Lower Sodium Fully Cooked Kroger Bacon

[Stargazer93]

Kroger Brand: Fully Cooked Lower Sodium Bacon (hardwood smoked).

The ingredients read: Bacon (cured with water, salt, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrate).

 

I don't know what all this sodium stuff is...

[GlennR]

This is technically compliant. But read the Bacon Manifesto before you decide.

[ultrarunnergirl]

From the Bacon Manifesto, as GlennR mentioned above:

 

Quality Matters

 

Not all bacon is created equal. The vast majority (more than 90%, based on 2007 data) of the pork sold in the U.S. today comes from the factory farming system. This is the stuff you’ll find at your typical grocery store, from producers like Smithfield, Oscar Mayer, Hormel and Tyson. Pigs are arguably the most abused, poorly fed, sickly animals in the factory farming system. (Visit the Humane Society factory farming page for details on the inhumane treatment of pigs in our industrial food system.) And fatty cuts of pork from this system are perhaps the least healthy form of meat. Residues that accumulate as a result of the factory farming system (such as those from pesticides, feed additives and antibiotics) are often fat-soluble. This means these compounds are stored in the animal’s fatty tissues – and when we consume the fat from these animals, we are also ingesting these toxins. These residues can be hazardous to humans, and is dose-dependent (the more you consume, the greater the potential risk). Bacon is one of the fattiest cut of pork – which means bacon from the factory farming system contains a large potential “dose” of these unhealthy residues.

 

Summary: We cannot recommend consumption – even in “moderation” – of bacon from the factory farming system. If you want to enjoy bacon as part of your healthy, varied Paleo diet, please take the time to seek out a pastured, organic source.

[Stargazer93]

Ok, got it. Thanks!