Bacon, cooked vs Bacon bits
In short
One serving each: 39 calories in bacon, cooked (1 medium slice (yield after cooking), 8 g), 33 calories in bacon bits (1 tablespoon, 7 g). Most of the calories in bacon, cooked come from fat.
More in bacon, cooked: selenium (7.8×) and niacin (7.5×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
1 medium slice (yield after cooking) (8 g) · 3 g protein · 0.15 g carbs (0.13 g sugars) · 2.9 g fat
1 tablespoon (7 g) · 2.2 g protein · 2 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 1.8 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Selenium7% vs 1%
4.1 µg vs 0.52 µg
- Niacin (B3)5% vs 1%
0.84 mg vs 0.11 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Protein3 g · 2.2 g6%·4%
- Total fat2.9 g · 1.8 g4%·2%
- Saturated fatlimit0.98 g · 0.28 g5%·1%
- Cholesterollimit7.9 mg · 0 mg3%·0%
- Carbohydrates0.15 g · 2 g<1%·1%
- Fiber0 g · 0.71 g0%·3%
- Sodiumlimit141 mg · 124 mg6%·5%
- Potassium42.2 mg · 10.2 mg1%·<1%
- Calcium0.96 mg · 7.1 mg<1%·1%
- Iron0.09 mg · 0.05 mg<1%·<1%
- Magnesium2.7 mg · 6.7 mg1%·2%
- Phosphorus32.2 mg · 15.2 mg3%·1%
- Zinc0.26 mg · 0.13 mg2%·1%
- Copper0.009 mg · 0.038 mg1%·4%
- Vitamin A0.88 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0.13 mg0%·<1%
- Vitamin D0.032 µg · 0 µg<1%·0%
- Vitamin E0.034 mg · 0.48 mg<1%·3%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.045 mg · 0.042 mg4%·4%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.019 mg · 0.005 mg1%·<1%
- Vitamin B60.043 mg · 0.006 mg3%·<1%
- Folate0 µg · 8.9 µg0%·2%
- Vitamin B120.087 µg · 0.084 µg4%·4%
- Choline7.2 mg · 9.4 mg1%·2%
From USDA FoodData Central: Bacon, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2705885), Bacon bits (Survey (FNDDS) 2707466). 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.