Corned beef leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Corned beef comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bacon, cooked for more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Corned beef for more protein, less saturated fat, less sodium, more calcium and more iron.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.52 g7.24 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0.25 g0.19 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat7.9 g7.56 g
- Saturated fatless is better2.59 g2.53 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better400.18 mg387.65 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN98.36 mg57.77 mg
- Calciummore is better1.82 mg3.19 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.27 mg0.74 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN5.47 mg4.78 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.

