bacon

Oscar Mayer is calling on bacon enthusiasts to abstain from bacon delight of any kind on World Vegan Day, November 1st.  The company said, "Deliciously tempting bacon, smoked with real wood smoke for 12 hours, can be tough for those who wish to give up meat."   ...

Plant-based food company Beyond Meat is developing a “bacon alternative.”  The effort from the growing company, already mastering plant-based burger and sausage alternatives, is part of Beyond Meat's recent focus on the breakfast table.  There's no lau...

Consumers will soon see a 50/50 beef-bacon burger on store shelves.  Meatingplace reports Coastal Ltd. has secured a licensing agreement with Jensen Meat Company to bring the Slater's 50/50 burger to the grocery store.  Slater’s 50/50, a Southern California restaurant chain, takes its name from its patented 50/50 burger patty.   The product init...

Consumer prices for meat decline 0.4% in August, compared to figures compiled in July.  A monthly report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows overall U.S. meat prices for consumers were lower on softer prices for beef roasts and ham.  Au...

America loves its bacon, and that love is pushing pork belly prices to record highs.  Prices for the part of the hog that’s used to make bacon have jumped roughly 80% higher this year.  This comes in spite of frozen reserves at a low not seen in sixty years.  Market resear...

Reports of a bacon shortage have been greatly exaggerated.   But demand for pork bellies, the key component of bacon, no longer is seasonal and USDA Livestock Analyst Shayle Shagam said that is why storage numbers were a little on the lower side.  ...

A very high demand for bacon has driven pork belly supplies to record lows, prompting talk of a nationwide bacon shortage.  However, the pork industry remains confident it can keep up with the increasing demand and avoid a serious shortage of the product.  An...