7.3 %
Iodine is below the 15 % “source of” level in bacon, so no function line applies.
How many calories are in bacon?
747kcal
in a 100 g portion
747 kcal per 100 g.
Source: UK CoFID 2021, record 19-650. Checked 5 October 2026.
80.9 gFat
4.8 gProtein
0 gFibre
7.3 %Daily iodine
What’s in a 100 g portion
More than half of a portion is fat, but only 31.5 g of that fat is saturated.
- 80.9 gFat
- 4.8 gProtein
- 12.8 gWater
- 1.5 gMinerals and the rest
Above average for meat
Bacon is 747 kcal per 100 g. The 253 meat in this database average 241.
Bacon747
Meat average241
High in saturated fat
31.5 g of saturates per 100 g, which is red on a UK traffic-light label (the line is 5 g).
Saturates, per portion31.5 g
Fat, per portion80.9 g
Vitamins and minerals in bacon
One of the 12 reach the “high in” level: iodine.
Only a trace
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin D
- Folate
- Vitamin B12
- Biotin
- Manganese
None recorded
- Vitamin C
Show all 12 with amounts
Chloride610 mg, 76 %
Iodine0.011 mg, 7.3 %
Zinc0.6 mg, 6 %
Copper0.06 mg, 6 %
Phosphorus38 mg, 5.4 %
Iron0.7 mg, 5 %
Potassium75 mg, 3.8 %
Selenium0.001 mg, 1.8 %
Magnesium4 mg, 1.1 %
Vitamin E0.11 mg, 0.9 %
Calcium3 mg, <1 %
Vitamin Cnone recorded
Badges use the UK legal thresholds per 100 g: 15 % of the reference intake for “source of”, 30 % for “high in”. A trace is shown as “trace” and never counts.
What bacon doesn’t give you. And where to find it.
No recorded vitamin D or vitamin C, and only 1.8 % of the selenium reference intake per 100 g.
Vitamin D
Tracein bacon
Find it inBloater, grilled500 % per 100 g
Vitamin C
0mgin bacon
Find it inCherries, West Indian2150 % per 100 g
Selenium
1.8%in bacon, per 100 g
Find it inKidney, pig, fried491 % per 100 g
100 mgVitamin C, 125 %
0.075 mgSelenium, 136 %
0.00125 mgVitamin D, 25 %
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Bacon against other meat
Per 100 g, kidney (ox, raw) has the most iodine in this comparison, followed by burger (beef, 98-99% beef, fried) and bacon.
0.015mg
0.013mg
0.011mg
Kidney, ox, raw+0.004 mg
Burger, beef, 98-99% beef, fried+0.002 mg
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All values per 100 g, from the same dataset. Differences are against bacon.
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Questions about bacon
The questions people ask about bacon, answered from the dataset.
How many calories are in a portion of bacon?
A typical portion (100 g cooked) gives 747 kcal. Per 100 g the figure is 747 kcal.
Is bacon high in chloride?
Yes. Bacon, fat only, average, raw has 610 mg chloride per 100 g, 76 % of the NRV, above the 30 % threshold for a “high in” claim.
Which vitamins and minerals does bacon have most of?
By share of the daily reference intake: chloride (610 mg, 76 %), iodine (0.011 mg, 7.3 %) and zinc (0.6 mg, 6 %) per 100 g.
What counts as a portion of bacon?
This page uses 100 g cooked, the usual UK portion for meat. Every “per portion” figure is the per-100 g value scaled to that weight.
How these numbers were made
Every figure comes from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID), 2021 edition, record 19-650, Bacon, fat only, average, raw, published by Public Health England under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Main data references: MW4, 1978; and industry data, 2013. Values are per 100 g of the edible part; a portion is 100 g, 100 g cooked, the usual UK portion for meat. Reference intakes follow Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; “source of”, “high in” and “low” follow Regulation (EC) 1924/2006, assessed per 100 g. Function lines are the authorised wording from the GB register of nutrition and health claims, credited to the nutrient. Energy is rounded to the whole kcal and kJ; other amounts to one decimal, or two below 1. A trace is shown as “trace” and never gets a figure or a badge; a nutrient never analysed is left off the page. We start from the dataset’s 2,887 records and keep 2,322: records weighed with bone, shell or skin, alcoholic drinks, infant foods, brand-named products, records with fewer than eight measured vitamins and minerals and near-identical variants are left out. Group context uses the 253 meat kept from the dataset; a rank counts only the foods with a measured figure for that nutrient. Food images are illustrations from Ingredient Atlas, released under CC0; they show the food, not the measured sample. Checked 5 October 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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