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Bacon, from least to most processed

We track 109 bacon, 36% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Old Fashioned Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon.

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What makes bacon ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (2)

  1. 1 Old Fashioned Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon John F Martin & Sons 1
  2. 2 No Sugar Uncured Turkey Bacon Applegate · 12 oz 1

Processed food (68)

  1. 3 Ekologiskt Bacon Tulip · 6 slices/100g 3
  2. 4 Cured Bacon Applegate · 8 oz 3
  3. 5 Uncured Applewood Smoked Bacon Trader Joe's · 12 oz (340 g) 3
  4. 6 Riced Cauliflower Stir Fry Trader Joe's · 105g 3
  5. 7 Outdoor Bred Smoked Back Bacon The Jolly Hog 3
  6. 8 Original Bacon Oscar Mayer · 1 pound 3
  7. 9 Smoked Back Bacon Spoilt Pig · 184 g 3
  8. 10 Spoilt pig bacon Spoilt pig · 184 g 3
  9. 11 Bacon Kirkland · 16 oz 3
  10. 12 Organic Free Range Dry Cured British Back Bacon 3
  11. 13 Smoked Bacon Sainsbury's · 1 x 5 ml 3
  12. 14 Wiltshire Cured Back Bacon Medallions Tesco Finest · 200g 3
  13. 15 Hickory Thick Cut Bacon Wright Brand · 24 oz 3
  14. 16 Thick Sliced Center Cut Bacon Costco Wholesale Corporation · 3 lb (48 oz) 1.36 kg 3
  15. 17 10 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Marks & Spencers · 300g 3
  16. 18 Thick Sliced Bacon Great Value · 1lb 3
  17. 19 Center Cut Bacon Appleton Farms · 12 oz 3
  18. 20 Bacon Naturligt Bokvedsrökt - 5-Pack Tulip · 125g x 5 3
  19. 21 Bacon Crumbles Kirkland Signature · 20 oz 3
  20. 22 Bacon Thick Cut Smithfield · 16 oz 3
  21. 23 Bacon Smithfield · 1 pound 3
  22. 24 Applewood Thick Cut Bacon Wright · 1.5 lbs 3
  23. 25 Center Cut Bacon American · 12 oz 3
  24. 26 Original Bacon Skivor Tulip · 125 g 3
  25. 27 Unsmoked Rashers Jolly hog · 200g (6 rashers) 3
  26. 28 12 oak & beech smoked dry cured streaky bacon rashes 3
  27. 29 Smoked Bacon Lardons Tesco · 2 x 100 g 3
  28. 30 Bacon Kirkland Signature · 16 oz 3
  29. 31 Back Bacon Rashers Sainsbury's · 300g 3
  30. 32 Bacon J.James 3
  31. 33 Smoked Back Bacon Oakhurst · 300 g 3
  32. 34 Unsmoked Back Bacon Aldi · 300 g 3
  33. 35 oak smoked outdoor bred British bacon lardons Sainsbury's · 160 g 3
  34. 36 Smoked Back Bacon Morrisons · 300 g 3
  35. 37 Lean Bacon Unsmoked Oakhurst · 250 g 3
  36. 38 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Waitrose · 250 g 3
  37. 39 10 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Tesco 3
  38. 40 Smoked Back Bacon Lidl · 300g 3
  39. 41 Thick Cut Back Bacon Birchwood · 360g 3
  40. 42 10 Unsmoked Back Bacon Rashers Tesco · 300g 3

Showing the first 40 of 68. The narrower categories above, or search, find the rest.

Ultra-processed food (39)

  1. 71 6 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Finnebrogue · 6 smoked rashers, 200g 4
  2. 72 Uncured Canadian Bacon Jones · 24 oz 4
  3. 73 Italian Diced Pancetta INSPIRED TO COOK by Sainsbury's · 206g 4
  4. 74 unsmoked back bacon rashers Finnebrogue · 200g 4
  5. 75 Naked Bacon Finnebrogue Artisan 4
  6. 76 Made without nitrates 8 Unsmoked British Back Bacon Rashers Waitrose 4
  7. 77 12 Smoked British Streaky Bacon Rashers Waitrose 4
  8. 78 6 unsmoked bacon rashers M&S · 200 g 4
  9. 79 nitrate free bacon Naked · 12 rashers 200g 4
  10. 80 6 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Finnebrogue Naked · 200 g 4
  11. 81 12 Smoked Streaky Bacon Naked · 200g 4
  12. 82 Bacon HKScan · 420 g (3 x 140 g) 4
  13. 83 Bacon Pärsons · 3x125g 4
  14. 84 Bacon Scan · 140 g 4
  15. 85 Tärnat Bacon Scan Scan · 140 g 4
  16. 86 Bacon Strimlad Scan 4
  17. 87 Fully Cooked Bacon Crumbles Kirkland 4
  18. 88 Bacon Skivspill Gudruns · 600 g 4
  19. 89 Svenskt Bacon Gudruns · 140 g 4
  20. 90 Hamburgerbacon Ica · 140 g 4
  21. 91 ICA Bacon tärnad ICA · 140 g 4
  22. 92 Uncured Canadian Bacon Appleton Farms · 6 oz 4
  23. 93 Bauchspeck Würfel Dulano · 125g 4
  24. 94 Tärnat Bacon Coop · 140 g 4
  25. 95 Original Bacon Hormel Black Label · 16 oz 4
  26. 96 Thick Cut Bacon Hormel Black Label · 16 oz 4
  27. 97 Bacon skivat Garant · 140 g 4
  28. 98 Skivat Bacon Coop · 350g x 3 4
  29. 99 Ojämna Skivor Bacon Charkuteri Fabriken · 713 g 4
  30. 100 Shoulder Bacon Beehive · 200 g 4
  31. 101 Turkey Bacon Original Oscar Mayer · 12 Oz 4
  32. 102 Lean smoked diced bacon Asda · 2 x 155 g 4
  33. 103 Grillbacon Oravais · 500 g 4
  34. 104 Färdig Nöt Bacon av Rasbosksp Tamminen · 130 g 4
  35. 105 Chicken & Bacon with black pepper mayo on malted bread Sainsbury's 4
  36. 106 SMART BACON Plant-Based Bacon Lightlife · 5 oz 4
  37. 107 Bacon Rashers Tesco freeFROM · 150g 4
  38. 108 Turkey Rashers Mattessons · 150 g 4
  39. 109 No pork streaky bacon rashers Plant Menu · 180 g 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.