John Gordon’s Bacon grease

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Bacon Up John Gordon’s Bacon grease scores 15/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Bacon Up John Gordon’s Bacon grease lists 14 ingredients, starting with Rendered Bacon Fat, Salt, Sea Salt, Potassium Chloride and Sugar. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 15/100 Bacon Up John Gordon’s Bacon grease scores worse than most oils & vinegars we have scored. A higher-scoring option in oils & vinegars is Blueprint Extra Virgin Olive Oil at 100/100.