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 ...

I thought all bacon is cured, so what gives? 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 ...

Cured bacon is soaked in salt and nitrites for preservation, while uncured bacon uses naturally occurring nitrites. However, the healthiness of uncured bacon compared to cured bacon is still unclear.

Panera Bread is now serving a “clean bacon” sandwich, as part of an ongoing effort to remove chemical additives from its menu by 2017. The fast-casual restaurant chain says the meat is now cured using ...