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Hot dog calories per cup, sliced: 324–465 across all 5 named USDA examples

Across all 5 named USDA examples, a cup, sliced contains 324–465 calories. Their listed weights span 140–150 g, so each calorie value is calculated from that example's own gram weight and published calories per 100 g.

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Estimated for 1 regular · 57 g

177calories

Hot dog, beef

Protein
6.7 g
Carbs
1.6 g
Fat
16 g

These values scale the selected reference food by weight. Ingredients, preparation, and portion size can change your meal’s estimate.

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Compare all 5 food records, nutrition tables and USDA sources

The 5 exact records in this guide report 123–177 calories in the records' own listed source servings and 216–310 calories per 100 grams. Those are observations from named database records—not a universal range or an estimate of an unseen plate.

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For Hot dog, begin by separating “Hot dog, beef” from “Hot dog, vegetarian.” Choosing a card filters this source set; it does not infer the portion or fill in ingredients the chosen description does not name.

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Equal-weight view

How hot dog records compare at 100 grams

All 5 cited records are shown at the same 100-gram weight. The source servings may differ.

  1. Hot dog, reduced fat 216 kcal
    216 kcal
  2. Hot dog, turkey 223 kcal
    223 kcal
  3. Hot dog, vegetarian 233 kcal
    233 kcal
  4. Hot dog, meat and poultry 277 kcal
    277 kcal
  5. Hot dog, beef 310 kcal
    310 kcal

Shared basis: 100 g · kilocalories

What this page compares

Named source records, not one universal meal

This guide keeps 5 named USDA records in view: 5 direct matches. They span 2 source categories, including Frankfurters and Soy and meat-alternative products. The exact descriptions remain the unit of comparison; the familiar heading is only the doorway into the evidence.

Why these records appear together: The deterministic grouping rule “normalized first description segment” placed these 5 records together under the exact grouping key “hot dog.” That rule determines membership before any nutrition result is read.

For Hot dog, this page can compare 5 named records from FDC 2706167 through FDC 2707470. It cannot observe which preparation was eaten, recover unnamed additions, or supply the eaten grams.

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Editor’s decision brief

The three facts to carry into the table

Carry the denominator, exact identity, and strongest observed contrast into every number below.

Portion

57–70 g before composition

The largest source amount is 1.2× the smallest. Read per-serving calorie differences with that mass gap in view.

Composition

94 kcal separates the fixed-weight endpoints

The lower endpoint is “reduced fat”; the higher is “beef.” This isolates density, not ingredient causation.

Discriminator

3.9 g fiber gap per 100 g

Of protein, fiber, and sodium, the strongest normalized contrast is between “beef” (0.0 g) and “vegetarian” (3.9 g).

Observed source examples

Three landmarks inside this source set—not universal endpoints

The cards are ordered by calories in each record's listed serving. Serving weights differ, so use per-100-gram values to compare composition. These selected records do not define a calorie range for every hot dog.

Important: “Lower” begins with Hot dog, reduced fat; “higher” ends with Hot dog, beef, using each record’s own source amount. Those labels order this selected set only—they are not endpoints for every hot dog meal.

Full comparison

Compare every selected FNDDS record

For Hot dog, serving columns preserve each record’s own listed amount, while calories per 100 g hold weight constant. A dash means the cited record does not supply that field; it does not mean the nutrient is absent.

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USDA records selected for the Hot dog nutrition guide
Exact source record Match Source amount Calories kcal / 100 g Protein Fiber Sodium USDA
Hot dog, beef Direct name match 57 gUSDA reference amount 177 kcal 310 6.7 g 0 g 472 mg FDC 2706167 ↗
Hot dog, meat and poultry Direct name match 57 gUSDA reference amount 158 kcal 277 5.5 g 0 g 472 mg FDC 2706168 ↗
Hot dog, reduced fat Direct name match 57 gUSDA reference amount 123 kcal 216 7.9 g 0 g 351 mg FDC 2706169 ↗
Hot dog, turkey Direct name match 57 gUSDA reference amount 127 kcal 223 7 g 0 g 493 mg FDC 2706170 ↗
Hot dog, vegetarian Direct name match 70 gUSDA reference amount 163 kcal 233 13.7 g 2.7 g 330 mg FDC 2707470 ↗

Portion analysis

Serving total and calorie density answer different questions

The listed source amounts run from 57 to 70 grams—a 13-gram gap before composition enters the comparison. Their own source servings run from 123 calories for “reduced fat” to 177 for “beef.” At a fixed 100 grams, “reduced fat” is 216 calories and “beef” is 310—a fixed-weight separation of 94 calories. For Hot dog, the serving view answers “how much is in the database portion?”; the 100-gram view answers “how concentrated is the matched record?” Neither reveals how many grams were actually eaten.

The scaling rule: multiply a per-100-gram value by eaten grams ÷ 100. The arithmetic is exact; the result is only as defensible as the record match and portion estimate.

Preparation analysis

The long description carries the evidence

The published descriptions distinguish forms such as “beef”, “meat and poultry”, “reduced fat”, “turkey”, and “vegetarian”. The source formulations contain 6 distinct ingredient codes; examples that appear in only part of the set include frankfurter, beef, unheated, frankfurter, low sodium, frankfurter, meat and poultry, low fat, and frankfurter, meat and poultry, unheated. On this Hot dog page, those rows make the records inspectable, but they are not a controlled experiment: they cannot tell us that one named input, by itself, caused a nutrient difference.

Database precision is not meal certainty. Retain the exact description beside the number so later corrections remain possible.

What changes the comparison

Four drivers worth checking before choosing a record

The family label “Hot dog” cannot resolve the differences between Hot dog, beef and Hot dog, vegetarian. The four checks below identify the record wording, source weight, and formulation evidence that can.

  1. 01

    Source weight before serving calories

    The source amounts span 57–70 grams. Compare per 100 grams before reading a serving-calorie gap as a composition gap.

  2. 02

    The words that split the family

    Representative record-level distinctions include “beef”, “meat and poultry”, “reduced fat”, “turkey”, and “vegetarian”. Those phrases are evidence for choosing a record, not decorative subtitle text.

  3. 03

    Formulation evidence, with limits

    6 source-input codes appear across the selected records. Their presence and listed weights describe USDA formulations, not finished plated proportions.

  4. 04

    The unresolved plate

    Even “Hot dog, beef” leaves the eaten grams and unnamed oils, sauces, toppings, substitutions, or leftovers unresolved. Preserve those Hot dog unknowns for correction instead of converting them into false precision.

Record matching

Match identity first; scale quantity second

Read the source name as a sequence of decisions. First confirm that hot dog is the right meal family. Then resolve the phrases that actually separate this set—“beef”, “meat and poultry”, “turkey”, and “vegetarian”—before comparing gram weight. If a package, menu, or known recipe provides a closer first-party description, prefer it and keep this USDA record as a transparent fallback.

A practical matching checklist

  1. Read the complete Hot dog source description, including preparation and additions.
  2. Compare the listed source weight with the amount actually eaten.
  3. Prefer a current package or restaurant source when a specific branded item is known.
  4. Record toppings, sauces, cooking fat, sides, and substitutions that the selected description does not name.

Decision support from the exact records on this page

Turn source data into a better next decision

These conclusions and reading paths are computed from 5 exact records behind Hot dog source-record guide. Links are chosen by record identity, controlled contrast, formulation input, nutrient spread, or serving context—not by loose keyword similarity.

Equal-weight result

Hot dog, vegetarian is higher in dietary fiber per 100 g

Hot dog, vegetarian reports 3.9 g versus 0 g for Hot dog, beef: a 3.9 g difference when both are normalized to 100 g.

Inspect the underlying evidence

The denominator changes the answer

Hot dog, meat and poultry is denser; Hot dog, vegetarian is higher in its source amount

Hot dog, meat and poultry reports 277 kcal per 100 g and 158 kcal in USDA source amount (57 g). Hot dog, vegetarian reports a lower 233 kcal per 100 g but a higher 163 kcal in USDA source amount (70 g).

Record identity is part of the estimate

Distinguish “Hot dog, beef” from “Hot dog, vegetarian”

These are separate USDA records with separate formulations or survey descriptions. Match preparation, additions, and the named household amount before borrowing either record’s nutrients.

Inspect the underlying evidence

Contextual knowledge graph

Follow the relationship that matches your question

For Hot dog source-record guide, each path states why the destination belongs here, so you can distinguish a true evidentiary connection from a merely similar label.

A formulation detail that separates records Frankfurter, beef, unheated

USDA input 7022 appears in 1 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 100–100 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path A formulation detail that separates records Frankfurter, low sodium

USDA input 43507 appears in 1 of 5 context records; its summed listed input weight spans 50–50 g across those source formulations. These are source-formulation input weights, not plated or serving weights. Follow the code to inspect every represented occurrence.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Dietary fiber: density and serving context

In this page’s records, dietary fiber runs from 0 g in Hot dog, beef to 3.9 g in Hot dog, vegetarian, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path Put the observed spread in corpus context Vitamin D: density and serving context

In this page’s records, vitamin D runs from 0 µg in Hot dog, vegetarian to 0.9 µg in Hot dog, beef, all per 100 g.

Follow this evidence path 1 context record in this source topic Soy and meat-alternative products

Hot dog, vegetarian belongs to this USDA source-category collection. Its displayed ranges and complete exact-record catalog provide the peer set for a manual comparison; the destination does not preselect this page’s record.

Follow this evidence path Inspect an exact record Hot dog, beef

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706167 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path Check another exact record Hot dog, reduced fat

Open the full nutrient table, household measures, formulation inputs, and FoodData Central 2706169 citation for this exact record—not a name-level average.

Follow this evidence path