Meat & poultry
Bacon: weights & conversions
One weighs about 28 g. 100 g is 393 calories and 12.6 g of protein.
Also written as: sliced bacon, center cut bacon, thick cut bacon, pork bacon.
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1 bacon of bacon is about 28 grams.
Weight per piece
What a recipe means when it counts bacon instead of weighing it.
| Count | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 bacon | 28 g | 0.99 oz |
| 2 bacons | 56 g | |
| 3 bacons | 84 g | |
| 4 bacons | 112 g | |
| 6 bacons | 168 g | |
| 12 bacons | 336 g |
Ounces and pounds
The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.
| Weight | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 28.3 g | |
| 4 oz (1/4 lb) | 113 g | |
| 8 oz (1/2 lb) | 227 g | |
| 1 lb | 454 g | |
| 100 g | 100 g |
Nutrition
Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.
| Measure | Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | Fiber | Sodium |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g (100 g) | 393 | 12.6 g | 39.7 g | 1.3 g | 0 g | 748 mg |
| Per bacon (28 g) | 110 | 3.53 g | 11.1 g | 0.36 g | 0 g | 209 mg |
| Per 4 oz (113 g) | 446 | 14.3 g | 45 g | 1.47 g | 0 g | 848 mg |
If you have run out
- Pancetta, the same amount. Milder smoke than bacon, closer to European-style cured pork.
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Common questions
- How much does one bacon weigh?
- One bacon weighs about 28 g (0.99 oz), so a pound is roughly 16 of them.
- How many calories are in bacon?
- Bacon has about 393 calories per 100 g, so one bacon is roughly 110 calories.
- How much protein is in bacon?
- About 12.6 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 14.3 g in a 4 oz portion.
- What can I use instead of bacon?
- Pancetta, the same amount. Milder smoke than bacon, closer to European-style cured pork.