Turkey bacon, microwaved vs Bacon and beef sticks
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 27 g of turkey bacon, microwaved or 19 g of bacon and beef sticks. Both get most of their calories from fat.
More in turkey bacon, microwaved: sodium, niacin (2.3×), cholesterol (2.1×), phosphorus (4.1×) and 5 more. More in bacon and beef sticks: thiamin (8.7×) and saturated fat. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
27.2 g · 8 g protein · 1.2 g carbs (1.2 g sugars) · 7 g fat
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
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.
- Sodiumlimit24% vs 12%
549 mg vs 275 mg
- Thiamin (B1)1% vs 10%
0.013 mg vs 0.12 mg
- Niacin (B3)14% vs 6%
2.2 mg vs 0.94 mg
- Cholesterollimit14% vs 7%
41.6 mg vs 19.7 mg
- Phosphorus9% vs 2%
113 mg vs 27.5 mg
- Saturated fatlimit9% vs 15%
1.9 g vs 3.1 g
- Vitamin B1221% vs 15%
0.51 µg vs 0.37 µg
- Zinc12% vs 6%
1.3 mg vs 0.62 mg
- Selenium14% vs 9%
7.7 µg vs 5 µg
- Protein16% vs 11%
8 g vs 5.6 g
- Riboflavin (B2)8% vs 4%
0.11 mg vs 0.055 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Total fat7 g · 8.5 g9%·11%
- Carbohydrates1.2 g · 0.15 g<1%·<1%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Potassium181 mg · 74.5 mg4%·2%
- Calcium44.3 mg · 2.7 mg3%·<1%
- Iron0.71 mg · 0.36 mg4%·2%
- Magnesium8.2 mg · 3.3 mg2%·1%
- Copper0.032 mg · 0.015 mg4%·2%
- Manganese0.009 mg · 0.007 mg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin A5.2 µg · 0 µg1%·0%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin K0 µg · 0.31 µg0%·<1%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.27 mg · 0.21 mg5%·4%
- Vitamin B60.1 mg · 0.097 mg6%·6%
- Folate4.1 µg · 0.39 µg1%·<1%
Reported for only one of the two, so not compared: vitamin D, vitamin E, choline.
From USDA FoodData Central: Turkey bacon, microwaved (SR Legacy 171639), 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.