Bacon, cooked vs Turkey bacon, raw

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 21 g of bacon, cooked or 44 g of turkey bacon, raw. Both get most of their calories from fat.

More in bacon, cooked: thiamin (8.7×) and selenium. More in turkey bacon, raw: vitamin B12 (2.3×), cholesterol, sodium, riboflavin (2.2×) and zinc. 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

Turkey bacon, raw100 cal

44.2 g · 7.1 g protein · 0.84 g carbs · 7.5 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%
  • Vitamin B120.23 µg · 0.53 µg
    9%22%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.12 mg · 0.013 mg
    10%1%
  • Selenium10.5 µg · 7 µg
    19%13%
  • Cholesterollimit20.5 mg · 38.1 mg
    7%13%
  • Sodiumlimit363 mg · 473 mg
    16%21%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.048 mg · 0.1 mg
    4%8%
  • Zinc0.68 mg · 1.1 mg
    6%10%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein7.7 g · 7.1 g15%·14%
  • Total fat7.4 g · 7.5 g9%·10%
  • Saturated fatlimit2.5 g · 2 g13%·10%
  • Carbohydrates0.39 g · 0.84 g<1%·<1%
  • Potassium109 mg · 154 mg2%·3%
  • Calcium2.5 mg · 35.4 mg<1%·3%
  • Iron0.23 mg · 0.62 mg1%·3%
  • Magnesium7 mg · 7.1 mg2%·2%
  • Phosphorus83.1 mg · 98.2 mg7%·8%
  • Copper0.024 mg · 0.03 mg3%·3%
  • Vitamin A2.3 µg · 4.4 µg<1%·<1%
  • Vitamin E0.087 mg · 0.049 mg1%·<1%
  • Niacin (B3)2.2 mg · 1.8 mg14%·11%
  • Vitamin B60.11 mg · 0.11 mg7%·6%
  • Folate0 µg · 4.4 µg0%·1%

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

From USDA FoodData Central: Bacon, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2705885), Turkey bacon, raw (SR Legacy 174592). 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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