SMART BACON Plant-Based Bacon

How it scored 40 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 16 listed

• 1 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 2 Soy Protein
  Protein extracted from soybeans, sold as concentrate, isolate, or textured protein.
  Low
• 3 Wheat Gluten
  Protein component of wheat (gliadin and glutenin), separated from starch.
  Low
• 4 Soya Oil
  Vegetable oil extracted from soybeans (Glycine max), typically refined, bleached, and deodorized. High in polyunsaturated fats, particularly…
  Low
• 5 Textured Wheat Protein
  Wheat gluten extruded into a fibrous, meat-like texture; also known as seitan when hydrated.
  Low
• 6 Sugar
  Sucrose, a disaccharide of glucose and fructose, refined from sugarcane or sugar beets.
  Moderate
• 7 Carrageenan
  Sulfated polysaccharide extracted from red seaweed (Rhodophyceae).
  Moderate
• 8 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 9 Autolyzed Yeast Extract
  Concentrated mixture of free amino acids and peptides produced by enzymatic self-digestion of yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).
  Low
• 10 Natural Smoke Flavouring
  Flavoring derived from condensing wood smoke (hardwood pyrolysis), then purifying to remove tar and most polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (P…
  Moderate
• 11 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 12 Rice Flour
  Flour milled from rice grains.
  Safe
• 13 Paprika Extract
  Paprika extract (E160c, capsanthin/capsorubin) is a natural orange-red colorant from red peppers.
  Low
• 14 Potassium Chloride
  Potassium chloride (KCl), an inorganic salt commonly used as a low-sodium salt substitute and nutrient.
  Low
• 15 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 16 Colour
  Generic ingredient term covering any of dozens of permitted colour additives — synthetic dyes (e.g. tartrazine E102, allura red E129, brilli…
  Low