bacon, bacon, bacon

gbreault87

so whats the deal with bacon nutrional facts... are the calories listed for raw or cooked? what is cooked?? what is pan fried??? crispy/lifeless bacon?? i like my bacon the opposite of crispy...juicy and flimsy

hgycta

One slice of bacon is one slice of bacon, no matter how it's prepared.
The only way a slice will vary in calories is if you use a different brand (which may use larger slices) or use different cooking oil (butter, olive oil, etc.)
Eating a hard boiled egg will have the same amount of calories as a raw egg used in cookie dough. How you prepare the food will change the nutrition, not how you cook it.
So log your slice of bacon, then account for whether or not you added stuff to it while cooking.

miss_jessiejane

I just wanted this to show up on my newsfeed. Mmmm...bacon.

Chain_Ring

Huh?

gbreault87

alright i wasnt sure because it seems that if you cook bacon longer you cook more of the fat off which you would think means less calories its just confusing

WendyTerry420

One slice of bacon is one slice of bacon, no matter how it's prepared.
The only way a slice will vary in calories is if you use a different brand (which may use larger slices) or use different cooking oil (butter, olive oil, etc.)
Eating a hard boiled egg will have the same amount of calories as a raw egg used in cookie dough. How you prepare the food will change the nutrition, not how you cook it.
So log your slice of bacon, then account for whether or not you added stuff to it while cooking.

Do people add oil to bacon? What's the point of that?

mmm_drop

Mmm, bacon.

_John_

yes

catneon

don't ask just eat

hgycta

Oh, maybe they don't, my bad >.> You can tell I don't make much bacon...

Laurayinz

One slice of bacon is one slice of bacon, no matter how it's prepared.
The only way a slice will vary in calories is if you use a different brand (which may use larger slices) or use different cooking oil (butter, olive oil, etc.)

:huh: 'cause bacon doesn't have enough of that yummy fatty fat to cook in already?

Cooked will weigh less. The packaged bacon calories should refer to cooked. Crisp may have slightly less fat & cals than "juicy"... mmmm bacon juice

echofm1

I always assume the calories are for raw. It might be less after you've cooked it and some of the fat has gone away, but oh well. Then it's fewer calories, so woo! The calorie count will vary on any piece of bacon anyways because the fat vs meat content varies on pretty much every slice. Don't over think things!

drshona

One slice of bacon is one slice of bacon, no matter how it's prepared.
The only way a slice will vary in calories is if you use a different brand (which may use larger slices) or use different cooking oil (butter, olive oil, etc.)
Eating a hard boiled egg will have the same amount of calories as a raw egg used in cookie dough. How you prepare the food will change the nutrition, not how you cook it.
So log your slice of bacon, then account for whether or not you added stuff to it while cooking.

Not that I could bother obsessing about it if I were entering it in my diary, but surely grilled bacon (where the fat drips of into the grill pan) is going to have less fat than fried where it cooks in its own fat? I'm pretty sure the bacon lardons I put in a stew the other day had two sets of calories listed - one for raw and one for cooked. And the cooked ones did not match up to the raw amount, so I think the implication was that some fat is cooked off, but if you put it into a casserole or whatever you get all the fat. Can't remember which one I entered though.

Pedalpush

I saw bacon and I just had to stop by... baaaaconnnn

annadchang

Thanks, now I want bacon!:laugh:

drshona

In fact, here it is. Half a pack is 90g.

The info says 100g raw is 255kcal (so 90g must be 229.5kcal)

90g cooked is 80kcal

Doesn't make a lot of sense, but it's a huge difference - 80 or 229.5 for the same amount!

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=265279667

GiveMeCoffee

I don't want you to worry about logging it wrong, so just send it all my way! Thanks

Mainebikerchick

Yes!!!! OH YESSSS!!!!!!

chinita96

OMG!!! Bacon! And tonight is Bacon night!! My mouth is drooling in anticipation!

kristen49233

i like my bacon the opposite of crispy...juicy and flimsy

:sick: :noway: Flimsy bacon??? Just no...

1PatientBear

i like my bacon the opposite of crispy...juicy and flimsy

You're doing it wrong.

1PatientBear

OMG!!! Bacon! And tonight is Bacon night!! My mouth is drooling in anticipation!

I don't know what Bacon Night is, but.....in!!!!!!!!

rb16fitness

70 cals a slice add extra for the HP Sauce!

Mr_Knight

One slice of bacon is one slice of bacon, no matter how it's prepared.

Because of bacon's high fat content, which may or may not come off during cooking, that statement is not correct, by a significant margin.

Bacon is a food where preparation definitely makes a difference.

qtgonewild

i love my bacon crispy mmmm

chinita96

OMG!!! Bacon! And tonight is Bacon night!! My mouth is drooling in anticipation!

I don't know what Bacon Night is, but.....in!!!!!!!!

All you can eat bacon...for free!!!

So_Much_Fab

OMG!!! Bacon! And tonight is Bacon night!! My mouth is drooling in anticipation!

I don't know what Bacon Night is, but.....in!!!!!!!!

All you can eat bacon...for free!!!

Picture will probably be too big, but here goes anyway:




ETA: what you can't see on the right of the image is "Tuesday Night is Bacon Night all you can eat". This joyous occasion happens at Harris Grill in Pittsburgh PA.

BaconWagon

Did someone say.....bacon?

bcattoes

One slice of bacon is one slice of bacon, no matter how it's prepared.
The only way a slice will vary in calories is if you use a different brand (which may use larger slices) or use different cooking oil (butter, olive oil, etc.)
Eating a hard boiled egg will have the same amount of calories as a raw egg used in cookie dough. How you prepare the food will change the nutrition, not how you cook it.
So log your slice of bacon, then account for whether or not you added stuff to it while cooking.

If bacon is cooked on something that allows the fat to drain off, it will have less calories than bacon cooked in it's own grease, or in added oil. If bacon is set on paper towels to soak up some of the grease before eating, it will have less calories than if not. The more of the fat that makes it into your mouth, the higher the calorie count.

SLLRunner

I love bacon.

llkilgore

One slice of bacon is one slice of bacon, no matter how it's prepared.
The only way a slice will vary in calories is if you use a different brand (which may use larger slices) or use different cooking oil (butter, olive oil, etc.)
Eating a hard boiled egg will have the same amount of calories as a raw egg used in cookie dough. How you prepare the food will change the nutrition, not how you cook it.
So log your slice of bacon, then account for whether or not you added stuff to it while cooking.

Maybe that's close to being true if you're talking about Canadian bacon. Otherwise...

According to the USDA a raw 28 gram slice of cured pork bacon has 117 calories, while a pan-fried slice weighs in at 11.5 grams and has only 54 calories. The exact number of calories will vary by the brand and the thickness of the slice, but there'll always be substantially fewer calories per slice if preparation involves rendering the fat and leaving most of it behind. The nutrition panels on packages of raw pork bacon typically specify pan-fried slices for a reason. That's the way they expect most of it to be eaten.

It should be logged raw if you're using the bacon in a recipe that retains all of the fat. And rendered bacon grease used to season other foods should be logged at 120 calories per tablespoon, like any other oil.

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/