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Uncured Center Cut Bacon, Berkwood Farms, 40 oz. (2 lb. 8 oz.)

Contains turbinado sugar

Thick-cut pork bacon made with water, salt, turbinado sugar and celery powder. It is described as uncured, with no added nitrates except those naturally occurring in celery salt.

Seed-oil freeNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo natural flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo phosphatesNo gums or thickenersNo gluten ingredients
$32.92 40 oz · lowest price at Paisanos Butcher Shop
Price and stock checked Oct 31, 2026
Key nutrition facts

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Ingredients: PORK PREPARED WITH WATER, SALT, TURBINADO SUGAR, CELERY POWDER
63 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as processed meatLow confidence · Scored on 3 of 11 inputs, 1 claim verified
Nutrition facts not available. Scored on its ingredients, processing, sourcing and transparency; the Nutrition part is neutral until we can read the label.Your product? Claim this listing to add the label and it’s scored in full.
Nutrition · counts 20%50
Ingredients · counts 25%82
Processing · counts 25%60
Sourcing · counts 15%50
Transparency · counts 15%65
Why it scores 63
Nutrition 50 · No nutrition facts available; scored mid-range
Ingredients 82 · Celery powder or juice (natural nitrite) (additive, −10); Turbinado, 4th ingredient (added sugar, −8); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 60 · Bacon made with pork, water, salt, turbinado sugar and celery powder
Sourcing 50 · The pork's origin and raising practices aren't stated
Transparency 65 · Complete ingredient list; no specific pork origin or raising claims
Contains turbinado sugar
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Strong evidence−8 for turbinado
Varies by additive−10 for celery powder or juice
Scored Oct 20, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
PORK PREPARED WITH WATER SALT TURBINADO SUGAR CELERY POWDER
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Sourcing

Our uncured bacon was voted Best Bacon and People’s Choice consecutive years from 2012-2013 at Keystone, Colorado’s Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival. It was also voted best bacon in 2014 at the Blue Ribbon Bacon Festival in Des Moines, Iowa. Berkwood Farms’ thick-cut bacon is uncured with no added nitrates, except those that natural occur in celery salt. The pork bellies are inj

Additives2 additives · 1 moderate risk
Celery powder or juice (natural nitrite)Curing agentModerate risk
A natural source of nitrite: it cures meat the same way as sodium nitrite, even when the label says “uncured”.
Added sugarSugarLimited risk
Added sugar; the WHO and the US Dietary Guidelines advise keeping added sugars under 10% of daily calories.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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