Bacon vs turkey bacon
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 21 g of bacon or 27 g of turkey bacon. Both get most of their calories from fat.
More in bacon: thiamin (8.7×) and selenium. More in turkey bacon: vitamin B12 (2.3×), sodium, cholesterol (2×), zinc and riboflavin (2.3×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
20.7 g · 7.7 g protein · 0.39 g carbs (0.32 g sugars) · 7.4 g fat
27.2 g · 8 g protein · 1.2 g carbs (1.2 g sugars) · 7 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot 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 gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Vitamin B129% vs 21%
0.23 µg vs 0.51 µg
- Thiamin (B1)10% vs 1%
0.12 mg vs 0.013 mg
- Sodiumlimit16% vs 24%
363 mg vs 549 mg
- Cholesterollimit7% vs 14%
20.5 mg vs 41.6 mg
- Zinc6% vs 12%
0.68 mg vs 1.3 mg
- Selenium19% vs 14%
10.5 µg vs 7.7 µg
- Riboflavin (B2)4% vs 8%
0.048 mg vs 0.11 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein7.7 g · 8 g15%·16%
- Total fat7.4 g · 7 g9%·9%
- Saturated fatlimit2.5 g · 1.9 g13%·9%
- Carbohydrates0.39 g · 1.2 g<1%·<1%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Potassium109 mg · 181 mg2%·4%
- Calcium2.5 mg · 44.3 mg<1%·3%
- Iron0.23 mg · 0.71 mg1%·4%
- Magnesium7 mg · 8.2 mg2%·2%
- Phosphorus83.1 mg · 113 mg7%·9%
- Copper0.024 mg · 0.032 mg3%·4%
- Vitamin A2.3 µg · 5.2 µg<1%·1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0.083 µg · 0.33 µg<1%·2%
- Vitamin E0.087 mg · 0.038 mg1%·<1%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Niacin (B3)2.2 mg · 2.2 mg14%·14%
- Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.1 mg7%·6%
- Folate0 µg · 4.1 µg0%·1%
- Choline18.5 mg · 23.9 mg3%·4%
From USDA FoodData Central: Bacon, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2705885), Cooked turkey bacon (Survey (FNDDS) 2706135). 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.