Calories in microwaved bacon.
476 kcal per 100 g.
Pork, cured, bacon, cooked, microwaved · SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA FDC 168321
Nutrition for your portion
| Nutrient | Per 100 g | 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 476 kcal | 476 kcal |
| Protein | 39 g | 39 g |
| Carbohydrates | 0.48 g | 0.48 g |
| Fat | 34.1 g | 34.1 g |
| Fibre | 0 g | 0 g |
| Sugars | 0 g | 0 g |
| Saturated fat | 11.6 g | 11.6 g |
| Sodium | 1,780 mg | 1,780 mg |
| Salt (calculated from sodium) | 4.45 g | 4.45 g |
| Vitamin A (RAE) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) | 0.48 mg | 0.48 mg |
| Vitamin K (phylloquinone) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitamin C | 0 mg | 0 mg |
| Thiamin | 0.55 mg | 0.55 mg |
| Riboflavin | 0.26 mg | 0.26 mg |
| Niacin | 10.7 mg | 10.7 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.51 mg | 0.51 mg |
| Folate, total | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitamin B12 | 1 ug | 1 ug |
| Potassium | 525 mg | 525 mg |
| Calcium | 13 mg | 13 mg |
| Phosphorus | 389 mg | 389 mg |
| Magnesium | 34 mg | 34 mg |
| Iron | 1.14 mg | 1.14 mg |
| Zinc | 3.51 mg | 3.51 mg |
| Selenium | 65.1 ug | 65.1 ug |
| Iodine | Unknown | Unknown |
| Copper | 0.12 mg | 0.12 mg |
Energy comes from USDA nutrient 1008. Salt is calculated as sodium × 2.5, with unit conversion to grams. It is not a separately measured salt value.
Preparation
476 kcal per 100 g against 548 for baked bacon: the microwave draws fat out faster and, cooked between sheets of paper, most of it never comes back. The protein figure tells the same story from the other side — 39 g per 100 g here against 35.7 baked, because what is left is proportionally more meat and less fat. A cooked rasher is 9 g, a gram heavier than a baked one.
Logging this food
One cooked rasher is 9 g and 43 kcal, which is within a calorie of the baked one — the per-100 g figures differ, the rashers do not. That is worth knowing before optimising a cooking method: the saving between the two rows is about one calorie per rasher, and the saving between four rashers and three is forty.
Swaps and alternatives
Against baked bacon this is a rounding difference. Against the raw row at 393 per 100 g it is a different weight entirely, not a different food. The swaps that matter are elsewhere on the plate: bacon's 44 kcal a rasher is small next to a fried egg's 90 or two slices of buttered toast.