Animal / meat
Cooked reduced sodium bacon
USDA description: Bacon, NS as to type of meat, reduced sodium, cooked
How cooked reduced sodium bacon scores for gout, what moved that score, and the nutrition and portions behind it.
Food Index score
Cooked reduced sodium baconModerate
| Starting score | 100 |
| Purine Load | -17.4 |
| Saturated Fat | -10 |
| Sodium | -8 |
| Calorie Density | -4.9 |
| Nutrient Gaps | -4 |
| Vitamin C | +2.4 |
| 3 smaller factors | -0.3 |
| Final score | 58 |
Cooked reduced sodium bacon scores 58 out of 100 and sits in the moderate band. Middle of the range. Portion size and how often you eat it matter more here.
Penalties took 45.2 points off a starting score of 100, and protective factors added 3 back. Every factor is listed in full below.
Scores run 0–100, where higher means more gout-friendly on average. They reflect relative ranking across foods, not a personal risk level. The same food can suit one person and not another, so use the score as a starting point for a conversation with your clinician.
The underlying data
Nutrition and portions
Nutrition Facts
- Total Fat20 g
- Saturated Fat6.7 g
- Sodium900 mg
- Dietary Fiber0 g
- Total Sugars0 g
- Protein13.3 g
- Calcium10 mg
- Iron0.72 mg
- Magnesium19 mg
- Vitamin C24 mg
- Folate6 ug
- Water58.9 g
- Alcohol0 g
- Omega-3 EPA0 g
- Omega-3 DHA0 g
Common portions
- 1 thin slice (yield after cooking)5 g
- 1 medium slice (yield after cooking)8 g
- 1 thick slice (yield after cooking)typical12 g
- 1 oz, raw (yield after cooking)8 g
- 1 oz, cooked28 g
- 1 cup, pieces80 g
- Guideline amount if topping8 g
- Guideline amount on regular sandwich16 g
Where the purine figure comes from
No direct purine measurement has been published for this food, so the score uses the measured median for its category (bacon).
We rate this a good confidence estimate.
How purines affect the score →Nutrition values from the USDA FoodData Central database.
Scoring rationale
Every factor, in full
Each row shows the points a factor moved, what drove it, and the studies behind its weight.
- -17.4Flare risk
Purine LoadFlare risk
125 mg of purines per 100 g, weighted 1x as an animal source and 1.0x for the typical portion: 125 mg effective.
Evidence: Choi HK 2004, N Engl J Med · Kaneko K 2014, Biol Pharm Bull · Zhang Y 2012, Ann Rheum Dis
- -10Long-term
Saturated FatLong-term
6.67 g of saturated fat per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Yokose C 2021, Curr Opin Rheumatol
- -8Long-term
SodiumLong-term
900 mg of sodium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: FitzGerald JD 2020, Arthritis Care Res
- -4.9Long-term
Calorie DensityLong-term
253 kcal per 100 g, above the 80 kcal energy-density threshold.
Evidence: Aune D 2014, Eur J Nutr
- -4Long-term
Nutrient GapsLong-term
Provides meaningful amounts of only 3 of the 5 protective nutrient groups (vitamin C, fiber, omega-3, magnesium and folate).
Evidence: Choi HK 2009, Arch Intern Med · Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Zhang M 2019, Arthritis Rheumatol
- +2.4Long-term
Vitamin CLong-term
24 mg of vitamin C per 100 g, with no portion adjustment. Vitamin C helps the kidneys excrete urate.
Evidence: Choi HK 2009, Arch Intern Med · Juraschek SP 2011, Arthritis Care Res
- -0.9Long-term
Heme IronLong-term
0.72 mg of iron per 100 g, of which about 60% is heme iron in animal foods, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Li R 2018, Asia Pac J Clin Nutr
- +0.5Long-term
MagnesiumLong-term
19 mg of magnesium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Li X 2015, BMJ
- +0.1Long-term
FolateLong-term
6 µg of folate per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Lyu LC 2017, Am J Clin Nutr
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