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Calories in Bacon and Nutrition

How many calories in bacon rashers? See below, the bacon calories for the different serving sizes. We provide you with bacon nutrition facts to help you to lose weight and eat a healthy diet.

In the comparison chart below you can see that bacon calories are very high. Try and avoid streaky bacon, it's high in fat as it is cut from pork belly.

So, how should you cook bacon to reduce the number of calories?

Always trim the rind from the rashers before cooking the bacon. It's a fact that a lot of the flavor comes from the fat, but if you wish to lose weight, sacrifices need to be made.
It should be grilled so any fat drips away to lessen the calories in bacon. You should not fry bacon unless you have to.
Use kitchen roll to soak up the excess fat from the bacon after grilling, broiling or pan-frying.
You can use a non sticky lean grilling machine for low fat cooking.

Enjoy losing weight with our diet bacon recipes below.

Calories in Bacon Cured, Cooked

Type of Bacon	Serving Size	Calories per Serving
Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, baked	100g 1 slice, 8.1g	548 kcal 44 kcal
Pork, cured, bacon, pre-sliced, cooked, pan-fried	100g 1 slice, 7.9g	471 kcal 54 kcal
Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, broiled, pan-fried or roasted	100g 1 slice, 8g	541 kcal 43 kcal
Pork, bacon, rendered fat, cooked	100g 3 oz, 85g	898 kcal 763 kcal
Pork, cured, canadian-style bacon, grilled	100g 1 package (6 oz), 139g 2 slices, 47g	185 kcal 257 kcal 87 kcal

Bacon Nutrition Facts

Pork, Cured, Bacon, Cooked, Broiled, Pan-Fried or Roasted
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Proximates:
Water	12.32 g
Energy	2262 kJ (541 kcal)
Protein	37.04 g
Carbohydrates	1.43 g
Sugars	0.00 g
Total Fat:	41.78 g
saturated fat	13.739 g
monounsaturated fat	18.520 g
polyunsaturated fat	4.548 g
Cholesterol	110 mg
Minerals:
Calcium, Ca	11 mg (1 %)
Iron, Fe	1.44 mg (8 %)
Magnesium, Mg	33 mg (8 %)
Phosphorus, P	533 mg (53 %)
Potassium, K	565 mg (12 %)
Zinc, Zn	3.50 mg (23 %)
Copper, Cu	0.164 mg (8 %)
Manganese, Mn	0.022 mg (1 %)
Selenium, Se	62.0 mcg (89 %)
Vitamins:
Vitamin C	0.00 mg
Thiamine (Vit. B1)	0.404 mg (27 %)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2)	0.264 mg (16 %)
Niacin (Vit. B3)	11.099 mg (55 %)
Pantothenic acid (B5)	1.171 mg (12 %)
Vitamin B6	0.349 mg (17 %)
Folate (Vit. B9)	2 mcg (0.5 %)
Vitamin B12	1.23 mcg (21 %)
Vitamin A	37 IU (1 %)
Vitamin E	0.31 mg (2 %)
Vitamin D	42 IU (11 %)
Vitamin K	0.1 mcg (0 %)
Percentages are relative to US Recommended Daily Intake (RDI) for adults.

Source: USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference

Author: Lana Soko

Bacon Recipes

Avocado Salad Recipe
Back bacon rashers are perfect for this yummy recipe. Also, we are using avocado, tomato, lettuce, parsley with a special avocado salad dressing (the recipe is included). One portion provides 248 calories, 5g of net carbs. It is very nutritious, easy to make and only takes 15 min.