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Sugar-free Beef Bacon – A Review

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Happy New Year, fellow foodies and health enthusiasts. Indeed, cliche, there IS something fresh about starting a new year and reestablishing some reasonable healthy habits. Full disclosure. I have writer’s block, and finding an interesting tie-in to beef bacon is just not flowing for me this round. My focus is on birth as I am due with my 4th any day now, and I struggle to put intelligent thoughts together. So, I’m going for cliche and offering up some cheap advice before offering my review.

I do sincerely hope you’re off to a great start by now. I have no head space for change this year, but last year, I decided to keep it stupid and simple. My only resolution was to brush my teeth upon waking with my non-dominant hand, then speak “I love you” to myself in the mirror 3 times, 30 days in a row. As you may have guessed, this was a therapeutic approach of creating new neuropathways for self-love. It was totally weird but achievable and remarkably helpful – even in the long term. Along the way of confronting many years of failed resolutions, I’ve come to intimately know one truth for sure. True change is only possible with better beliefs. Here is another way of saying the same thing: Right believing produces right living.

In what seems like a past life experience at this point in clinical nutrition coaching, I found that time and time again, clients wanted convenience rather than overcoming their own blocks toward radical self-care. They, like myself, were searching for the right thing – out there – the perfect diet, the right prescription, the newest supplement, the best guru, an easy fix, or opportune timing to start their new life, but were more resistant to doing the work of ‘inner’standing the faulty beliefs that created their issues in the first place. This, friends, is hard work – but it IS the work – and I encourage you to do it. Seek truth and facts (the best we can discern them), and HEAL your way to health. Get to the roots in 2025, and the right strategies will come. Get REAL this year and make it happen. I’m in your corner, and I know the good folks at USWM are, too.

Healing requires nutrients, full stop. Your daily nutrition is foundational to supporting you in this journey. Courage, persistence, and consistent nourishment are my recipes. You can’t go wrong with sourcing CLEAN, better-than-organic whole food ON THE REGULAR. This is especially true for your animal products, so you’re in the right place. Now, I know you’re here looking for your next new healthy product to try and not for my disjointed and super amateur psychobabble. That’s fair, but I’m staying on the New Year’s theme…

For my product review, I thought I’d try the subject of this article – Sugar-Free Beef Bacon – in a new recipe while gathering with my people on New Year’s Eve, and man, I’m so glad I did. What a winner, winner!

First a few factoids about the star ingredient of my favorite new gathering food – Whipped Goat Cheese with Warm Candied BACON and Dates – from the Half Baked Harvest blog. Side note: This dip is simple, but bougee. Save it for an intimate affair and not your church potluck for best feedback. Ok – back to the bacon!

As you may recall from a previous post, I do not currently consume pork, so I was definitely eager to try the beef bacon from USWM in this recipe. Unlike conventional bacon that can have 8-15 ingredients including sugar, toxic sweeteners, sodium nitrite, nitrates, corn, soy, artificial colors, or preservatives, this product only has two – hickory smoked 100% grass-fed and grass-finished beef + Celtic sea salt. It is Whole30 Approved and AIP-friendly and each 1-lb package contains about 12 slices beef bacon.

Cooking the bacon on a baking sheet at 400 degrees as the recipe calls – chopped and tossed with a little brown sugar, honey, some torn dates, and rosemary – worked well. I poured off the rendered fat, which removed a slight hint of grass-fed gaminess, which I sometimes find with certain cuts of meat that have been properly grazed. Once that was removed, the flavor was very balanced for sweet, savory, and herbaceous perfection. Yes, I added two natural sweeteners to the Sugar-Free bacon for this recipe, but this is how we win in an “everything in moderation” type approach to lifestyle eating. Source the best ingredients. Make food from scratch. Be in control of as much as you can – in this case, let the sweet notes come from real ingredients you mindfully add versus buying a conventional product that already contains more of the stuff you don’t need or want in your body.

The whipped goat cheese medium was creamy, had dreamy goodness, and went well with the grain-free crackers I served alongside. Altogether this was a real standout crowd pleaser – even among a few other scratch dips made by other guests (including an almost equally amazing cast iron buffalo chicken dip – yum). 

Other than a bougie foodie-friendly dip, this Sugar-Free Beef Bacon can be consumed any way you would otherwise enjoy pork bacon – especially if you already experiment with bacon alternatives to temper your expectations. While turkey, venison, and beef bacon can be substituted for pork bacon easily, many newbies are looking for a product that is directly equal in flavor and texture to their favorite conventional product. These healthier options are just not the same. I’d advise against this mindset and continue to dabble with the alternatives until you find the perfect way to consume it for your needs and desires. Due to the higher fat content that can sometimes take on that more ‘wild’ grass-fed flavor, I personally prefer it chopped, pan-fried and served mixed with other ingredients like in an egg casserole or on a salad, but many customers do still prefer it plain and simply as their standard breakfast of bacon and eggs.

At nine months pregnant I have to say that I ‘partied’ pretty hard that night of dips at our annual family NYE sleepover. The older I get, the more thoroughly gratified I feel during simple, wholesome home gatherings, getting lost in the enrichment and enjoyment of great food and the inside jokes of intimate company. ‘The’ Dip made it’s second appearance at 2 AM…then we all slept until we woke up, made a killer whole foods brunch, napped lazily between rounds of leftovers, football games, movies, and hashing through the menu items we just feasted on. Leaving my brother and heading home on the first evening of the New Year, my heart was even more transformed, healed, and solid than Heaven is now when we choose it. But, no shortcuts. Pour the good wine and use the best ingredients.

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A big thank you to our friend Kate Brown for the kind and honest review of our sugar-free pork bacon slices! We’re thrilled to hear you love them as much as we do. These bacon slices are among our top sellers, and your feedback means the world to us. For more reviews on both our products and services, be sure to check out our Discover Blog or visit our Trustpilot page!

Kate Brown

Katy Brown, BSHN

Katy has a Human Food and Nutrition degree and almost 20 years of experience in various health and wellness roles. In 2020, she shifted her focus to prioritize family life. She follows a balanced, intuition-driven approach to food and enjoys investing in projects that promote health and explore ancient wisdom. As a homeschooling wife and mother of 3 (with one on the way at 42!), she spends her time on freelance writing and cultivating a simple life at her urban homestead in Des Moines, Iowa.