Thick Sliced Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon

Breakdown

Processed · 2 ingredients to avoid

Great Value Thick Sliced Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon scores 71/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 8g protein and 0g sugar. 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.

Great Value Thick Sliced Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon lists 6 ingredients, starting with Pork Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphate and Sodium Erythorbate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

120 kcal per serving, or 500 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Great Value Thick Sliced Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 71/100 Great Value Thick Sliced Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon sits in our top band, among the better fresh meat we have scored. A higher-scoring option in fresh meat is Simply Nature Organic Ground Beef at 100/100.