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Sliced bacon, from least to most processed

We track 13 sliced bacon, 46% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Old Fashioned Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon.

What makes sliced bacon ultra-processed

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

Unprocessed or minimally processed (1)

  1. 1 Old Fashioned Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon John F Martin & Sons 1

Processed food (6)

  1. 2 Uncured Applewood Smoked Bacon Trader Joe's · 12 oz (340 g) 3
  2. 3 Thick Sliced Center Cut Bacon Costco Wholesale Corporation · 3 lb (48 oz) 1.36 kg 3
  3. 4 Thick Sliced Bacon Great Value · 1lb 3
  4. 5 Bacon Thick Cut Smithfield · 16 oz 3
  5. 6 Applewood Thick Cut Bacon Wright · 1.5 lbs 3
  6. 7 Bacon Kirkland Signature · 16 oz 3

Ultra-processed food (6)

  1. 8 Uncured Canadian Bacon Jones · 24 oz 4
  2. 9 Bacon HKScan · 420 g (3 x 140 g) 4
  3. 10 Original Bacon Hormel Black Label · 16 oz 4
  4. 11 Thick Cut Bacon Hormel Black Label · 16 oz 4
  5. 12 Bacon skivat Garant · 140 g 4
  6. 13 Skivat Bacon Coop · 350g x 3 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.