Nutritional Facts: Bacon

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  4 lbs (1,818g)
pork belly
1/2 cup (110g)
brown sugar
1/4 cup (0g)
tender quick
1 gallon (3,789g)
cold water
10 lbs (10g)
charcoal
1 to taste (1g)
hickory chips
Total 1 serving
Alcohol (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Ash (g) 8.9 0.5 n/a 3.8 n/a n/a 13 1
Caffeine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Calcium (mg) 90.9 91.3 n/a 113.7 n/a n/a 296 18
Calories 9,415.2 418.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 9,833 615
Calories (kj) 39,387.4 1,749.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 41,136 2,571
Carbohydrates (g) 0.0 107.9 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 108 7
Cholesterol (mg) 1,308.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1,309 82
Copper (mg) 0.9 0.1 n/a 0.3 n/a n/a 1 0
Dietary Fiber (g) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Folate (mcg) 18.2 1.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 19 1
Folate, DFE (mcg) 18.2 1.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 19 1
Folate, food (mcg) 18.2 1.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 19 1
Folic acid (mcg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Fructose n/a 1.2 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Galactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Glucose (dextrose) n/a 1.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Iron (mg) 9.5 0.8 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 10 1
Lactose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Magnesium (mg) 72.7 9.9 n/a 37.9 n/a n/a 120 8
Maltose n/a 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Manganese (mg) 0.1 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Monounsaturated Fat (g) 448.9 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 449 28
Niacin (mg) 84.5 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 85 5
Pantothenic acid (mg) 4.7 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 5 0
Phosphorus (mg) 1,963.0 4.4 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 1,967 123
Polyunsaturated Fat (g) 102.7 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 103 6
Potassium (mg) 3,362.6 146.3 n/a 37.9 n/a n/a 3,547 222
Protein (g) 169.8 0.1 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 170 11
Retinol (mcg) 54.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 55 3
Riboflavin (mg) 4.4 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 4 0
Saturated Fat (g) 351.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 351 22
Selenium (mcg) 145.4 1.3 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 147 9
Sodium (mg) 581.6 30.8 n/a 113.7 n/a n/a 726 45
Sucrose n/a 104.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a 104 7
Sugar (g) 0.0 106.7 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 107 7
Theobromine (mg) 0.0 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Thiamin (mg) 7.2 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 7 0
Tocopherol, alpha (mg) 7.1 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 7 0
Tocopherol, beta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, delta (mg) 0.0 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0 0
Tocopherol, gamma (mg) 1.5 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 0
Total Fat (g) 963.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 964 60
Vitamin A, IU (IU) 181.8 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 182 11
Vitamin A, RAE (mcg) 54.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 55 3
Vitamin B-12 (mcg) 15.3 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 15 1
Vitamin B-6 (mg) 2.4 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 2 0
Vitamin C (mg) 5.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 5 0
Vitamin D n/a 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 0 0
Water (g) 667.8 1.5 n/a 3,785.0 n/a n/a 4,454 278
Zinc (mg) 18.5 0.0 n/a 0.0 n/a n/a 19 1

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