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Pancetta

Pancetta is salt-cured pork belly commonly diced or sliced to flavor pasta, soups, sauces, and braises.

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About Pancetta

Pancetta is pork belly that has been dry-cured with salt and commonly seasoned with spices before maturing. It is used as a cured pork ingredient, commonly diced or sliced to flavour pasta sauces, soups, braises, vegetables, fillings, and other preparations.

Pancetta is firm, fatty, and savoury, with a pink-and-white appearance from alternating lean meat and fat. Its texture changes with curing and cooking: thin slices may become crisp, while diced pieces can release fat and provide a softer, richly seasoned component.

It may be sold flat, rolled, in a slab, or already sliced or diced. Cooking renders some of its visible fat and can brown or crisp the lean portions; thin slices may be cooked until crisp. Curing duration, seasoning, shape, and serving practice vary by product and regional style.

Ingredient type
whole food

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Pancetta nutrition & diet

Pancetta nutritional value

Reference: Pancetta, dry-cured rolled pork belly

Per 100 g of the edible portion of the explicitly named reference food.

Calories
349kcal
Protein
20.2g
Carbs
2.5g
Fat
28.8g

Per 100 g edible portion. ANSES Ciqual 2025; energy and protein follow EU Regulation 1169/2011 (protein = nitrogen × 6.25); carbohydrate excludes fibre. Values describe this food form, not every brand or recipe. Reused under the Etalab Open Licence 2.0: https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence/.

Portions & preparation

Use a reference matching salt-cured pork belly, distinguishing raw cured, cooked, diced, sliced, smoked, or otherwise seasoned pancetta. Portion and preparation matter because rendered fat may be retained or drained, while the final dish can add oil, salt, starch, cheese, vegetables, or sauces.

Compare the right form: Match pork-belly pancetta in the exact cured, smoked or unsmoked, raw or cooked, sliced or diced form used.

Diet considerations

Pancetta is animal-derived pork and is not a plant ingredient. Compatibility changes with curing ingredients, smoke flavorings, coatings, or added sugars, and with the recipe in which it is used. Dishes may also contain dairy, eggs, cereal pasta, breadcrumbs, or other animal products, producing different portion-dependent carbohydrate patterns.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Typically incompatible
  • Vegetarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Pescatarian
    Typically incompatible
  • Keto
    May be compatible
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    May be compatible
  • Halal
    Typically incompatible
  • Kosher
    Typically incompatible
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Typically incompatible
The ingredient profile identifies an animal-derived food or derivative.
Vegetarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies animal flesh, seafood or a derivative excluded by a vegetarian diet.
Pescatarian · Typically incompatible
The profile identifies land-animal meat or a derivative, which is excluded by this pescatarian definition.
Keto · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Paleo · May be compatible
May fit a paleo pattern, depending on the cut or form, processing and added ingredients.
Low-carb · May be compatible
The plain form may fit a carbohydrate-restricted diet. Check the portion, added sugar, coatings and sauces against the nutrition values above.
Halal · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient.
Kosher · Typically incompatible
This profile identifies pork or a pork-derived ingredient.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

Reviewed ingredient entryIngredient reference · Preparations vary

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: ANSES Ciqual 2025 — Pancetta ou poitrine roulée sèche ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

Expanded overview, name examples and nutrition notes are database drafts awaiting editorial review. Numeric nutrition values, where shown, have their own source and food-form reference.

The ingredient description and dish connections come from the draft catalogue and may change after review.

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