How many calories are in a cheese hot dog?
One Oscar Mayer cheese dog link weighs 45 g and carries 110 calories. Per 100 g the link runs 244 calories, which puts it among the fattier things in the refrigerated case: 22.22 g of fat per 100 g against 2.22 g of carbohydrate. The cheese is folded into the meat, not layered on top.
You'd need to walk about 22 minutes to burn the 110 calories in one link (45 g).
How long does it take to burn off 110 kcal of cheese hot dog?
One link (45 g) is 110 kcal. Enter your weight and the amount you ate to see how long it takes you to burn that off:
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| Activity | Time to burn 110 kcal |
|---|---|
| Walking, brisk | 22 min |
| Cycling, moderate | 14 min |
| Swimming, moderate | 16 min |
| Jogging | 13 min |
| Weight training, moderate | 24 min |
Times are for a 155 lb adult at a steady pace; change the weight to see yours. The amount is set to the portion in the text (45 g); change it to what you actually ate. BodyPal works this out from your steps automatically.
On this page
- Cheese hot dog quick facts
- US servings from one ounce to three links
- Chili uncured and jumbo cheese dogs
- Sodium is the row to watch
- How does a cheese hot dog compare?
- Most popular cheese hot dog brands
- Cheese hot dog FAQs
Cheese hot dog quick facts
The record on this page is the one most people are actually holding: ORIGINAL CHEESE DOGS, Oscar Mayer, FDC 2566205, a branded entry for a ready-made cheddar-filled frankfurter. It is the best-selling label in a small category, and the label serving is a single link of 45 g. USDA's generic FNDDS database has no cheese dog line at all; its closest match, record 2708821, is macaroni with cheese and hot dogs, which is a casserole rather than a link, so it stays out of the main table and shows up in the comparison further down.
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | Per 1 link (45 g) | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 244 | 110 | — |
| Total fat | 22.22 g | 10.0 g | 13% |
| Carbohydrate | 2.22 g | 1.0 g | 0% |
| Protein | 13.33 g | 6.0 g | 12% |
| Sodium | 933 mg | 420 mg | 18% |
% Daily Value is based on a 2,000-calorie diet.
Verified nutrition data
Numbers on this page come from USDA FoodData Central, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food composition database, and from manufacturer labels where a branded product is named. Last verified September 2026. How we verify our data →
Five rows is all this record supports. Saturated fat, dietary fiber, total and added sugars, cholesterol and potassium are not published for this branded entry, so those lines are left out rather than guessed at or borrowed from a different product. If you need a saturated fat figure for a cheese dog, the honest answer today is that USDA does not carry one for this item.
Two things stand out even in five rows. The carbohydrate line is effectively zero, which is unusual for a food people file mentally next to sandwiches, and the sodium line is doing more than three times as much work as the calorie line, which is the part worth a section of its own.
US servings from one ounce to three links
| Serving | Weight | Calories |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28 g | 68 kcal |
| One link, label serving | 45 g | 110 kcal |
| Two links | 90 g | 220 kcal |
| Three links | 135 g | 329 kcal |
| Per 100 g | 100 g | 244 kcal |
Only the 45 g link is a USDA serving. The ounce, the two-link plate and the three-link cookout portion are our own arithmetic scaled from the USDA 100 g figure, not USDA servings, which is why 135 g lands on 329 rather than a tidy 330.
Weigh the link if you can, because the package tells you less than you think. A 45 g link is the Oscar Mayer size, but other cheese dogs on the same shelf run 50, 57 and 70 g. Logging "one cheese dog" without a weight can be off by more than a third before you have added a bun, chili or mustard. The link on its own is the only thing counted here; a bun is a separate food with its own record, and this page does not put a number on it.
Chili uncured and jumbo cheese dogs
| Version | Per 100 g | Typical serving | Calories | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Mayer Original cheese dog | 244 kcal | 1 link (45 g) | 110 kcal | 420 mg |
| Oscar Mayer Uncured cheese dog | 267 kcal | 1 link (45 g) | 120 kcal | 450 mg |
| Oscar Mayer Chili cheese dog | 220 kcal | 1 link (50 g) | 110 kcal | 430 mg |
| Fairgrounds cheese dog | 263 kcal | 1 link (57 g) | 150 kcal | 870 mg |
| Wardynski's chili cheese hot dog | 214 kcal | 2.5 oz (70 g) | 150 kcal | 520 mg |
| Mini cheese dogs in pretzel dough | 267 kcal | 2 pieces (45 g) | 120 kcal | 380 mg |
Across those six labels the spread per 100 g is 214 to 267 calories, and per serving it is 110 to 150. The sodium column is our own arithmetic from each record's 100 g figure, since only the calorie figures come as label servings.
The uncured version is the surprise. Uncured reads like the lighter choice on a package, but at 267 calories per 100 g it ties the pretzel-dough minis for the densest row here, ten calories more per link than the original. Curing method has nothing to do with energy; the fat in the meat does.
Chili cheese dogs go the other way and then undo it. At 220 calories per 100 g the chili version is the second lightest per gram, because the chili filling brings 6 g of carbohydrate per 100 g in place of some fat, nearly three times the 2.22 g in the plain link. But the chili link weighs 50 g instead of 45 g, so the plate still costs 110 calories. Lighter per gram, identical per link.
Jumbo-style links are where the count moves. A Fairgrounds link is 57 g, so 150 calories, and Wardynski's chili hot dog is sold by weight at 2.5 oz for the same 150. That is a 36% jump over the Oscar Mayer link for what looks like the same food in the bun.
The pretzel-dough minis belong to a different category despite the name. The dough pushes carbohydrate to 24.44 g per 100 g, roughly eleven times the plain link, and two pieces come to 120 calories. If you are counting carbs, this is the only cheese dog on the page that registers.
Sodium is the row to watch
One link is 5.5% of a 2,000-calorie day and 18% of the FDA Daily Value for sodium, which is 2,300 mg. Sodium is running more than three times faster than energy. That gap is the whole nutritional story of a cheese dog, and it is why the food behaves differently on a calorie budget than on a blood pressure one.
Put in kitchen terms, 420 mg is roughly a fifth of a teaspoon of table salt in a link the size of your finger. Two links at a cookout is 840 mg, 37% of the day. Three is 1,260 mg, 55%, before the bun, the pickles or the chips. A Fairgrounds link, by our arithmetic from its 1,526 mg per 100 g, lands near 870 mg on its own, more than double the Oscar Mayer link and 38% of a day from one item. The CDC's sodium pages are the place to read what that adds up to over a week.
The fat side is simpler. Ten grams of fat per link is 13% of the Daily Value, and at nine calories per gram that fat accounts for roughly 90 of the link's 110 calories by our own arithmetic. Protein comes to 6.0 g, 12% of the Daily Value, so the link is not empty, but it is a fat food with protein attached rather than a protein food. If you are building a lunch around 350 to 450 calories, two links plus buns fills it out with very little room left.
How does a cheese hot dog compare?
| Food | Per 100 g | US serving | Calories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheese hot dog, Oscar Mayer Original | 244 kcal | 1 link (45 g) | 110 kcal |
| Uncured cheese dog | 267 kcal | 1 link (45 g) | 120 kcal |
| Fairgrounds cheese dog | 263 kcal | 1 link (57 g) | 150 kcal |
| Macaroni with cheese and hot dogs | 209 kcal | 1 cup (230 g) | 481 kcal |
Our take: the lightest food per 100 g in this table is the heaviest on the plate. Macaroni with cheese and hot dogs is 209 calories per 100 g, the lowest of the four, and 481 calories per cup, more than four links of the original cheese dog. Per gram tells you almost nothing here; serving weight tells you everything. If you want a cheese dog and you are counting, buy the 45 g links rather than the jumbo ones and skip the casserole version, which costs a full meal's worth of calories and 688 mg of sodium a cup by our arithmetic.
Most popular cheese hot dog brands in the United States
Ranked by how widely each product appears among foods sold in the United States, from the BodyPal food database of over 3.3 million products. Calories are the figures printed on each Nutrition Facts label, checked against USDA FoodData Central.
| Product | Calories (per 100 g) |
|---|---|
| Oscar Mayer Original Cheese Dogs | 244 cal |
| Oscar Mayer Uncured Cheese Dogs | 267 cal |
| Oscar Mayer Chili Cheese Dogs | 220 cal |
| Fairgrounds Cheese Dogs | 263 cal |
| Wardynski's Cheese Hot Dogs, Chili | 214 cal |
Brand popularity: BodyPal food database. Nutrition: manufacturer labels / USDA FoodData Central.
Cheese hot dog FAQs
How many calories are in a cheese hot dog?
110 calories in one 45 g link, the label serving for Oscar Mayer Original Cheese Dogs, which works out to 244 calories per 100 g. Other brands run 214 to 267 per 100 g, and heavier links of 57 or 70 g reach 150 calories each. Weigh yours if the package is unfamiliar.
How many calories in a cheese dog with a bun?
110 calories is the link alone. The USDA record used here covers the frankfurter as sold and does not include bread, so no bun figure is added on this page. A bun is a separate food with its own record and its own weight, and it typically adds more carbohydrate than the link contains.
How much sodium is in one cheese dog?
420 mg in one 45 g link, which is 18% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value, from 933 mg per 100 g. That is roughly a fifth of a teaspoon of table salt. Two links reach 840 mg, or 37% of a day, and some brands run far higher per link.
How much protein is in a cheese dog?
6.0 g per 45 g link, 12% of the Daily Value, from 13.33 g per 100 g. That is decent for the size, but fat carries the calories: 10.0 g of fat per link against 6.0 g of protein. Treat a cheese dog as a fat food with protein attached rather than a protein source.
Are chili cheese dogs lower in calories?
Per gram, yes: 220 calories per 100 g versus 244 for the plain link. Per link, no. The chili version weighs 50 g instead of 45 g, so both come to 110 calories. The chili also brings 6 g of carbohydrate per 100 g, nearly three times the 2.22 g in the original.
How many carbs are in a cheese hot dog?
1.0 g per 45 g link, from 2.22 g per 100 g, which rounds to 0% of the Daily Value. The link is essentially carb-free; the bun is where the starch in a cheese dog comes from. The only exception on this page is the pretzel-dough minis at 24.44 g per 100 g.
How many calories in two cheese dogs?
220 calories for two 45 g links, our own arithmetic from the USDA 100 g figure rather than a USDA serving. Three links come to 329. The sodium climbs faster than the calories: two links are 840 mg and three are 1,260 mg, or 55% of the day, before any bun or topping.
Do grilled cheese dogs have fewer calories than boiled?
110 calories per link either way. USDA publishes one record for these cheese dogs, measured as sold, with no separate grilled or boiled values, so there is no figure to compare and none is estimated here. What actually changes the total is the bun, the cheese sauce and the chili you add on top.
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- Honey — 64 cal per tablespoon
Count it without the math
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