Dead heat · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
It's a dead heat — each wins 4 of 8 match-ups.
Pick Bacon, cooked for more protein, less sugar, more potassium and more magnesium.
Pick Beef pastrami for less saturated fat, less sodium, more iron and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and calcium.
Head-to-head
- Energy548 kcal147 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN35.73 g21.8 g
- Carbohydrate1.35 g0.36 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is betterWIN0 g0.1 g
- Total fat43.27 g5.82 g
- Saturated fatless is better14.19 g2.68 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better2193 mg1078 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN539 mg210 mg
- Calciummore is better10 mg10 mg
- Ironmore is better1.49 mg2.22 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN30 mg17 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.3 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.

