waitrose Free range unsmoked streaky bacon

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1 ingredient to avoid

waitrose Free range unsmoked streaky bacon scores 83/100 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.

waitrose Free range unsmoked streaky bacon lists 5 ingredients, starting with Pork Belly, Sea Salt, Potassium Nitrate, Sodium Nitrite and Sodium Ascorbate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 83/100 waitrose Free range unsmoked streaky 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.