Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon

Breakdown

Processed · 2 ingredients to avoid

Oscar Mayer Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon scores 67/100 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 6g protein. 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 Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon lists 6 ingredients, starting with Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates and Sodium Ascorbate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

50 kcal per serving, or 265 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Oscar Mayer Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 67/100 Oscar Mayer Naturally Hardwood Smoked Bacon lands mid-scale — below the typical score in fresh meat, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in fresh meat is Simply Nature Organic Ground Beef at 100/100.