Bacon, cooked leads 6–2 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Bacon, cooked comes out ahead, winning 6 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bacon, cooked for more protein, less saturated fat, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Pork belly for less sodium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN6.52 g1.8 g
- Carbohydrate0.25 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat7.9 g10.23 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN2.59 g3.73 g
- Sodiumless is better400.18 mg6.18 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN98.36 mg35.71 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN1.82 mg0.97 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN0.27 mg0.1 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN5.47 mg0.77 mg
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.06 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.

