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Calories in bacon

Anon2018
Anon2018 Posts: 139 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So, I've been enjoying bacon a lot recently - I feel like it adds a lot of flavor to food without *that* many calories.

Anyway, so my process has been this: weigh out raw bacon, log it, cook it and then I cook something else (like a veggie) in the grease. if I use the grease to cook, am I undercounting my calories?

Thanks!

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  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    No because you're weighting all the fat in the raw bacon. The fact that it's oozing out as a liquid once you heat it doesn't change the calories.
  • leggup
    leggup Posts: 2,942 Member
    Are you putting any oil in the pan with the bacon to start off?
  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    Bacon is one of the few foods that is generally counted for calories after it is cooked--not weighed raw. Therefore, any bacon grease you use for subsequent cooking would need to be logged separately. There are entries in the database for bacon grease. When I do this, I cook the bacon and put it on paper towels. Then, I drain the grease from the pan into another container, and then weigh the amount of grease I want to use for the next step in the recipe. When I re-add the cooked bacon, I weigh it cooked before adding it in to the recipe.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    Bacon is one of the few foods that is generally counted for calories after it is cooked--not weighed raw. Therefore, any bacon grease you use for subsequent cooking would need to be logged separately. There are entries in the database for bacon grease. When I do this, I cook the bacon and put it on paper towels. Then, I drain the grease from the pan into another container, and then weigh the amount of grease I want to use for the next step in the recipe. When I re-add the cooked bacon, I weigh it cooked before adding it in to the recipe.

    yes...
  • Anon2018
    Anon2018 Posts: 139 Member
    leggup wrote: »
    Are you putting any oil in the pan with the bacon to start off?

    Nope, using a nonstick pan
  • ccruz985
    ccruz985 Posts: 646 Member
    My package says two slices is like, 70 or 90 calories! That's not accurate?!
  • CyberTone
    CyberTone Posts: 7,337 Member
    As long as you are logging the Calorie and nutrient information for the bacon as raw, then you have already included the fat and Calories that it contained. There would be no need to log the fat separately for that day if you used and consumed all of it that day.

    In the US, the raw weight of a normal slice of bacon is 1 ounce (28g), which on average has 117 Cals, 4g Protein, 11g Fat. Source: 10123, Pork, cured, bacon, unprepared

    For comparison, if you discarded the rendered fat and did not use it or consume it immediately, you should log the bacon as cooked. Then you would have to account for the rendered fat separately when you eventually use it.

    The pan-fried weight of a 28g raw slice after cooking and draining off the rendered fat is about 11.5g, which on average has 54 Cals, 4g Protein, 4g Fat. Source: 10862, Pork, cured, bacon, pre-sliced, cooked, pan-fried
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    ccruz985 wrote: »
    My package says two slices is like, 70 or 90 calories! That's not accurate?!

    I think every package of bacon I've ever seen also says "cooked" or "pan fried" I get thick cut bacon and the package says 70 calories for one pan fried slice.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    bacon is one of those exceptions that I weigh post-cooking
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    Or you could scramble your eggs in the bacon fat and use the raw weight haha
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  • fitoverfortymom
    fitoverfortymom Posts: 3,452 Member
    suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
    mrsnattybulking wrote: »
    Or you could scramble your eggs in the bacon fat and use the raw weight haha

    Fried bread in bacon drippings.....

    Fried anything in bacon drippings...
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
    mrsnattybulking wrote: »
    Or you could scramble your eggs in the bacon fat and use the raw weight haha

    Fried bread in bacon drippings.....

    Fried anything in bacon drippings...

    AMEN!!!
  • ladyhusker39
    ladyhusker39 Posts: 1,406 Member
    I stand and have learned something myself
  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    Bacon has calories?
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    If you're using up the leftover fat, then yeah, logging the raw weight makes sense.

    I tend to weigh my cooked bacon, because I dump all the fat into my bacon jar to save for later.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    fitoverfortymom wrote: »
    suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
    mrsnattybulking wrote: »
    Or you could scramble your eggs in the bacon fat and use the raw weight haha

    Fried bread in bacon drippings.....

    Fried anything in bacon drippings...

    Except Brussels sprouts. Still can not abide by Brussels sprouts.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,138 Member
    leggup wrote: »
    Are you putting any oil in the pan with the bacon to start off?

    Why in the name of all that is holy would anyone ever do that?
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  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
    toxikon wrote: »
    If you're using up the leftover fat, then yeah, logging the raw weight makes sense.

    I tend to weigh my cooked bacon, because I dump all the fat into my bacon jar to save for later.

    :o

    I actually made some bacon soap out of my leftover bacon grease! Turned out great. Nice bubbles.
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