countrygirl Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 I was looking at the uncured bacon at Trader Joe's yesterday, and some of them had added sugar, but a few did not. I'm a little confused about whether or not bacon is allowed on whole30 or not. I read something on NomNom Paleo about how much she misses bacon on her whole30, but I'm not sure why it wouldn't be allowed as long as it does not contain any bad ingredients. I was not, however, able to find any organic bacon. So would the Trader Joe's uncured, non-organic, but "natural" bacon with no sugar, carrageegan, etc. Be whole 30 approved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJB Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Bacon is definitely allowed, as long as it doesn't have those ingredients. Most of us have a terrible time finding any bacon without sugar, and personally I'm not willing to pay the prices at US Wellness. I hadn't checked Trader Joe's! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Tom Denham Posted April 28, 2013 Moderators Share Posted April 28, 2013 I bought Whole30-compliant bacon at Trader Joe's several years ago and then it disappeared for so long that I quit looking. It seems that compliant bacon is turning up on store shelves again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countrygirl Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Awesome! I'm going to give it a try! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Strathdee Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 countrygirl - make sure you're reading the ingredients list, not just the nutrition information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beets Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 I read, in ISWF I believe, that bacon is pretty much the worst cut of feedlot meat. Because it's so fat-dense, bacon will be full of whatever toxins the animal had been exposed to, and whatever biological remnants of stress, disease, etc., were created during its lifetime. I'd personally skip factory-farmed bacon even if it was sugar-free and preservative-free. I love bacon as much as the next red-blooded human--and have been known to eat half a pound standing over a cookie sheet--but to me it wouldn't be worth it. I never pulled it together for a US Wellness order and, on Day 29, haven't really missed it. Do I want to eat some? Yeah. But not *that* badly. There are way more nutritious meats you can enjoy, grass-fed or pastured or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan W Posted April 30, 2013 Share Posted April 30, 2013 There is a Bacon Manifesto that the Hartwigs wrote. It's really good. I now only use it as a condiment or flavoring. I still make my own from grass fed happy hogs but after curing, I cut it into 4-6 oz chunks and freeze them separately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrusso09 Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 No sugar in this one! http://thebaconreview.blogspot.com/2011/10/trader-joes-uncured-apple-smoked-bacon.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rozamu Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 . . . but turbinado sugar is listed in the ingredients . . . so it's out for a Whole30 and has sugar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjosey77 Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 . . . but turbinado sugar is listed in the ingredients . . . so it's out for a Whole30 and has sugar Whole foods has bacon with no nitrates/nitrites and no sugar. Pederson's is the brand. Its really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Griffiths Posted November 22, 2013 Share Posted November 22, 2013 Nitrates aren't a problem, it's sulphites you need to avoid. And sugar, obviously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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