Bacon, cooked vs Bacon and beef sticks

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 21 g of bacon, cooked or 19 g of bacon and beef sticks. Both get most of their calories from fat.

More in bacon, cooked: selenium (2.1×), niacin (2.3×), phosphorus (3×) and protein. More in bacon and beef sticks: vitamin B12. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Bacon, cooked100 cal

20.7 g · 7.7 g protein · 0.39 g carbs (0.32 g sugars) · 7.4 g fat

Bacon and beef sticks100 cal

19.3 g · 5.6 g protein · 0.15 g carbs (0.15 g sugars) · 8.5 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Bar length is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short difference in length is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%12.5%25%
  • Selenium10.5 µg · 5 µg
    19%9%
  • Niacin (B3)2.2 mg · 0.94 mg
    14%6%
  • Vitamin B120.23 µg · 0.37 µg
    9%15%
  • Phosphorus83.1 mg · 27.5 mg
    7%2%
  • Protein7.7 g · 5.6 g
    15%11%

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.

  • Total fat7.4 g · 8.5 g9%·11%
  • Saturated fatlimit2.5 g · 3.1 g13%·15%
  • Cholesterollimit20.5 mg · 19.7 mg7%·7%
  • Carbohydrates0.39 g · 0.15 g<1%·<1%
  • Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
  • Sodiumlimit363 mg · 275 mg16%·12%
  • Potassium109 mg · 74.5 mg2%·2%
  • Calcium2.5 mg · 2.7 mg<1%·<1%
  • Iron0.23 mg · 0.36 mg1%·2%
  • Magnesium7 mg · 3.3 mg2%·1%
  • Zinc0.68 mg · 0.62 mg6%·6%
  • Copper0.024 mg · 0.015 mg3%·2%
  • Vitamin A2.3 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 0.31 µg0%·<1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.12 mg · 0.12 mg10%·10%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.048 mg · 0.055 mg4%·4%
  • Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.097 mg7%·6%
  • Folate0 µg · 0.39 µg0%·<1%

Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: manganese, vitamin D, vitamin E, pantothenic acid (B5), choline.

From USDA FoodData Central: Bacon, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2705885), Bacon and beef sticks (SR Legacy 174602). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.

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