Bacon, cooked leads 4–3 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Bacon, cooked comes out ahead, winning 4 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bacon, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium and more magnesium.
Pick Ground beef, 95% lean, cooked for less saturated fat, less sodium and more iron.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy548 kcal164 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN35.73 g25.8 g
- Carbohydrate1.35 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat43.27 g5.94 g
- Saturated fatless is better14.19 g2.59 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better2193 mg71 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN539 mg376 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN10 mg9 mg
- Ironmore is better1.49 mg2.85 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN30 mg24 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0 mg
- Vitamin Dmore is better——
Winners are decided by deterministic per-metric rules on the stated basis; ties and missing data don’t score (missing ≠ zero). Educational information only — not medical advice.

