Is Kirkland Fully Cooked Bacon Crumbles ultra-processed?

Bacon Sold in the United States

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Flavouring

13 ingredients
2 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed bacon

No Sugar Uncured Turkey Bacon Applegate 6 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 1
Old Fashioned Hickory Smoked Sliced Bacon John F Martin & Sons 1 ingredient · no additives NOVA group 1
Riced Cauliflower Stir Fry Trader Joe's 5 ingredients · no additives NOVA group 3
Original Bacon Oscar Mayer 6 ingredients · 1 additive NOVA group 3

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

pork, water, salt (processing marker), sugars (processing marker) (sugar, brown sugar), sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, potassium chloride, smoke flavour (ultra-processing marker), sodium nitrite (processing marker), smoke, ro

Additives: E250 Sodium nitrite , E316 Sodium erythorbate

As written on the pack

pork, water, salt, sugars (sugar, brown sugar), sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, potassium chloride, smoke flavour, sodium nitrite, smoke. ro

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

E250 Sodium nitrite Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 109 bacon

From least to most processed, this one ranks 87th. 36% of the bacon here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 109 bacon, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0096619881628, last edited 27 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.