Bacon, cooked leads 5–3 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Bacon, cooked: 100 g · Canned pork luncheon meat: 100 g.
The verdict
Bacon, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bacon, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Canned pork luncheon meat for less saturated fat, less sodium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy548 kcal334 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN35.73 g12.5 g
- Carbohydrate1.35 g2.1 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat43.27 g30.3 g
- Saturated fatless is better14.19 g10.79 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better2193 mg1289 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN539 mg215 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN10 mg6 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.49 mg0.72 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN30 mg10 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg1 mgWIN
- 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.

