How many calories are in German potato salad?
A 200 g serving of German potato salad dressed the Swabian way, with stock, vinegar and oil, comes to about 165 kcal. Bound with mayonnaise, as it usually is in the north, the same serving is about 310. The potatoes are the same in both.
The plate, as served
About 200 g of potato salad with a marinade of stock, vinegar, oil and onion.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 3g | 12 | 8% |
| Carbs | 23g | 92 | 58% |
| Fat | 6g | 54 | 34% |
| Fibre | 3g | 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
| Potato salad, oil and vinegarA serving, about 200 g | 165 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- Mayonnaise salad with a bratwurst550+385
About 550 kcal.
- With a grilled bratwurst405+240
A common pairing. The sausage is 240 kcal.
- With mayonnaise310+145
Almost twice the calories for the same serving.
- About 200 g of potato salad with a marinade of stock, vinegar, oil and onion.As served165
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Potato salad, oil and vinegar | A serving, about 200 gBLS X1A2010 (Kartoffelsalat mit Marinade (Gemüsebrühe)). Swabian style: potatoes dressed with stock, vinegar, oil and onion. No mayonnaise. | 165 |
| Total | 165 | |
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 143 to 279 kcal quoted for this
Swabian-style salads are quoted at 71 to 102 kcal per 100 g, which is 143 to 220 for 200 g. Mayonnaise salads are about 186 per 100 g, 279 for a 150 g serving. BLS has 83 for the oil-and-vinegar salad and 154 for the mayonnaise one. The mayonnaise version here lands above 279 because its serving is 200 g, not 150.
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 potato salad?
- About 165 kcal for 200 g of oil-and-vinegar potato salad, and about 310 with mayonnaise.
- Which potato salad has fewer calories?
- The Swabian one with stock, vinegar and oil. BLS has it at 83 kcal per 100 g against 154 for a mayonnaise salad.
- Is potato salad fine for weight loss?
- The oil-and-vinegar version is a light side at 165 kcal for a full serving. The mayonnaise version is fine too, at close to twice that.
- How many calories are in potato salad with a sausage?
- With a grilled bratwurst, about 405 kcal, or about 550 with the mayonnaise salad.
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