bacon, bacon, bacon
gbreault87
Posts: 18
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
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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.0 -
I just wanted this to show up on my newsfeed. Mmmm...bacon.0
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Huh?0
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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 confusing0
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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?0 -
Mmm, bacon.0
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yes0
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Oh, maybe they don't, my bad >.> You can tell I don't make much bacon...0
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don't ask just eat0
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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.)
Cooked will weigh less. The packaged bacon calories should refer to cooked. Crisp may have slightly less fat & cals than "juicy"... mmmm bacon juice0 -
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!0
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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.0 -
I saw bacon and I just had to stop by... baaaaconnnn0
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Thanks, now I want bacon!:laugh:0
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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=2652796670 -
I don't want you to worry about logging it wrong, so just send it all my way! Thanks0
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Yes!!!! OH YESSSS!!!!!!0
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OMG!!! Bacon! And tonight is Bacon night!! My mouth is drooling in anticipation!0
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i like my bacon the opposite of crispy...juicy and flimsy
:sick: :noway: Flimsy bacon??? Just no...0 -
i like my bacon the opposite of crispy...juicy and flimsy
You're doing it wrong.0
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