butter vs bacon grease

Question
Which one of these is worse for your body... bacon grease or butter? Or is there any difference? Please explain. Thanks!

Answer
Hi Frances,

While there are better alternatives to both of these for cooking, bacon grease is actually better for you than butter.

Lets compare 100 grams of each:

Total Fat
Bacon Grease: 99g
Salted Butter: 81g

Saturated Fat
Bacon Grease: 39g
Salted Butter: 51g

Cholesterol
Bacon Grease: 95mg
Salted Butter: 215mg

Sodium
Bacon Grease: 150mg
Salted Butter: 576mg

You can see that, while bacon grease has more fat, it has less of the fat proven to clog arteries (Sat Fat). Bacon grease wins in every other category.

I hope that answers your question,

Dan

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