Animal fat, bacon grease - How Many Calories?

What does the bacon grease reference describe?

This USDA record describes fat rendered from pork bacon. The Turkish page name uses “pastırma yağı,” but the reference is not fat from Turkish beef pastırma. Bacon grease provides 897 kcal and 99.5 grams of fat per 100 grams, so even small differences in weight affect the calculation.

Calories in a teaspoon

The USDA reference teaspoon weighs 4.3 grams and provides 39 kcal. A weighed 10-gram amount provides 90 kcal. Spoon shapes and fill levels vary; weighing the fat is more useful when you need a precise amount. The 100-gram table is a comparison basis, not a suggested cooking quantity.

Saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium

The source reports about 39 grams of saturated fat, 95 mg of cholesterol and 150 mg of sodium per 100 grams. At 10 grams, those amounts are approximately 3.9 grams, 9.5 mg and 15 mg. This generic reference cannot establish the salt content of every batch of homemade drippings; bacon formulation and retained meat particles can change it.

How to include it in a recipe calculation

When adding separately collected grease to another dish, include the grams used in the recipe total. If your bacon calculation already includes the consumed drippings, avoid counting the same fat twice. Discarding the pan fat and adding it to the meal require different calculations because the amount actually eaten differs. People avoiding pork should check the ingredient’s source.

This page does not establish a storage period or endorse repeated deep-frying with the fat. Its teaspoon weight has not been transferred to lard, beef tallow or other rendered fats. The goose-fat recipe portion example demonstrates the same accounting method for a different fat, whose nutrient values remain separate.

Sources

Sources: USDA SR28 / 04609.