Another Fourth of July means another round of Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest — and lots of calories consumed.
Patrick Bertoletti took home the winning title on Thursday by eating 58 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes during the event at Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York. In the women’s category, Miki Sudo won her 10th titleduring which he consumed 51 hot dogs and buns.
Last year, Joey Chestnut capped his long winning streak by eating 62 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes. This year, Chestnut was banned of the competition because of its partnership with Impossible Foods, a rival company that plant based hotdogs.
Below you will find the nutritional breakdown of the latest sausage eating winners.
According to the nutritional facts of Nathan’s products, a serving of one Original Coney Island natural casing beef frank contains 170 calories (according to the company’s website; other varieties vary) and one of Nathan’s restaurant-style buns contains 130 calories.
That means that for the 58 hot dogs and buns Bertoletti consumed this year, the calories from the sausages would have equaled 9,860 and the buns added another 7,540 calories — for a total of 17,400 calories consumed.
Sudo’s 51 hot dogs and buns contain a total of 15,300 calories.
Last year, Chestnut’s haul was 10,540 for the franks and 8,060 calories for the buns — for a total of 18,600 calories consumed. For his record-breaking year in 2021 — 76 hot dogs and buns consumed — his total would have reached a whopping 22,800 calories!
Nathan’s Natural Cassava Franks also contain 16 grams of fat and 480 milligrams of sodium per hot dog. So one hot dog contains about 21% of the recommended daily amount per hot dog.
Bertoletti has eaten 58 francs this year, which equates to a total fat and sodium intake of 928 grams and 27,840 milligrams respectively.
Diets higher in sodium are associated with an increased risk of developing high bloodpressurea leading cause of stroke and heart disease.
The side effects of such massive binges vary by person and by food eaten, but as CBS News previously reported: side effects of competitive eating may include nausea, painful gas, vomiting, heartburn, and diarrhea. More serious side effects may include: to suffocateesophagitis and possibly even stomach rupture.
In a statement to CBS News last year, Major League Eating, the global organization that oversees professional eating competitions including Nathan’s Famous Hot Dot Eating Contest, said all of its events follow “strict safety protocols,” including having a medical attendant present at events and ensuring that participants are 18 or older.
“Try not to eat too quickly at home,” the group warns on its website.
