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Jennie-O Extra Lean Turkey Bacon

By: Lizabeth | Nov 12, 2007

Since consumers have started demanding healthier options food companies have begun trimming the fat (pun intended) and slashing calories. Bacon is one of the foods that's slowly getting a makeover as a result. Most brands are no longer the fat laden, artery clogging food that it once was - but it is hard to maintain that delicious salty flavor and smokiness which make it irresistible. Thankfully, Jennie-O Extra Lean Turkey Bacon has given us the best of both worlds: a great bacon flavor with a fraction of the calories and fat.

If you like crispy bacon make sure to microwave this, as cooking it on the griddle results in more of a beef jerky like texture. Cooked in the microwave, the bacon comes out pleasantly crisp and crunchy, with no greasiness whatsoever. It has the usual salty taste, though it's not overpowering, like a good uncured bacon should be. While this does lack the smokiness of most of the pork bacons that I've eaten, I'm more than willing to overlook it for the calories saved.

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Louis Rich Turkey Bacon

By: Tanya Patrice | May 10, 2005

Lets just start by saying that Louis Rich Turkey Bacon is delicious. It looks and tastes like regular pork bacon, with that smoky, salty taste. I microwaved 4 slices which took about 3 minutes, and there was no excess greasy oil like when I nuke regular bacon. Just don't do it on a plastic plate because it will melt since the bacon gets pretty hot. The label also says "South Beach Diet recommended' if you are into that sort of thing.

Another claim on the label is that it has 55% less fat than USDA data for pork bacon. The nutrition label tells us that each slice has 35 calories, 2.5 grams of total fat with only 1 gram coming from saturated fat (both are 5% of the recommended amount - RDA). There is also 15 milligrams of cholesterol (300 mg is the recommended max) and 180 milligrams from sodium (8% of the daily value).

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Morningstar Farms Veggie Bacon Breakfast Strip

By: Tanya Patrice | Nov 6, 2004

It is simply a travesty that they include the name bacon in this product. It vaguely resembles bacon, and certainly doesn't taste like bacon. In fact, it is extremely bland, tasting mostly like a thick piece of paper. It doesn't look like meat, nor does it taste like meat, so why are they trying to pass this off as a meat substitute? I couldn't stomach not even a piece of a strip.

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