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Back bacon, from least to most processed

We track 22 back bacon, 5% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Spoilt pig bacon.

What makes back bacon ultra-processed

The signs of ultra-processing found most often, and the share of back bacon that contain each:

Processed food (21)

  1. 1 Spoilt pig bacon Spoilt pig · 184 g 3
  2. 2 Organic Free Range Dry Cured British Back Bacon 3
  3. 3 Oak smoked bacon Sainsbury's · 240g 3
  4. 4 Wiltshire Cured Back Bacon Medallions Tesco Finest · 200g 3
  5. 5 10 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Marks & Spencers · 300g 3
  6. 6 outdoor bred black treacle bacon The Jolly Hog · 300g 3
  7. 7 Back Bacon Rashers Sainsbury's · 300g 3
  8. 8 Bacon J.James 3
  9. 9 Smoked Back Bacon Oakhurst · 300 g 3
  10. 10 Unsmoked Back Bacon Aldi · 300 g 3
  11. 11 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Waitrose · 250 g 3
  12. 12 Smoked Back Bacon Lidl · 300g 3
  13. 13 10 Unsmoked Back Bacon Rashers Tesco · 300g 3
  14. 14 Smoked Back Bacon Aldi · 250 g 3
  15. 15 Dry Cured Outdoor Bred British Bacon Rashers Taste the Difference · 220 g 3
  16. 16 Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Co-op · 230 3
  17. 17 Dry Cured Back Bacon TESCO finest · 240g 3
  18. 18 10" Unsmoked Back Bacon Rashers ASDA Delicious 3
  19. 19 British Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Tesco · 10 (300g) 3
  20. 20 Unsmoked back Bacon Rashers Coop · 230 g 3
  21. 21 British Outdoor Bred Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon M&S Collection · 220 g 3

Ultra-processed food (1)

  1. 22 unsmoked back bacon rashers Finnebrogue · 200g 4

Within each group, products with fewer signs of ultra-processing, additives and ingredients come first. This ordering is ours, for comparison; it is not part of NOVA.