Ground pork, cooked leads 7–1 · 8 categories decided · 2 ties
Both foods compared at 100 kcal.
The verdict
Ground pork, cooked comes out ahead, winning 7 of 8 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bacon, cooked for less saturated fat.
Pick Ground pork, cooked for more protein, less sodium, more potassium, more calcium, more iron, more magnesium and more vitamin C.
Evenly matched on fiber and sugar.
Head-to-head
- Energy100 kcal100 kcal
- Proteinmore is better6.52 g8.65 gWIN
- Carbohydrate0.25 g0 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat7.9 g6.99 g
- Saturated fatless is betterWIN2.59 g2.6 g
- Sodiumless is better400.18 mg24.58 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is better98.36 mg121.89 mgWIN
- Calciummore is better1.82 mg7.41 mgWIN
- Ironmore is better0.27 mg0.43 mgWIN
- Magnesiummore is better5.47 mg8.08 mgWIN
- Vitamin Cmore is better0 mg0.24 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.

