bacon cooked vs raw

kimmers99

So my bacon says its 230 calories for two slices of raw bacon. Cooked its 35 cals per slice.
This seems wrong. How does everyone track their bacon.

stumblinthrulife

That seems like a pretty big drop, but I certainly would expect a drop, since most of the bacon fat it left in the pain.

Which is a crying shame, and why the English invented fried bread.

bumblebums

So my bacon says its 230 calories for two slices of raw bacon. Cooked its 35 cals per slice.
This seems wrong. How does everyone track their bacon.

How thick are the slices?

The usual count I see for bacon is 50 kcal per slice... at least this matches what I see on packages, too.

Cooking can release some of the grease, so you might be getting less fat. But I don't usually count on that and log it by the raw calorie count. I figure there are enough inaccuracies in the logging (esp. when I eat in restaurants) that overlogging on bacon will be counterbalanced by underestimations elsewhere in my diary...

tryinghard71

Cooked. Most of the fat cooks out of it I guess?? I microwave mine on paper towels and I know they are full of grease when I am done. Maybe that is it.

kliermann

I would try beef bacon its a little bit more healthy and tast better in my opinion my wife likes it but not as much as pork bacon and Turkey bacon is not good at all but very healthy i guess it might be ok on a sandwich nevery tried it that way though.