Bacon

Breakdown

5 ingredients to avoid

Oscar Mayer Bacon scores 36/100 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.

Oscar Mayer Bacon lists 13 ingredients, starting with Pork, Water, Salt, Sugar and Sodium Nitrite. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 36/100 Oscar Mayer Bacon scores worse than most 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.