Pork vs Bacon: Choose Wisely

Less Calories in Pork

At first glance, you can see that in pork is much less calories than in bacon.

Pork has 242 kcal per 100g and bacon 556 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 130%.

In pork and in bacon most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare pork with bacon in details.

Pork And Bacon Nutrition Difference

• Calories:
  bacon - 130% more than pork
• Fat:
  bacon - 259% more than pork
• Protein:
  bacon - 22% more than pork

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Less protein in pork

It is aslo easy to see see that in pork is less protein than in bacon.

There is 33.33g per 100g of bacon and 27.32g per 100g of pork so using simple math we can see that difference is about 22%.

Less fat in pork

In pork is less fats than in bacon.

The tables above show us that there is 50g/100g of fats in bacon and 13.92g/100g in pork. In this case difference is about 259%.