Fully Cooked Original Bacon

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 ingredients to avoid

Hormel Black Label Fully Cooked Original Bacon scores 50/100 on Tallow — our okay 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, 5g protein and 1g 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.

Hormel Black Label Fully Cooked Original Bacon lists 7 ingredients, starting with Cured With Water, Sugar, Salt, Smoke Flavoring and Sodium Phosphate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

80 kcal per serving, or 471 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Hormel Black Label Fully Cooked Original Bacon on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 50/100 Hormel Black Label Fully Cooked Original Bacon lands mid-scale — below the typical score in prepared meals, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in prepared meals is Amylu Organic Chicken Meatballs at 97/100.