Calories in Bacon

albayin

I am always confused with this, for example.
1 piece fried bacon
total cal 90
fat cal 70

90 cal with or without grease?

If this is the label it means that it has 90 calories, 70 of which are from fat.

yes its on the label but I just don't know how I should log the grease that comes out of the fat. I use that part to cook

Why log it any differently than you would any other cooking oil? Are you thinking when you log the bacon itself you've got the pan fat covered? I'm not sure about that, unless you log a raw calorie amount.

I know we don't actually consume all of the oil in the pan but if you cook greens in say 2T. bacon grease and there is roughly half of it left in the pan/dish after you've eaten, I'd log 1T. of bacon grease with my greens.

If you're using a lot of bacon grease in cooking and not logging it at all, I do think it could slow your weight loss considerably.

I only bake bacon, a pound at a time. It doesn't smoke, even the occasional times I burn it, like someone else said. The house smells like bacon for hours after, though. I toss the grease. My dogs, kids and I don't need more meat fat in our diets.

this is why I started this thread. Oils alone are very clear. you use a tbsp, it's 120 cal. however, bacon has grease and meat all together and the packaging note didnt help to clarify at least not to me...I may sound very dumb in this case, but I am sincerely confused.

WalkingAlong

I am always confused with this, for example.
1 piece fried bacon
total cal 90
fat cal 70

90 cal with or without grease?

I don't think it's a dumb question. I think it's just 90 calories because it's "fried bacon" which has less fat than raw.

MrsCZM138

Or better yet try to cook yourself turkey bacon which is a lot lower in fat and calories. Or try Canadian bacon.

NO!!!! Turkey bacon/Canadian bacon is NOT bacon!!!!!!!!!!! BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!

^^ This!

I've read 3 pages of this and now all I can think is how much I want bacon.. MMmmmmMmm bacon.

albayin

Or better yet try to cook yourself turkey bacon which is a lot lower in fat and calories. Or try Canadian bacon.

NO!!!! Turkey bacon/Canadian bacon is NOT bacon!!!!!!!!!!! BLASPHEMY!!!!!!!!!!!

^^ This!

I've read 3 pages of this and now all I can think is how much I want bacon.. MMmmmmMmm bacon.

my bad...:bigsmile:

Howl2013

Not the point of your question, but for less calories and fat than godawful turkey bacon - get center cut bacon. All the delish still there!

Ledgehanger

My dogs, kids and I don't need more meat fat in our diets.

That's crazy talk! :laugh: