I will happily go to PnP and make a list of the brands tomorrow, dont have any bacon in my freezer atm. The reason I posted this was to find out more about the additives, whether its a positive or negative.
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How much pork in bacon?
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I will happily go to PnP and make a list of the brands tomorrow, dont have any bacon in my freezer atm. The reason I posted this was to find out more about the additives, whether its a positive or negative.
Other Pineapple Smurf
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Who cares, it was tasty - I stopped caring about MSG in my food
True and flippin cheap. Shame they increased the price.
Anony-mousse
Expert Member
I don't think that MSG in normal quantities is a health threat. Everything must be balanced. As long as you don't live off Aromat...
Other Pineapple Smurf
Honorary Master
The only issue with MSG is for a small percentage of the population that is effected by it - all it really does is numb the taste buds for these guys, the irony of a flavour enhancer.
Reallity is that Aromat is as part of South African daily lives like Mrs Balls and All Gold. I remember how years ago resturants would order spices in 1kg bags but Aromat came in 5kg bags - most used spice in quality resturants years ago. We never had an issue till we got taught MSG is bad for us.
Never really researched it as I just went with the flow.
Nowdays I don't care and I really question all the hype. Got Aromat in the house and use it when I want to. My 3yr old loves it on his eggs.
Elimentals
Honorary Master
Why would they place salt twice on the list?
Sodium nitrate is salt.
Edit: oops after the 1st cup of coffee I realized my mistake, was thinking sodium chloride
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Other Pineapple Smurf
Honorary Master
Ditto - also thought the same (nearly mentioned salt on my OP but something kept on bugging me)
Elimentals
Honorary Master
Well they are both salts just the one is your normal every day table salt, the other one is far more dangerous, and no I am not talking nitrite aka boom dangerous.
Sodium nitrate, damages your DNA and can lead to diabetes and is even linked to some cancers and long term memory problems.
I read a long article about the link to diabetes but I can't remember any specifics
Kornhub
Blackburn Fan
Well I heard on tv that if more 'white stuff' comes out the poorer the quality is.Like Mr toilet said,go to your butcher if you want some quality 
Anony-mousse
Expert Member
Real bacon is bacon, salted to be preserved, aka cured. There should be no preservatives in bacon at all.
Well, as I said "salted and preserved" I did not mention anything about adding additives at all. The best is to read the labels as many lf not most factories do add some preservatives to most consumer food products to make sure it is still oK by the time it is consumed by market.
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Anony-mousse
Expert Member
I am saying that's the way bacon is supposed to be not how they sell it at supermarkets. If you buy "real" bacon at a butchery then they don't have any preservatives.
MickeyD
RIP
Confirmed - both back and streaky bacon packs from Enterprise.
Azbubu
Honorary Master
Escort states that their bacon is 95% pork with saline and various other additives. So a 250 gram pack will have 237.5 grams of meat that came from a pig!
Errr so which animal is bacon from?
Anony-mousse
Expert Member
He just told you, from a pig
Azbubu
Honorary Master
No he said pork is from a pig implying that bacon comes from elsewhere. Unless I misunderstood.