Bacon is calorie-dense — 541 calories per 100g, with 42g of fat alongside 37g of protein. Per-slice it's far more reasonable: a typical strip is 40-45 calories. Most of the calories evaporate as fat in the pan, so the cooked-weight numbers in trackers are usually accurate.
Calories scale with portion. Here's how a typical bacon serving translates in your tracker:
Calorie-dense and fatty — 42 g of fat per 100g means small portions add up fast, so weigh it rather than eyeballing.
How bacon stacks up on calories and protein against foods people commonly compare it to:
Point your iPhone camera at bacon and Spotwell's on-device AI estimates the portion and macros in under a second — no manual entry, no barcode hunting.
Download on theApp StoreBacon has approximately 541 calories per 100g. A typical serving — 1 slice, cooked (8g) — comes in at 43 calories.
37g of protein per 100g. That puts bacon at roughly 6.8g of protein per 100 calories — a useful lens when comparing to other protein sources.
The simplest method: weigh it on a kitchen scale, then enter grams in your tracker. With Spotwell, you can skip the scale — point the camera at the plate and the AI estimates the portion in under a second. Adjust the value if it looks off.
It depends on your overall calorie target. Bacon is calorie-dense at 541 kcal per 100g, so portion control matters more than with low-cal foods.