Bacon, cooked leads 5–2 · 7 categories decided · 3 ties
Each value is per 100 g edible portion.
The verdict
Bacon, cooked comes out ahead, winning 5 of 7 nutrient match-ups.
Pick Bacon, cooked for more protein, more potassium, more calcium, more iron and more magnesium.
Pick Pork sausage, cooked for less saturated fat and less sodium.
Evenly matched on fiber, sugar and vitamin C.
Head-to-head
- Energy548 kcal271 kcal
- Proteinmore is betterWIN35.73 g9.41 g
- Carbohydrate1.35 g8.13 g
- Fibermore is better0 g0 g
- Total sugarsless is better0 g0 g
- Total fat43.27 g22.35 g
- Saturated fatless is better14.19 g8.24 gWIN
- Sodiumless is better2193 mg294 mgWIN
- Potassiummore is betterWIN539 mg160 mg
- Calciummore is betterWIN10 mg0 mg
- Ironmore is betterWIN1.49 mg0.85 mg
- Magnesiummore is betterWIN30 mg11 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.

