Bacon, cooked leads 6–1 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Bacon, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bacon, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Beef tallow for less sodium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.52 g0 g
- Carbohydrate0.25 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat7.9 g11.09 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN2.59 g5.52 g
- Sodiumless is better400.18 mg0 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN98.36 mg0 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN1.82 mg0 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.27 mg0 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN5.47 mg0 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.

