curry powder, about 80 kcal for a generous portion. The sausage and the fries carry the calories.
- How do I fit a currywurst into a calorie deficit?
- Have it with a roll instead of fries, or share the fries. Either takes off about 200 kcal and keeps the part you came for.
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Other plates
- Fries with ketchup and mayo (Pommes rot-weiß)
- Bratwurst in a roll
- Döner kebab
- Wiener Schnitzel with fries
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