Meatless bacon bits vs Bacon, cooked
In short
One serving each: 33 calories in meatless bacon bits (1 tbsp, 7 g), 39 calories in bacon, cooked (1 medium slice (yield after cooking), 8 g). Most of those 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 tbsp (7 g) · 2.2 g protein · 2 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 1.8 g fat
1 medium slice (yield after cooking) (8 g) · 3 g protein · 0.15 g carbs (0.13 g sugars) · 2.9 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.
- Selenium1% vs 7%
0.52 µg vs 4.1 µg
- Niacin (B3)1% vs 5%
0.11 mg vs 0.84 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.
- Protein2.2 g · 3 g4%·6%
- Total fat1.8 g · 2.9 g2%·4%
- Saturated fatlimit0.28 g · 0.98 g1%·5%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 7.9 mg0%·3%
- Carbohydrates2 g · 0.15 g1%·<1%
- Fiber0.71 g · 0 g3%·0%
- Sodiumlimit124 mg · 141 mg5%·6%
- Potassium10.2 mg · 42.2 mg<1%·1%
- Calcium7.1 mg · 0.96 mg1%·<1%
- Iron0.05 mg · 0.09 mg<1%·<1%
- Magnesium6.7 mg · 2.7 mg2%·1%
- Phosphorus15.2 mg · 32.2 mg1%·3%
- Zinc0.13 mg · 0.26 mg1%·2%
- Copper0.038 mg · 0.009 mg4%·1%
- Vitamin A0 µg · 0.88 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin C0.13 mg · 0 mg<1%·0%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0.032 µg0%·<1%
- Vitamin E0.48 mg · 0.034 mg3%·<1%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Thiamin (B1)0.042 mg · 0.045 mg4%·4%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.005 mg · 0.019 mg<1%·1%
- Vitamin B60.006 mg · 0.043 mg<1%·3%
- Folate8.9 µg · 0 µg2%·0%
- Vitamin B120.084 µg · 0.087 µg4%·4%
- Choline9.4 mg · 7.2 mg2%·1%
From USDA FoodData Central: Meatless bacon bits (SR Legacy 169893), Bacon, cooked (Survey (FNDDS) 2705885). 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.