How many calories are in Käsespätzle?
A plate of Käsespätzle, spätzle layered with 60 g of Bergkäse and finished with butter and crispy fried onions, comes to about 790 kcal. The spätzle are 395 of that and the cheese 235. The crispy onions are 85 kcal for only 15 g.
The plate, as served
Spätzle made from about 180 g of dough, 60 g of grated Bergkäse, 10 g of butter and a heaped tablespoon of crispy fried onions.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 35g | 140 | 18% |
| Carbs | 69g | 276 | 36% |
| Fat | 40g | 360 | 46% |
| Fibre | 6g | 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
| SpätzleA plate made from about 180 g of dough | 395 kcal |
| Bergkäse, gratedA big handful, about 60 g | 235 kcal |
| Crispy fried onionsA heaped tablespoon, about 15 g | 85 kcal |
| ButterA thin spread, about 10 g | 75 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- With twice the cheese1,025+235
Another 60 g of Bergkäse, 235 kcal more.
- With a side salad900+110
The usual accompaniment. A dressed salad adds 110.
- Spätzle made from about 180 g of dough, 60 g of grated Bergkäse, 10 g of butter and a heaped tablespoon of crispy fried onions.As served790
- Without the crispy onions705-85
85 kcal less.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Spätzle | A plate made from about 180 g of doughBLS X711512 (Eier-Frischteigwaren Spätzle, selbstgemacht, roh). Fresh egg spätzle. BLS lists the raw dough; boiling adds water but no energy, so the portion is costed from the dough weight. | 395 |
| Bergkäse, grated | A big handful, about 60 gBLS M302600 (Bergkäse mind. 45 % Fett i. Tr.). Alpine cheese, 45 per cent fat in dry matter. Emmentaler is about 5 per cent lower per gram (BLS M304600). | 235 |
| Crispy fried onions | A heaped tablespoon, about 15 gBLS G860192 (Röstzwiebeln (Fertigprodukt)). Ready-made crispy onions, the kind scattered over Käsespätzle. Onions browned at home in a pan are under a third of this per gram (BLS X5A9030). | 85 |
| Butter | A thin spread, about 10 gOn toast, or melted over vegetables. | 75 |
| Total | 790 | |
Sources: German Nutrient Database BLS 4.0 (Max Rubner-Institut), CC BY 4.0, USDA FoodData Central. 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 604 to 880 kcal quoted for this
fddb lists 604 kcal for a 320 g plate at 189 kcal per 100 g. Arise puts versions with crispy onions at 215 to 244 per 100 g, 660 to 880 kcal. The difference is the share of cheese and onions in each plate, which is what the variations above change.
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 Käsespätzle?
- About 790 kcal for a plate with 60 g of Bergkäse, butter and crispy onions.
- How many calories are in crispy fried onions?
- About 85 kcal for a heaped tablespoon of ready-made crispy onions, 15 g. They are mostly fat.
- Bergkäse or Emmentaler?
- Nearly the same. BLS has 395 kcal per 100 g for Bergkäse and 374 for Emmentaler.
- How do I make Käsespätzle lighter?
- Leave off the crispy onions and the butter, which together are 160 kcal, and keep the cheese.
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