Help with bacon stats please.

djfldjfl

Hi all. So pig bacon, not turkey bacon. I've looked at the stats on all the bacon I come across in stores and I have not seen 1 that's less than 100+ calories per slice. Yet MFP stats...used by several of my friends...have at least some kinds of bacon being around 30 calories per slice. How is this possible? Either MFP has the info wrong, or people are cutting off the clear fatty parts of the bacon and grilling it so even more fat runs off?

Thanks!

herblackwings39

I've seen the precooked bacon at 80 calories for 2 slices. I'm not sure that qualifies as real bacon though. It's tiny and leathery.

Rosplosion

Beelers bacon has listed 70 calories per slice and has big fat slices of uncured bacon goodness.

Sunitagt

2 slices of kirkland low sodium bacon is 90 calories (so 45 each). I don't think I've seen bacon in stores that is over 100 calories a piece, but it is usually listed as 2 pieces per serving.

Katrinadionne1808

Danish Back Bacon comes in at 94 calories per slice and I have found some other smoked bacon come in at less. In the UK our bacon is pretty thin. Although Turkey bacon best for calories!!

prattiger65

Oscar Meyer thick sliced center cut bacon is 80 cals for 2 slices.

Dauntlessness

I cook a big breakfast every Sunday morning. Most bacon is 70-90 calories for 2 slices.

ndj1979

MFP database is usually wrong ...

SkinnyMsFitness

Hi all. So pig bacon, not turkey bacon. I've looked at the stats on all the bacon I come across in stores and I have not seen 1 that's less than 100+ calories per slice. Yet MFP stats...used by several of my friends...have at least some kinds of bacon being around 30 calories per slice. How is this possible? Either MFP has the info wrong, or people are cutting off the clear fatty parts of the bacon and grilling it so even more fat runs off?

Thanks!

Hi!! I say...eat some bacon and enjoy it - in moderation!! Everyone deserves some bacon once in a while!! And, I don't think MFP is usually wrong...I mean it could be, but I've checked a few items against what MFP says and they've been right on.

Also, I don't know how you feel about microwaved bacon, but I think it's pretty good, and there's a cooking tray that allows more grease to run off so it'd be better for you.

http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Makn-Bacon-Microwave-Bacon-Cooker/3437851/product.html?cid=202290&kid=9553000357392&track=pspla&ef_id=UcA-MwAABJdGrHa1:20130618113449:s

NHoughton13

Most recently I bought Meijer store brand and it's listed as 80 calories for 2 slices of skillet cooked bacon.

jsd_135

Boar's Head is, IIRC, 80 calories for 2 slices (after cooking).

Shoechick5

Love this question. The bacon i buy from Costco is 290 for two slices. But that's not cooked. I can't find anywhere what it would be with the fat drained off. I see a ton of friends listing 4 slices of bacon for around 120. I too can't see that its possible.

jsd_135

Love this question. The bacon i buy from Costco is 290 for two slices. But that's not cooked. I can't find anywhere what it would be with the fat drained off. I see a ton of friends listing 4 slices of bacon for around 120. I too can't see that its possible.

If you weigh it before cooking and then weigh it afterward, you'd get an idea of the calories of the lean meat. So if 2 slices of uncooked bacon weighs 60 grams (~2 ounces--just making up a number) and those same slices cooked weigh 16.5 grams (about 27% of uncooked weight--again making up a number, but cooked bacon doesn't weigh much), then the total calories for those slices of bacon cooked would be about 80 calories.

Monny287

My bacon is 80 calories for two slices...are you using thick-sliced bacon maybe?

cupcakes_and_cardio

Aberdeen Farms (Aldi's) hardwood sliced smoked bacon: 2 slices is 60 cals. After they're done cooking I drain them and pat them with a paper towel to get the grease off.

Cheri_Moves

Any bacon= 100% delicious! :bigsmile:

Shoechick5

Love this question. The bacon i buy from Costco is 290 for two slices. But that's not cooked. I can't find anywhere what it would be with the fat drained off. I see a ton of friends listing 4 slices of bacon for around 120. I too can't see that its possible.

If you weigh it before cooking and then weigh it afterward, you'd get an idea of the calories of the lean meat. So if 2 slices of uncooked bacon weighs 60 grams (~2 ounces--just making up a number) and those same slices cooked weigh 16.5 grams (about 27% of uncooked weight--again making up a number, but cooked bacon doesn't weigh much), then the total calories for those slices of bacon cooked would be about 80 calories.

Thank you - didn't even occur to me to weigh them. I see more bacon in my future :flowerforyou:

nvpixie

I get Kroger bacon and the package says it's 40 calories a slice.

ETA: I get the thin bacon slices, not the extra thick ones.

inside_lap

As several others have said, two slices usually is around 70-90 calories depending on brand and cut. I love bacon and cook a big breakfast every Sunday!

poohpoohpeapod

center cut pig bacon has the same or sometimes less calories than turkey about 35 depending on the brand.

poohpoohpeapod

look for "center cut"

bookyeti

I weigh my bacon after it's cooked, and go by the "per gram" on the label.

AmykinsCatfood

Precooked bacon has less calorie content because they cook it until it's pretty much not even bacon anymore (I HATE crispy bacon) and there's not as much fat content left.

jsd_135

Love this question. The bacon i buy from Costco is 290 for two slices. But that's not cooked. I can't find anywhere what it would be with the fat drained off. I see a ton of friends listing 4 slices of bacon for around 120. I too can't see that its possible.

If you weigh it before cooking and then weigh it afterward, you'd get an idea of the calories of the lean meat. So if 2 slices of uncooked bacon weighs 60 grams (~2 ounces--just making up a number) and those same slices cooked weigh 16.5 grams (about 27% of uncooked weight--again making up a number, but cooked bacon doesn't weigh much), then the total calories for those slices of bacon cooked would be about 80 calories.

Thank you - didn't even occur to me to weigh them. I see more bacon in my future :flowerforyou:

The calories in cooked bacon was one of my happiest MFP discoveries.

rayzerwolf

could be that they cut the bacon in half and count that as a slice

angelams1019

Applegate Farms Sunday Bacon is 60 cals per 2 slices

AllTehBeers

<---- Black Label brand bacon is my favorite. The center cut has like 80 calories for 2 slices.

Candi_land

<---- Black Label brand bacon is my favorite. The center cut has like 80 calories for 2 slices.

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dakitten2

I use Oscar Meyer center cut bacon and it is 70 calories for 3 slices per the package. I also cook mine in the microwave to drain the grease off.

jsd_135

I weigh my bacon after it's cooked, and go by the "per gram" on the label.

Even easier than my suggestion of weighing uncooked then cooked. You just need to know what the nutrition info on the package is referring to (uncooked vs. cooked).

Shoechick5

I love you guys! so my two slices of bacon at 69g was coming in at 295 calories. Cooked it was 22g at 105 calories (approx).