How many calories are in a Weißwurst breakfast?
A Bavarian Weißwurst breakfast, two Weißwürste with a pretzel and sweet mustard, comes to about 620 kcal. The sausages are 360 of that. The traditional half litre of wheat beer is not on the plate here; BLS puts it at about 210 kcal.
The plate, as served
Two poached Munich Weißwürste of about 70 g each, one lye pretzel and two teaspoons of sweet mustard.
Where the calories come from
| Nutrient | Grams | Calories | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protein | 24g | 96 | 16% |
| Carbs | 45g | 180 | 29% |
| Fat | 38g | 342 | 55% |
| Fibre | 4g | 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
| Weißwurst x2One sausage, about 70 g | 360 kcal |
| Pretzel (Brezel)One pretzel, about 80 g | 225 kcal |
| Sweet mustardTwo teaspoons, about 20 g | 35 kcal |
The same dish, several ways
This is where the calories actually move. Not the ingredient, the cooking.
- Three Weißwürste800+180
A third sausage is 180 kcal.
- With a buttered pretzel695+75
10 g of butter, 75 kcal.
- Two poached Munich Weißwürste of about 70 g each, one lye pretzel and two teaspoons of sweet mustard.As served620
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Weißwurst x2 | One sausage, about 70 gBLS W224032 (Münchner Weißwurst gargezogen). Munich white sausage, poached in hot water. | 360 |
| Pretzel (Brezel) | One pretzel, about 80 gBLS B723000 (Laugengebäck mit Hagelsalz). Lye pretzel with coarse salt. | 225 |
| Sweet mustard | Two teaspoons, about 20 gBLS R135000 (Senf süß). Bavarian sweet mustard. Medium-hot mustard is 111 kcal per 100 g against 177 (BLS R132000). | 35 |
| Total | 620 | |
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 627 to 776 kcal quoted for this
eatsmarter lists the Weißwurst breakfast at 776 kcal. Built from fddb parts, two 70 g Weißwürste at 196 each, 20 g of sweet mustard at 54 and a pretzel at 181 to 258, it comes to 627 to 704. BLS has the poached sausage a little leaner, at 258 kcal per 100 g, and sweet mustard at 177, which is why ours lands just below the low end.
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 Weißwurst?
- About 180 kcal for one 70 g Munich Weißwurst, poached.
- How many calories are in a Weißwurst breakfast?
- About 620 kcal for two sausages, a pretzel and sweet mustard. With a half litre of wheat beer, about 830.
- Do you eat the skin of a Weißwurst?
- Traditionally not. The sausage is peeled or sucked out of its skin.
- How much protein is in two Weißwürste?
- About 16 g, which is modest for 360 kcal. Weißwurst is a fatty sausage.
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