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'''Bacon Grill''' is a canned meat product made from chopped and cured [[pork]] (and sometimes [[chicken]]), seasoned to be similar in flavour to [[bacon]]. Manufactured in the [[Netherlands]], it is produced by [[Princes (company)|Princes]] for the [[United Kingdom|British]] market,<ref>[http://www.britishfooddirect.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=44_137&products_id=4235&zenid=be967e5b2d99bb1c70100adde589272d Princes Bacon Grill] at Britishfooddirect.com.</ref> in the style of [[Spam (food)|Spam]] and [[corned beef]]. Bacon Grill was a standard element of rations in the [[British Army]].<ref>[http://www.survivalprimer.com/TF_Food_Field_Cooking_&_Nutrition.txt Field Cooking and Nutrition]</ref><ref>[http://users.d-n-a.net/prepared/fad/ratpac.txt British Service Ration Packs]</ref><ref>[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/InPicturesKajakivikingsAreKingsOfTheHill.htm IN PICTURES: Kajaki 'Vikings' are kings of the hill]</ref><ref>[http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Bacon_Grill Army Rumour Service encyclopaedia entry]</ref> |
'''Bacon Grill''' is a canned meat product but in Ireland and United Kingdom is made fresh and not canned made from chopped and cured [[pork]] (and sometimes [[chicken]]), seasoned to be similar in flavour to [[bacon]]. Manufactured in the [[Netherlands]], it is produced by [[Princes (company)|Princes]] for the [[United Kingdom|British]] market,<ref>[http://www.britishfooddirect.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=44_137&products_id=4235&zenid=be967e5b2d99bb1c70100adde589272d Princes Bacon Grill] at Britishfooddirect.com.</ref> in the style of [[Spam (food)|Spam]] and [[corned beef]]. Bacon Grill was a standard element of rations in the [[British Army]].<ref>[http://www.survivalprimer.com/TF_Food_Field_Cooking_&_Nutrition.txt Field Cooking and Nutrition]</ref><ref>[http://users.d-n-a.net/prepared/fad/ratpac.txt British Service Ration Packs]</ref><ref>[http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/InPicturesKajakivikingsAreKingsOfTheHill.htm IN PICTURES: Kajaki 'Vikings' are kings of the hill]</ref><ref>[http://www.arrse.co.uk/wiki/Bacon_Grill Army Rumour Service encyclopaedia entry]</ref> |
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Bacon Grill is a canned meat product but in Ireland and United Kingdom is made fresh and not canned made from chopped and cured pork (and sometimes chicken), seasoned to be similar in flavour to bacon. Manufactured in the Netherlands, it is produced by Princes for the British market,[1] in the style of Spam and corned beef. Bacon Grill was a standard element of rations in the British Army.[2][3][4][5]
Ingredients
The ingredients of Bacon Grill seem to vary; a can purchased in February 2011 ('Celebrity Bacon Grill') lists:
- Pork (64%), water, starch, pork fat, pork rind, salt, Milk Protein, Stabiliser (Sodium Triphosphorate), smoke flavour, sugar, preservative (Soduium Nitrite), Spice extracts.
whereas Prince's Bacon Grill ingredients list is:[6]
- Pork (43%), mechanically recovered chicken (16%), water, wheat starch, pork fat, pork rind, salt, sodium caseinate, stabilisers (E412,E451(i)), smoke flavoring, pepper extract, antioxidant (E316), preservative (E250)
and Plumrose Bacon Grill lists:
- Pork (43%), mechanically recovered pork, water, pork fat, maize starch, pork rind, salt, milk protein, stabiliser (sodium triphosphate), smoke flavour, sugar, preservative (sodium nitrite), spice extracts.
Nutrition
100g of Bacon Grill provides:
| Energy | 1242 kJ/299 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 10.7g |
| Carbohydrate | 11.0g |
| Fat | 23.6g |
| Fibre | trace |
| Sodium | 1.0g |