H-E-B Hickory Smoked Dry Cured Center Cut Bacon

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1 ingredient to avoid

H-E-B Hickory Smoked Dry Cured Center Cut Bacon scores 86/100 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. 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.

H-E-B Hickory Smoked Dry Cured Center Cut Bacon lists 5 ingredients, starting with Pork, Salt, Brown Sugar, Black Pepper and Sodium Nitrite. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 86/100 H-E-B Hickory Smoked Dry Cured Center Cut Bacon sits in our top band, among the better deli & cured meats we have scored. A higher-scoring option in deli & cured meats is Simply Nature Organic Uncured Beef Hot Dogs at 100/100.