Meatless bacon bits vs Bacon and beef sticks

Meatless bacon bitsBacon and beef sticks
Same weightSame caloriesOne serving

In short

For the same 100 calories you eat 21 g of meatless bacon bits or 19 g of bacon and beef sticks. Most of those in bacon and beef sticks come from fat.

More in meatless bacon bits: copper (7.3×), fiber, folate and sodium. More in bacon and beef sticks: saturated fat (3.6×), cholesterol, selenium (3.2×), vitamin B12 and vitamin B6 (5.8×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Meatless bacon bits100 cal

21 g · 6.7 g protein · 6 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 5.4 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%
  • Saturated fatlimit0.85 g · 3.1 g
    4%15%
  • Copper0.11 mg · 0.015 mg
    13%2%
  • Fiber2.1 g · 0 g
    8%0%
  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 19.7 mg
    0%7%
  • Folate26.7 µg · 0.39 µg
    7%<1%
  • Selenium1.6 µg · 5 µg
    3%9%
  • Vitamin B120.25 µg · 0.37 µg
    11%15%
  • Vitamin B60.017 mg · 0.097 mg
    1%6%
  • Sodiumlimit372 mg · 275 mg
    16%12%

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Where they are alike

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

  • Protein6.7 g · 5.6 g13%·11%
  • Total fat5.4 g · 8.5 g7%·11%
  • Carbohydrates6 g · 0.15 g2%·<1%
  • Potassium30.5 mg · 74.5 mg1%·2%
  • Calcium21.2 mg · 2.7 mg2%·<1%
  • Iron0.15 mg · 0.36 mg1%·2%
  • Magnesium20 mg · 3.3 mg5%·1%
  • Phosphorus45.6 mg · 27.5 mg4%·2%
  • Zinc0.39 mg · 0.62 mg4%·6%
  • Vitamin A0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin C0.4 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
  • Vitamin K0 µg · 0.31 µg0%·<1%
  • Thiamin (B1)0.13 mg · 0.12 mg11%·10%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.015 mg · 0.055 mg1%·4%
  • Niacin (B3)0.34 mg · 0.94 mg2%·6%

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

From USDA FoodData Central: Meatless bacon bits (SR Legacy 169893), 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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