Low calorie BACON!?!?!

kelleyannclemons
kelleyannclemons Posts: 71 Member
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Okay, I feel like I was the only one that did not know this...

The precooked bacon that you find in the stores are very low in calories!!! The Great Value brand runs 60 calories for 3 pieces. The pieces seemed a little short, so I went with the Farmland brand at 90 calories for 4 pieces.

So was anyone else in the dark about this marvelous discovery???

This got me geared up for a super delicious BLT...

270 calories for a very large BLT sandwich that has plenty of bacon for me and was more than enough for a dinner portion. I placed mine on my panini press set to max heat setting for a few seconds to get it slightly "toasted".

90 calories - Flat out flatbread (improved original)
90 calories - 4 slices bacon
20 cals - tomato
10 cals - lots of shredded lettuce
60 cals - 2 packets Hellman's Light Mayo
pepper to taste
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  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Great Value is the worst bacon brand on the planet.

    Go with Trader Joe's brand if you have it near you. Still cheap but GMO and hormone and antibiotic free.

    Great Value is not a brand to even put in your cart.

    If you don't have TJ's at least get nitrate free bacon.

    Do some research on Great Value....horrible horrible farming practices.
  • butlera8
    butlera8 Posts: 130 Member
    Oscar Meyers center cut bacon is 70 cal for 3 slices.
  • nixerific
    nixerific Posts: 76 Member
    I can see how the low cal bacon would be good as bits or on sandwiches, but I loved my thick cut with my eggs. 90 calories for two long, thick pieces isn't too bad.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Great Value is the worst bacon brand on the planet.

    Go with Trader Joe's brand if you have it near you. Still cheap but GMO and hormone and antibiotic free.

    Great Value is not a brand to even put in your cart.

    If you don't have TJ's at least get nitrate free bacon.

    Do some research on Great Value....horrible horrible farming practices.

    lol nitrate free bacon
  • cgo8890
    cgo8890 Posts: 32
    I like the oscar meyer center cut too, 3 slices 70 calories...works for me to fulfill my bacon craving
  • kelleyannclemons
    kelleyannclemons Posts: 71 Member
    hahahaha....apparently I was the only one that didn't know. I live in a small town. Our podunk grocery store has only a couple different kinds of bacon...none of which you may have ever heard of. I never get it because they are all aroung 50 calories per slice or more. To think...I thought all bacon was like that.

    Ohhh I live in a sheltered world.... :)
  • tnladyvol
    tnladyvol Posts: 245
    bump:flowerforyou:
  • noluckducky15
    noluckducky15 Posts: 54 Member
    I agree with a previous poster, Center Cut bacon is awesome! I use it with everything i need and it doesnt add much caloric value. I love bacon!
  • JUDDDing
    JUDDDing Posts: 1,367 Member
    This got me geared up for a super delicious BLT...

    I have a new BLT trick as of today:

    Use ripe avocado as a spread instead of mayo = very good.
  • DjangoAndDeadlifts
    DjangoAndDeadlifts Posts: 36 Member
    It's not that precooked bacon is lower in calories, it's that the nutritional information doesn't include the fat that has already run off from cooking. Assuming you're not consuming the bacon fat from the pan, the nutritional information will be similar for normal bacon.
  • adry20
    adry20 Posts: 82 Member
    I second the natural nitrate free bacon, you want to fuel with real food not just empty calories :)
  • ajourney2beme
    ajourney2beme Posts: 181 Member
    This got me geared up for a super delicious BLT...

    I have a new BLT trick as of today:

    Use ripe avocado as a spread instead of mayo = very good.

    I've done that before and it's so good!
  • HartJames
    HartJames Posts: 789 Member
    I used to get thin sliced turkey bacon (Everyday by Butterball)- believe its 10 cals a slice.
  • agulamali
    agulamali Posts: 44 Member
    Jennie-O turkey bacon is also pretty low-cal, although I prefer the real stuff.
  • angelamary61
    angelamary61 Posts: 97 Member
    I buy chicken bacon, I know not technically bacon but I cant tell the difference in taste and low in calories.
  • djames92
    djames92 Posts: 990 Member
    Great Value is the worst bacon brand on the planet.

    Go with Trader Joe's brand if you have it near you. Still cheap but GMO and hormone and antibiotic free.

    Great Value is not a brand to even put in your cart.

    If you don't have TJ's at least get nitrate free bacon.

    Do some research on Great Value....horrible horrible farming practices.
    still tastes good so 0 fuc.ks given
  • bluemoon551
    bluemoon551 Posts: 35 Member
    It's not that precooked bacon is lower in calories, it's that the nutritional information doesn't include the fat that has already run off from cooking. Assuming you're not consuming the bacon fat from the pan, the nutritional information will be similar for normal bacon.
    I've never considered this. I'm going to start weighing my bacon before and after cooking.
  • Amber1070
    Amber1070 Posts: 106 Member
    I use butterball thin sliced turkey bacon. 15 calories a slice.
  • ilovelucy711
    ilovelucy711 Posts: 381 Member
    I had jennie-o's turkey bacon 30 calories a slice. I prefer real bacon!

    Try this to remove fat from regular bacon!

    http://foodmancingthegirl.blogspot.com/2012/02/technique-cooking-baconin-water.html#!/2012/02/technique-cooking-baconin-water.html
  • sparklelioness
    sparklelioness Posts: 600 Member
    Great Value is the worst bacon brand on the planet.

    Go with Trader Joe's brand if you have it near you. Still cheap but GMO and hormone and antibiotic free.

    Great Value is not a brand to even put in your cart.

    If you don't have TJ's at least get nitrate free bacon.

    Do some research on Great Value....horrible horrible farming practices.
    still tastes good so 0 fuc.ks given

    May you come back as a Great Value pig :)
  • Wonderlander63
    Wonderlander63 Posts: 3 Member
    Has anyone actually gotten back on this? I know this is a really old post but I dont have a scale and would love to know what the results are :)
  • loriq41
    loriq41 Posts: 479 Member
    I am doing the macro counting and I found out a completely devastating fact about bacon....the bacon people lie...you need to weigh your bacon cuz the serving of say..3 slices is often WAY MORE than the 16 grams allotted as a serving..i weight my bacon last week and dammit..I was only able to eat like 2 slices of bacon...that is cruel.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    bacon is not that high in calories- why are we looking for a low calorie option?
  • RINat612
    RINat612 Posts: 251 Member
    Great Value is the worst bacon brand on the planet.

    Go with Trader Joe's brand if you have it near you. Still cheap but GMO and hormone and antibiotic free.

    Great Value is not a brand to even put in your cart.

    If you don't have TJ's at least get nitrate free bacon.

    Do some research on Great Value....horrible horrible farming practices.
    still tastes good so 0 fuc.ks given

    Like a friggen baws.

    :drinker:
  • esaucier17
    esaucier17 Posts: 694 Member
    Jennie-O turkey bacon is also pretty low-cal, although I prefer the real stuff.

    Yes....we eat turkey bacon in our house. Even my 7 year old loves it!
  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I get Butterball Turkey Bacon (salt reduced) It's 70 calories for 2 pieces. The pieces are about 2-3 times the size of a regular piece of bacon. They are very good!
  • HipsterWhovian
    HipsterWhovian Posts: 195 Member
    ...I never get it because they are all aroung 50 calories per slice or more...
    ...90 calories for two long, thick pieces isn't too bad...

    I'm assuming you're all from the USA/Canada? British back bacon is generally around 110 cals per rasher! Not sure about streaky though - too fatty for me.
    However, I do go to one of our supermarkets to get their low calorie bacon - 37 cals per slice - so I have 3 in a sandwich!
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    This got me geared up for a super delicious BLT...

    I have a new BLT trick as of today:

    Use ripe avocado as a spread instead of mayo = very good.

    So you eat BLAT? Um....doesn't sound all that tasty.
  • Shropshire1959
    Shropshire1959 Posts: 982 Member
    Slice anything thinly enough and it will have less calories !!
  • toomuchsweetness
    toomuchsweetness Posts: 168 Member
    yummm

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