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Pork Bacon or Lardon

Cured pork belly cut into strips or small pieces and used to add savory flavor and rendered fat to dishes.

Pork Bacon or Lardon — illustrative ingredient image

About Pork Bacon or Lardon

Pork bacon or lardon refers here to cured pork, typically from the belly, cut into strips or small pieces for cooking. Strips are used for breakfast foods, sandwiches, and toppings, while lardons are added to soups, vegetables, pasta, braises, sauces, and fillings.

It is generally pink to red with white fat and has a salty, savory flavor. Smoked versions are often smoky. Frying renders fat and develops crisp edges, while thickness and piece size affect the balance of browned surface, meat, and soft fat.

Products may be smoked or unsmoked and may differ in curing, rind, fat-to-meat ratio, and whether they are sold raw or ready to eat. Preparation changes the texture from raw and firm to browned and crisp, with rendered fat retained in the pan or absorbed by the dish.

Ingredient type
whole food

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English

bacon

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Pork Bacon or Lardon nutrition & diet

Pork Bacon or Lardon nutritional value

Pork, cured, bacon, unprepared

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded food form.

Calories
393kcal
Protein
13.7g
Carbs
0.0g
Fat
37.1g

Reference values for the specific food form shown. Other varieties, brands and preparations can differ.

Portions & preparation

Identify whether the product is sliced bacon or diced lardon, and whether it is raw, cured, smoked, or cooked. Drainage and rendering can substantially change the portion eaten. Use the cooked pieces, rendered fat, or both according to the actual dish rather than treating them as interchangeable.

Compare the right form: Match a reference to the exact cured pork belly form: raw or cooked bacon, sliced strips or diced lardons, with or without rendered fat.

Diet considerations

This is animal-derived pork and is not suitable for vegetarian or vegan patterns. Curing, smoking, flavorings, and coatings can change compatibility, especially when sugar, cereal ingredients, or other animal-derived additions are present. Dishes containing bacon or lardons may also include eggs, dairy, sauces, or grains.

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

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    Not established
  • Vegetarian
    Not established
  • Pescatarian
    Not established
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    Not established
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Vegetarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Pescatarian · Not established
The available profile does not establish the full composition or processing for this dietary pattern.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · Not established
The ingredient form and processing have not been assessed against this dietary pattern.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

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

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Pork, cured, bacon, unprepared ↗. 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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