Surely it's 100%? I've looked and all I can find is bacon!!
2007-09-10 03:58:49 · 42 answers · asked by Fin 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It doesn't say anything on the packaging about additives etc!!
2007-09-10 04:51:54 · update #1
The rest is added water. 85% is pretty good.
2007-09-10 04:04:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
... because we the customers want it pumped full of water, apparently. Although I never remember being asked or stating my preference anywhere.
The extra 15% is water glazing. It's a con that they work over on us the customer. It increases the weight of the bacon so it reduces the amount of meat actually sold by weight and it also makes the meat look shiney in the packet which is supposed to be the way we prefer it, or so the supermarkets tell us.
Mike L, the supermarkets are extremely influential in the processing and production of many foodstuffs since they are such big powerful customers, the suppliers give them what they demand at the price they demand or they have no one to sell to.
2007-09-10 04:07:44 · answer #2 · answered by Blitz 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I stepped in here at 38 answers..8:45am
Nonsense.
First
The supermarket or the grocery store HAS nothing to do with the processing of BACON """ they just sell it"
a country butcher like here (my city) might do some custom work smoking or sausage. but very few.
Now I don't have a package in the house
So at 10:00 am ,,,I will stop at the market to check this silly nonsense out.
Second
Not one answerer claimed to work in a processing plant or they were a butcher.
And
ba·con
NOUN:
The salted and smoked meat from the back and sides of a pig.
if it is 15% salt your talking 2.4oz ++ no no
2007-09-10 05:03:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The rest of it is water, but you can buy 'dry cure' bacon which is more like the old fashioned stuff, before they mucked about with it. It doesn't leave a horrible residue in the pan when cooked either. Much better.
2007-09-10 04:09:07 · answer #4 · answered by Ladyfromdrum 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
info: grow to be it uncooked or cooked? grow to be the open kit of uncooked publisher 1st baron verulam in simple terms mendacity open interior the refrigerator or had the beef been wrapped? Did it have a cool scent if it grow to be uncooked? very final question-you already ate it and this is on your device, what are you gonna do approximately it? Get some nausea medicine, some diarrhea medicine and a few electrolyte replace in case you do fall sick and wait.
2016-11-14 20:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by bhupender 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
With most bacon there's a lot of brine (salty water), which is absorbed during curing.
2007-09-10 19:55:49 · answer #6 · answered by RustySilva 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Surely you're looking for Just Bacon.
Bacon contains some water and preservatives and other stuff.
But not Just Bacon.
2007-09-10 04:05:39 · answer #7 · answered by omnisource 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Added water
2007-09-10 04:06:01 · answer #8 · answered by mark 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The rest is water. I bet my bottom dollar it's more 60% bacon, 40% water
2007-09-10 04:05:20 · answer #9 · answered by Ya-sai 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
They often inject the bacon with water. I don't know the reason for this but it may be for weight, so we get less for our money.
2007-09-10 04:06:53 · answer #10 · answered by Dory 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the other 15% is water
2007-09-10 04:09:44 · answer #11 · answered by JAMES D 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋