Pretzels, beer, half roasted chicken: The calories in Oktoberfest food
The Oktoberfest comes just once a year. But if you have a good time there for several days, you’ll soon overdraw your calorie account to such an extent that your dirndl or lederhosen will be feeling pretty tight. But how many calories does a mug of Oktoberfest beer have – or Kaiserschmarrn with apple sauce? Use this overview to avoid Oktoberfest love handles.
The Wiesn-Maß is a palatable calorie bomb.
Oktoberfest beer has a higher original gravity than normal Helles and is always served in a full measure. The original wort refers to the proportion of non-volatile substances dissolved in the water from the malt and hops before fermentation. In addition to vitamins and flavorings, these are mainly malt sugar and protein. That's why the Wiesnmaß has almost 500 kilocalories. For comparison: that's the equivalent of a whole plate of penne all'arrabbiata.
Oktoberfest beer has a higher original gravity than normal Helles and is always served in a whole measure. The original wort refers to the proportion of non-volatile substances dissolved in the water from the malt and hops before fermentation. In addition to vitamins and flavorings, these are mainly malt sugar and protein. That's why the Wiesnmaß has almost 500 kilocalories. For comparison: that's the equivalent of a whole plate of penne all'arrabbiata.
The feasts in the calorie overview
The main dishes (100 grams each / per portion) without side dishes often cover half a day's calorie requirement:
- Half a chicken: 166 kcal / 700 kcal
- Roast pork: 230 kcal / 570 kcal
- Suckling pig: 376 kcal / 605 kcal
- Leberkäse: 440 kcal
- Smoked fish: 160 kcal / 400 kcal
- Roast ox: 200 kcal / 520 kcal
- Cheese spaetzle / Kasspatzn: 216 kcal / 690 kcal
- Pork schnitzel: 150 kcal / 400 kcal
- White sausage: 241 kcal
- Baked potato: 300 kcal per portion
- Corn on the cob (without butter): 250 kcal
- Creamed mushrooms: 148 kcal / 600 kcal
- Obazda: 236 kcal / 480 kcal
- Bismarck ring roll: 300 kcal per portion
- Salmon roll: 420 kcal per portion
- Bratwurst in a roll: 435 kcal per portion
- Liver dumpling soup: 250 grams: about 140 kcal
- Goulash soup: 260 kcal
- Knuckle of pork roll: 325 kcal per portion
- Dampfnudel: 270 kcal / 680 kcal - with vanilla sauce 900 kcal
- Kaiserschmarrn with raisins: 230 kcal / 678 kcal - with apple sauce 800 kcal
The Wiesn side dishes in the calorie overview
Some of the side dishes (100 grams each / per portion) also add quite a lot to the calorie count:
- Coleslaw: 100 kcal / 240 kcal
- Potato salad: 150 kcal / 300 kcal
- French fries: 323 kcal / 484 kcal
- Bread dumplings: 170 kcal / 304 kcal
- Potato dumpling: 80 kcal / 178 kcal
- Sauerkraut: 25 kcal / 50 kcal
- Blue cabbage: 35 kcal / 70 kcal
- Radish: 14 kcal / 35 kcal
- Radish salad: 15 kcal / 30 kcal
- Giant pretzel: 280 kcal / 840 kcal
The sweets in the calorie overview
Per 100 grams and portion, the tempting sweets at the numerous stalls in the Wiesngassen have the following values:
- Roasted almonds: 590 kcal
- Turkish honey: 385 kcal
- Cotton candy: 358 kcal
- Sweet popcorn: 420 kcal
- Glazed apple: 160 kcal (per piece)
- Gingerbread heart: 0 kcal (if not eaten but worn around the neck), 150 grams: 350 kcal
- Fruit salad: 100 kcal per cup
- Fruit skewer, strawberries in whole milk: 555 kcal
- Chocolate banana: 450 kcal
