Bacon has gotten a bad rap as a cancer causing poison, but it sure is delicious so let’s see if I can help shed some light on the subject. Proper bacon is cured in salt, and is known as “back bacon”, and it looks like this:

Here in America bacon is cured in nitrates and nitrites which have been shown to cause cancer, precooked with artificial colors and flavors, and packed in plastic. Here’s a video on how it’s made for mass production: