Sales of nitrite-cured bacon have dropped significantly as consumers look to avoid the controversial additive over its links ...

Have you ever looked through the bacon selection at the grocery store and noticed that while most of the packages are labeled "cured," there are some that are labeled "uncured?" This has always ...

Sales of products made the traditional way dropped 7% in three months to 25 January while nitrite-free sales rose 20% ...

Nitrite-cured fresh bacon suffered a 7.3% drop in value and a 4.1% fall in volume over the 12 weeks ending 25 January 2026 vs the same period in 2025 ...

Last weekend, on a visit to San Francisco, I witnessed cookbook author and food writer Michael Ruhlman show a roomful of bloggers at the California Culinary Academy how to cure bacon. Yup, at home.

The most interesting takeaway from the current slump is that shoppers aren’t necessarily trading down to cheaper, lower-quality bacon,” said Finlay. “Instead, they are stepping away from the product ...

Bacon comes with an ultraprocessed health warning – but there is good bacon too - LET’S UNPACK THAT : Concerns about the connection between processed meat and cancer has been building for decades, but ...

Nitrate-cured bacon has seen a drop in sales in supermarkets, with campaigners attributing the fall to possible cancer fears ...