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Smoked bacon, from least to most processed

We track 26 smoked bacon, 8% of them ultra-processed. The least processed is Ekologiskt Bacon.

What makes smoked bacon ultra-processed

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

Processed food (24)

  1. 1 Ekologiskt Bacon Tulip · 6 slices/100g 3
  2. 2 Uncured Applewood Smoked Bacon Trader Joe's · 12 oz (340 g) 3
  3. 3 Outdoor Bred Smoked Back Bacon The Jolly Hog 3
  4. 4 Original Bacon Oscar Mayer · 1 pound 3
  5. 5 Smoked Back Bacon Spoilt Pig · 184 g 3
  6. 6 Smoked Bacon Sainsbury's · 1 x 5 ml 3
  7. 7 Hickory Thick Cut Bacon Wright Brand · 24 oz 3
  8. 8 Applewood Thick Cut Bacon Wright · 1.5 lbs 3
  9. 9 Original Bacon Skivor Tulip · 125 g 3
  10. 10 Smoked Bacon Lardons Tesco · 2 x 100 g 3
  11. 11 Smoked Back Bacon Oakhurst · 300 g 3
  12. 12 oak smoked outdoor bred British bacon lardons Sainsbury's · 160 g 3
  13. 13 Smoked Back Bacon Morrisons · 300 g 3
  14. 14 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Waitrose · 250 g 3
  15. 15 10 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Tesco 3
  16. 16 Smoked Back Bacon Lidl · 300g 3
  17. 17 Smoked Back Bacon Aldi · 250 g 3
  18. 18 Dry Cured Outdoor Bred British Bacon Rashers Taste the Difference · 220 g 3
  19. 19 Butcher's Selection Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Asda 3
  20. 20 Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Co-op · 230 3
  21. 21 Smoked Bacon Lardons Oakhurst · 200g 3
  22. 22 British Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Tesco · 10 (300g) 3
  23. 23 Smoked streaky bacon Birchwood · 300g 3
  24. 24 British Outdoor Bred Dry Cured Smoked Back Bacon M&S Collection · 220 g 3

Ultra-processed food (2)

  1. 25 6 Smoked Back Bacon Rashers Finnebrogue Naked · 200 g 4
  2. 26 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.