How many calories are really in my bacon
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MeganReid1991
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So I eat two slices of bacon for 180 calories..
I cook mine in the oven and on a rack so the fat drips off.
I heard that the calories are including all the fat but I’m not eating that so I’m confused 🤷♀️
I cook mine in the oven and on a rack so the fat drips off.
I heard that the calories are including all the fat but I’m not eating that so I’m confused 🤷♀️
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Bacon is calorie free.
Thought everyone knew that.
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Specifically what type of bacon? Strips like is common in the US or back bacon which is more common elsewhere?0
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What does the package say? It should say either raw or cooked.2
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I’m talking about strips.
I do eat back bacon as well cause it’s so low in calories but I prefer strips.
I believe it says raw.1 -
MeganReid1991 wrote: »I’m talking about strips.
I do eat back bacon as well cause it’s so low in calories but I prefer strips.
I believe it says raw.
Weigh it raw. That's your calorie count.1 -
Or for example this one doesn’t say
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »MeganReid1991 wrote: »I’m talking about strips.
I do eat back bacon as well cause it’s so low in calories but I prefer strips.
I believe it says raw.
Weigh it raw. That's your calorie count.
Disagree. Raw bacon has a fair bit more calories than cooked bacon. This is the one time where the raw vs cooked does make a difference.11 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »MeganReid1991 wrote: »I’m talking about strips.
I do eat back bacon as well cause it’s so low in calories but I prefer strips.
I believe it says raw.
Weigh it raw. That's your calorie count.
Disagree. Raw bacon has a fair bit more calories than cooked bacon. This is the one time where the raw vs cooked does make a difference.
She said the package said raw. 🤷🏼♀️0 -
Here's a nice write up about bacon raw vs cooked by our beloved Cybertone
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10624867/calories-in-bacon-raw-vs-cooked2 -
Well looks like I’m going to buying me a food scale!!!1
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »MeganReid1991 wrote: »I’m talking about strips.
I do eat back bacon as well cause it’s so low in calories but I prefer strips.
I believe it says raw.
Weigh it raw. That's your calorie count.
Disagree. Raw bacon has a fair bit more calories than cooked bacon. This is the one time where the raw vs cooked does make a difference.
She said the package said raw. 🤷🏼♀️
If she were saving the fat and eating that, for example, cooking eggs in it, the raw calorie count would be the one to use.
But since she is blasphemously allowing the fat to drip off, raw is not the right entry to use.9 -
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MeganReid1991 wrote: »Well looks like I’m going to buying me a food scale!!!
I was without my scale for 2.5 days. It was rough. Hated using measuring cups again.1 -
kshama2001 wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »Tacklewasher wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »MeganReid1991 wrote: »I’m talking about strips.
I do eat back bacon as well cause it’s so low in calories but I prefer strips.
I believe it says raw.
Weigh it raw. That's your calorie count.
Disagree. Raw bacon has a fair bit more calories than cooked bacon. This is the one time where the raw vs cooked does make a difference.
She said the package said raw. 🤷🏼♀️
If she were saving the fat and eating that, for example, cooking eggs in it, the raw calorie count would be the one to use.
But since she is blasphemously allowing the fat to drip off, raw is not the right entry to use.
If the raw count is the one on the package. And it's the only one, that's what she should use. As that's what the OP said.MeganReid1991 wrote: »I’m talking about strips.
I do eat back bacon as well cause it’s so low in calories but I prefer strips.
I believe it says raw.0 -
Bacon is the only food I weigh once cooked. I just look up what type it is on nutrition data and log the cooked entry3
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Chef_Barbell wrote: »MeganReid1991 wrote: »I’m talking about strips.
I do eat back bacon as well cause it’s so low in calories but I prefer strips.
I believe it says raw.
Weigh it raw. That's your calorie count.
Only if you're going to eat all the bacon drippings.
For strip bacon common in the U.S. that you've cooked in an oven on a rack, weigh after cooking and use this text string to find the database entry: Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, baked
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Mmmm after reading this, I think I'm going to get up and have a crispy bacon sarnie and cup of tea. 8)1
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Bacon can be delicious when gently fried with most of its fat not rendered out. Or, it can be marvelous on a sandwich brittle and without any fat left to render. And, all points between. Calories counting bacon is a mixture of art and science. And, these are not small differences since an oz of bacon fat has a lot of calories.0
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Dang. I'd cry if my little tiny bacon slices were 190 calories for two.
I have to admit - I have never weighed a bacon slice ever. Bacon is a treat food for me. Once every six months I'll buy a pound of bacon, and that's mostly because I use the rendered fat for cooking my eggs every morning.4
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