Boone’s analysis puts the Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger at 44% of an adult’s daily calories, 136% of the daily salt limit for a child aged 4 to 6 and 1.8 teaspoons of free sugar.
How many calories are in a Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger? It contains 870 kcal, 55g of fat (24g saturated), 8.8g of sugar and 4.07g of salt, one of the higher-calorie items on the menu.
Use the Boone meal calculator to build a full order rather than view this item on its own. Add your toppings, fries and a shake, then choose your age and sex for a more accurate view of how a Bacon Cheeseburger fits into a day. The published figure has no toppings, so adding them matters.
A Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger contains 870 kcal, which is 44% of the 2,000 kcal adult daily reference intake. It provides 55g of total fat, of which 24g is saturated, 8.8g of sugar, 4.07g of salt, 56g of protein and 3.5g of fibre.
The saturated fat content of 24g represents 120% of the adult daily guideline of 20g.
Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger is assembled from 4 separately prepared components. Across the whole item the ingredient list names acidity regulators, anti-caking agents, antioxidants, colours, emulsifiers, emulsifying salts, flavourings, flour treatment agents, preservatives, protein isolates and stabilisers. None of these add nutritional value. They exist to make the item survive industrial production, storage and transport.
Every topping at Five Guys is free, and none of them are counted in the published figure for the Bacon Cheeseburger. That figure is the burger with no toppings at all. Ordered all the way, the 8 standard toppings add 169 kcal, 1.38g of salt and 3.7g of free sugar, taking the Bacon Cheeseburger to 1039 kcal and 5.45g of salt.
Most of that comes from one topping. Mayonnaise alone is 113 kcal, two thirds of the all the way total, while the salad toppings add very little. Pickles and hot sauce carry the most salt per serving. Use the calculator above to add the toppings you actually order.
Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger contains 7.2g of free sugar per standard serving (1.8 teaspoons). Moderate sugar
The NHS free sugar limit is 30g per day for adults, 24g for children aged 7 to 10, and 19g for children aged 4 to 6. Free sugar excludes the sugars naturally present in milk and whole fruit. The table below shows how this compares across all age groups.
Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger contains 4.07g of salt per standard serving. High salt
Children have lower salt limits: 3g per day for ages 4 to 6, 5g for ages 7 to 10. The table below shows how this serving compares to daily limits for adults and children.
Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger contains 870 kcal per standard serving. Moderate calorie share
Daily calorie needs vary by age and sex. The table below shows how this serving compares to typical daily reference intakes.
Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger contains 24g of saturated fat per standard serving. High saturated fat
The saturated fat guideline is 20g a day for women and 30g for men, and lower again for children. The table below shows how this serving compares.
Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger contains 3.5g of fibre per standard serving. Some fibre
Fibre is the one figure here that is a target to reach rather than a limit to stay under. UK guidance is 30g a day for adults, 25g for ages 11 to 17, 20g for ages 7 to 10 and 15g for ages 4 to 6. Most people in the UK fall well short. The table below shows how much of a day’s fibre this serving provides.
A Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger contains at least 37 distinct ingredients: 19 raw and 18 manufactured. Ordered all the way + fries + a vanilla shake that reaches 68, of which 32 are manufactured. Raw means something you could buy and cook with at home; manufactured means a substance that only exists as an output of industrial processing.
Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger is assembled from 4 separately prepared components.
Five Guys Bacon Cheeseburger contains wheat, sesame, soya, milk and eggs. It is prepared in kitchens where fries are cooked in peanut oil and peanuts are served loose.