Animal / meat
Cooked bacon beef
USDA description: Beef, bacon, cooked
How cooked bacon beef scores for gout, what moved that score, and the nutrition and portions behind it.
Food Index score
Cooked bacon beefCaution
| Starting score | 100 |
| Purine Load | -17.4 |
| Saturated Fat | -12 |
| Calorie Density | -10 |
| Sodium | -8 |
| Nutrient Gaps | -6 |
| Heme Iron | -3.8 |
| 2 smaller factors | +0.8 |
| Final score | 44 |
Cooked bacon beef scores 44 out of 100 and sits in the caution band. Ranks toward the higher-risk end. Many people choose to keep portions smaller and less frequent.
Penalties took 57.2 points off a starting score of 100, and protective factors added 0.8 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 Fat34.4 g
- Saturated Fat14.3 g
- Sodium1500 mg
- Dietary Fiber0 g
- Total Sugars0 g
- Protein31.3 g
- Calcium9 mg
- Iron3.1 mg
- Magnesium27 mg
- Vitamin C0 mg
- Folate8 ug
- Water26.2 g
- Alcohol0 g
- Omega-3 EPA0 g
- Omega-3 DHA0 g
Common portions
- 1 oz, cooked28 g
- 1 oz, raw (yield after cooking)9 g
- 1 slice, cooked (approx .8 oz, raw)7 g
- 1 cup, pieces84 g
- Quantity not specified13 g
- Guideline amount if topping8 g
- Guideline amount on regular sandwichtypical16 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
- -12Long-term
Saturated FatLong-term
14.35 g of saturated fat per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Juraschek SP 2016, Arthritis Rheumatol · Yokose C 2021, Curr Opin Rheumatol
- -10Long-term
Calorie DensityLong-term
449 kcal per 100 g, above the 80 kcal energy-density threshold.
Evidence: Aune D 2014, Eur J Nutr
- -8Long-term
SodiumLong-term
1500 mg of sodium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: FitzGerald JD 2020, Arthritis Care Res
- -6Long-term
Nutrient GapsLong-term
Provides meaningful amounts of only 2 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
- -3.8Long-term
Heme IronLong-term
3.14 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
- +0.7Long-term
MagnesiumLong-term
27 mg of magnesium per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Li X 2015, BMJ
- +0.1Long-term
FolateLong-term
8 µg of folate per 100 g, with no portion adjustment.
Evidence: Lyu LC 2017, Am J Clin Nutr
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Common questions
About cooked bacon beef
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Each score lists the factors that moved it, the portion it assumes, and the studies behind each factor's weight.